1979 Columbia Lions football team

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.

1979 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIvy League
1979 record1–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Brian O’Hagan
  • Geoff Stoner
Home stadiumBaker Field
1979 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

In their sixth and final season under head coach William 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 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 Yale
  • 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
  • Homecoming

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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