| 1980 Columbia Lions football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 1–9 (0–7 Ivy) |
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| Home stadium | Baker Field |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 20 | at Harvard | L 6–26 | 10,000 | [3] | |||
| September 27 | Lafayette* |
| W 6–0 | 4,500 | [4] | ||
| October 4 | at Penn | L 13–24 | 7,076 | [5] | |||
| October 11 | Princeton
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| 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* |
| 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 |
| L 13–31 | 5,125 | [12] | ||
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References
- ^ "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 216. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bruns, John (October 12, 1980). "Princeton Rips Lions". The Home News Sunday. New Brunswick, N.J. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wilkins, Sam (October 19, 1980). "Yale Cools Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Colgate Wins by 13 After 23-0". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. October 26, 1980. pp. 2B, 4B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Newman, David (November 2, 1980). "HC Tops Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page, Eliot (November 9, 1980). "Dartmouth Cruises". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Brown 31, Columbia 13". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 23, 1980. p. 84 – via Newspapers.com.
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