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American college football season
The 1996 Columbia Lions football team was an
American football team that represented
Columbia University during the
1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season . Columbia finished second in the
Ivy League .
In their eighth season under head coach
Ray Tellier , the Lions compiled a 8–2 record and outscored opponents 181 to 159. Ryan Gabriele, Randy Murff, Marcellus Wiley and Rory Wilfork were the team captains.
[1]
Despite a 5–2 conference record that placed second in the Ivy League standings, Columbia was outscored 133 to 119 by Ivy opponents.
[2]
Columbia played its homes games at
Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in
Upper Manhattan , in
New York City .
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 21
Harvard
W 20–13 OT 5,760
[3]
September 28 at
Fordham *
W 17–10 5,713
[4]
October 5 at
Holy Cross *
W 42–16 9,349
[5]
October 12 at
Penn
W 20–19 OT 6,435
[6]
October 19
Lafayette *
W 3–0 1,170
[7]
October 26 at
Yale
W 13–10 24,715
[8]
November 2
Princeton
L 11–14 9,100
[9]
November 9 at No. 25
Dartmouth
L 0–40 5,119
[10]
November 16
Cornell
Wien Stadium New York, NY (
rivalry ) W 24–10 7,055
[11]
November 23
Brown
W 31–27 5,175
[12]
Roster
1996 Columbia Lions football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
TE
83
Billy Campbell
Fr
WR
3
Dennis Lee
Sr
FB
28
Paul Thomas
Jr
QB
19
Bobby Thomason
Jr
WR
88
Chris Wachter
Sr
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
DE
92
Charlie Bettinelli
Sr
DE
81
Greg Bowman
Fr
DT
63
Brett Bryant
Sr
ROV
11
Anthony Caffiero
Jr
DE
96
Tom Nelson
Fr
FS
22
Jessie Nunn
Sr
DE
85
Juan Tabio
Fr
DE
5
Marcellus Wiley
Sr
Special teams
Pos.
#
Name
Class
K ,
P
9
Matt Linit
So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
References
^
"Columbia Football 2019 Record Book" . New York, N.Y.:
Columbia University . p. 218. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
^ "Year-by-Year History".
Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF) . Princeton, N.J.:
Ivy League . 2017. pp. 36–37. Retrieved July 10, 2020 .
^ Lessels, Allen (September 22, 1996).
"Sour Finish for Harvard" .
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. C15 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Cavanaugh, Jack (September 29, 1996). "Mistakes Abound, but Columbia Finds Itself at 2-0".
The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S4.
^ El-Bashir, Tarik (October 6, 1996). "Lions Remain Perfect by Trouncing Crusaders".
The New York Times . New York, N.Y. pp. S4, S6.
^ Juliano, Joe (October 13, 1996).
"Kick Fails in OT as Columbia Tops Penn" .
The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. C18 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Meixell, Ted (October 20, 1996).
"Columbia Zips Lafayette in Impossible Conditions" .
The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C4 – via
Newspapers.com . Attendance figure in "Ivy League Summaries".
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. October 20, 1996. p. D19.
^ Berlet, Bruce (October 27, 1996).
"Columbia Defeats Yale on Late FG" .
The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. D12, D14 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Princeton Edges Past Columbia" .
The Home News & Tribune . New Brunswick, N.J.
Associated Press . November 3, 1996. p. C5 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Concannon, Joe (November 10, 1996).
"Big Win for the Big Green" .
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. C15 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ McShea, Keith (November 18, 1996).
"A Heartbreaker: Injury Stops Levitt Short of Goal; CU Falls" .
The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Cavanaugh, Jack (November 24, 1996). "Lions Eke Out Victory in Closing Minutes".
The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S3.
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