1980 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIvy League
Record1–9 (0–7 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Sean Cannon
  • Rico Josephs
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Cornell 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Harvard 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Brown 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Princeton 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Dartmouth 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Penn 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Columbia 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1980 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Columbia finished last in the Ivy League.

In their first season under head coach Bob Naso, the Lions compiled a 1–9 record and were outscored 275 to 89. Sean Cannon and Rico Josephs were the team captains.[1]

The Lions' winless (0–7) conference record was the worst in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 214 to 61 by Ivy opponents.[2]

Ivy League football teams expanded their schedules to 10 games in 1980, making this the first year since 1955 that the Lions played three games against non-Ivy opponents.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 at Harvard
L 6–26 10,000 [3]
September 27 Lafayette*
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
W 6–0 4,500 [4]
October 4 at Penn
L 13–24 7,076 [5]
October 11 Princetondagger
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 19–31 6,875 [6]
October 18 at Yale
L 10–30 14,000 [7]
October 25 at Colgate*
L 22–35 1,000 [8]
November 1 Holy Cross*
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 0–26 5,580 [9]
November 8 at Dartmouth
L 0–48 6,108 [10]
November 15 Cornell
L 0–24 5,750 [11]
November 22 Brown
  • Baker Field
  • New York, NY
L 13–31 5,125 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 216. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Verigan, Bill (September 21, 1980). "Harvard Rolls Up 394 Total Yards as Hapless Columbia Falls 26-6". Daily News. New York, N.Y. Sports p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ O'Day, Joe (September 28, 1980). "Columbia Nips Lafayette 6-0 on Cabrera TD". Daily News. New York, N.Y. Sports p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Forbes, Gordon (October 5, 1980). "Finally! 17-Point 4th Quarter Ends Penn's Losing Streak at 17". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-D – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Bruns, John (October 12, 1980). "Princeton Rips Lions". The Home News Sunday. New Brunswick, N.J. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Wilkins, Sam (October 19, 1980). "Yale Cools Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Colgate Wins by 13 After 23-0". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. October 26, 1980. pp. 2B, 4B – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Newman, David (November 2, 1980). "HC Tops Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Page, Eliot (November 9, 1980). "Dartmouth Cruises". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Van Sickle, Kenny (November 17, 1980). "Forward Pass the Key to Red's Shutout Win". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Brown 31, Columbia 13". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 23, 1980. p. 84 – via Newspapers.com.
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