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American college football season
The 1997 Columbia Lions football team was an
American football team that represented
Columbia University during the
1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season . Columbia tied for fifth in the
Ivy League .
In their ninth season under head coach
Ray Tellier , the Lions compiled a 4–6 record and were outscored 259 to 141. Jay DuPertuis and Matt Kuhn were the team captains.
[1]
The Lions' 3–4 conference record tied for fifth in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 177 to 106 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 20 at
Harvard
L 7–45 7,658
[3]
September 27
Towson *
W 16–6 2,710
[4]
October 4 at
Lafayette *
L 3–31 3,822
[5]
October 11
Holy Cross *
L 16–45 3,335
[6]
October 18
Penn
W 7–24
[a] 3,909
[7]
[8]
October 25
Yale
W 21–10 4,665
[9]
November 1
Princeton
W 17–0 1,015
[10]
November 8
Dartmouth
L 21–23 1,375
[11]
November 15 at
Cornell
L 22–33 1,158
[12]
November 22 at
Brown
L 11–42 1,520
[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming
Note
^ a: In January 1998,
Penn agreed to forfeit its Ivy League wins from 1997 after star
defensive tackle
Mitch Marrow was declared ineligible as a part-time student.
[8] Columbia's
[1] and Penn's
[14] record books regard their 1997 meeting, a 24–7 Penn victory on the field, as a Columbia win, as do the 1997 win–loss records and season standings in the Ivy League record book.
[2]
References
^
a
b
"Columbia Football 2019 Record Book" . New York, N.Y.:
Columbia University . p. 218. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
^
a
b "Year-by-Year History".
Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF) . Princeton, N.J.:
Ivy League . 2017. p. 37. Retrieved July 10, 2020 .
^ Monahan, Bob (September 21, 1997).
"Harvard Opening Act Is a Smash" .
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. C20 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Hughes, Sarah (September 28, 1997).
"Columbia's Defense Too Tough for Towson" .
Daily News (racing final ed.). New York, N.Y. p. 80 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Meixell, Ted (October 5, 1997).
"Lafayette Puts It into Higher Gear to End Slide" .
The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Columbia Humbled; Fordham Pummeled" .
Daily News (metro ed.). New York, N.Y.
Associated Press . October 12, 1997. p. 97 – via
Newspapers.com . Attendance figure in "Summaries".
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. October 12, 1997. p. C17.
^ Rosenberg, Michael (October 19, 1997).
"Finn Just Fine in Penn's Victory" .
The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. C8 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
a
b Moran, Edward (January 3, 1998).
"Penn Forfeits 5 Wins in Marrow Case" .
Philadelphia Daily News . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 39 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Berlet, Bruce (October 26, 1997).
"Columbia Shuts Down Yale Offense" .
The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. D9 – via
Newspapers.com . Attendance figure in "Ivy League Summaries".
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. October 26, 1997. p. F14.
^
"Turnovers Help Lions Dominate Princeton" .
The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa.
Associated Press . November 2, 1997. p. C17 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Dartmouth 23, Columbia 21" .
The Sunday Rutland Herald . Rutland, Vt. November 9, 1997. p. B8 – via
Newspapers.com . Attendance figure in "Scores and I-AA Summaries".
Sun-Sentinel . Fort Lauderdale, Fla. November 9, 1997. p. 6D.
^ McShea, Keith (November 17, 1997).
"Sun Shines for Red in Victory" .
The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 5B – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Brown 42, Columbia 11" .
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass.
Associated Press . November 23, 1997. p. C17 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year" . Philadelphia, Pa.:
University of Pennsylvania . p. 159. Retrieved June 20, 2020 .
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