The 1985 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Amid a record-setting loss streak, Columbia finished last in the Ivy League.
| 1985 Columbia Lions football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 0–10 (0–7 Ivy) |
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| Captain | Bill Strack |
| Home stadium | Wien Stadium |
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| Penn $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 3 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In their first and only season under head coach Jim Garrett, the Lions compiled an 0–10 record and were outscored 333 to 75. Bill Strack was the team captain.[1]
The Lions' winless (0–7) conference record was the worst in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 243 to 54 by Ivy opponents.[2]
By losing all of their games in 1985, the Lions extended a winless streak and a losing streak that began in 1983. They would not win or tie another game until an October 9, 1988, win against Princeton, an NCAA Division I record streak at the time.[3] At the end of 1985, the streak stood at 24 games without a win, and 21 straight losses.
Columbia played its homes games at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 21 | at Harvard | L 17–49 | 7,921 | [4] | |||
| September 28 | at Lafayette* | L 0–20 | 3,500 | [5] | |||
| October 5 | Penn |
| L 14–46 | 4,272 | [6] | ||
| October 12 | at Princeton | L 0–31 | 7,080 | [7] | |||
| October 19 | Yale
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| L 12–28 | 6,719 | [8] | ||
| October 26 | Bucknell* |
| L 10–13 | 2,420 | [9] | ||
| November 2 | at Colgate* | L 11–55 | 6,300 | [10] | |||
| November 9 | Dartmouth |
| L 3–34 | 6,013 | [11] | ||
| November 16 | at Cornell | L 8–21 | 1,000 | [12] | |||
| November 23 | at Brown | L 0–34 | 4,250 | [13] | |||
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References
edit- ^ "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 215. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 31. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ Goodman, Brett (October 9, 1988). "Columbia Ends 44-Game Loss Skid". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-F – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Duffy, Bob (September 22, 1985). "Harvard Gets Going, 49-17". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lafayette Keeps Columbia on the Skids". The Sunday Record. Hackensack, N.J. September 29, 1985. pp. S-9, S-10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Penn Hammers Columbia, 46-14". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 6, 1985. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Esterman, Sue (October 13, 1985). "Records Fall as Princeton Drubs Columbia, 31-0". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. pp. C1, C13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Apple, Ginny (October 20, 1985). "Flat Yale Comes Around in Time, 28-12". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Rhoden, William C. (October 27, 1985). "Columbia Leads, but Bucknell Wins". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S5.
- ^ "2 Players Set Marks in 55-11 Colgate Win". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. October 6, 1985. pp. 7D, 2D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Make It 19 Straight Losses for Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 10, 1985. p. 74 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Van Sickle, Kenny (November 18, 1985). "Red Rips Lions Under the Lights". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brown Routs Columbia (0-10)". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 24, 1985. pp. S4, S6.