1988 Columbia Lions football | |
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 2–8 (2–5 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Captain | John Alex |
Home stadium | Wien Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 0 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1988 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Columbia ended a five-year losing streak with two wins, and tied for next-to-last in the Ivy League.
In their third and final season under head coach Larry McElreavy, the Lions compiled a 2–8 record and were outscored 303 to 140. John Alex was the team captain.[1]
The Lions' 2–5 conference record tied for sixth in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 177 to 103 by Ivy opponents.[2]
After losing all of their games in 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987, Columbia entered the season on a 44-game winless streak, and 41-game loss streak, dating back to the 1983 season. Both were all-time NCAA Division I football records at the time. By registering a victory over Princeton in the fourth week of the 1988 season, Columbia ended the streak at 44 straight losses and 47 games without a win.[3]
Columbia played its homes games at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.
Senior wide receiver Matthew Fox would later go on to a successful acting career.[4]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 17 | at Harvard | L 7–41 | 9,000 | [5] | |||
September 24 | No. 12 Lafayette* |
| L 3–49 | 6,560 | [6] | ||
October 1 | at Penn | L 10–24 | 11,640 | [7] | |||
October 8 | Princeton |
| W 16–13 | 5,420 | [3] | ||
October 15 | at Yale | L 10–24 | 16,346 | [8] | |||
October 22 | Bucknell* |
| L 7–21 | 3,825 | [9] | ||
October 29 | at Lehigh* | L 27–56 | 7,250 | [10] | |||
November 5 | at Dartmouth | L 10–20 | 3,760 | [11] | |||
November 12 | Cornell |
| L 19–42 | 8,308 | [12] | ||
November 19 | Brown |
| W 31–13 | 5,565 | [13] | ||
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