1979 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIvy League
Record1–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Brian O’Hagan
  • Geoff Stoner
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Brown 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Princeton 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Cornell 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Dartmouth 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Harvard 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Columbia 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Penn 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1979 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Columbia finished second-to-last in the Ivy League.

In their sixth and final season under head coach Bill Campbell, the Lions compiled a 1–8 record and were outscored 215 to 68. Brian O’Hagan and Geoff Stoner were the team captains.[1]

The Lions' 1–6 conference record placed seventh in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 177 to 47 by Ivy opponents.[2]

Columbia played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22 Harvard
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 7–26 4,525 [3]
September 29 at No. T–10 Lafayette*
L 7–14 8,500 [4]
October 6 Penn
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 12–7 7,850 [5]
October 13 at Princeton
L 0–35 8,705 [6]
October 20 Yaledagger
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 7–37 7,350 [7]
October 27 Colgate*
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 14–24 5,025 [8]
November 3 Dartmouth
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–17 2,150 [9]
November 10 at Cornell
L 7–24 6,000 [10]
November 17 at Brown
L 14–31 8,500 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 215. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 28–29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Haynes, Walter (September 23, 1979). "Harvard Wings Past Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Wismer, Ted (September 30, 1979). "Lehigh and Lafayette Turn Back Ivy League Foes; Columbia Falls 14-7 to Leopards". Sunday Call-Chronicle. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Newman, Chuck (October 7, 1979). "Failure to Make 'Big Plays' Dooms Quakers, 12-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 8-D – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Smith, Paul (October 14, 1979). "Princeton Triumphs, 35-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 8D – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Concannon, Joe (October 21, 1979). "Yale Keeps Rolling Along, 37-7". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Compton, Eric (November 2, 1979). "Colgate Overcomes Columbia, 24-14". Daily News. New York, N.Y. Sports p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Clarke, Evan (November 4, 1979). "Dartmouth Breezes". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Cornell Beats Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. United Press International. November 11, 1979. p. 52 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Brown 31, Columbia 14". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, N.C. November 18, 1979. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
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