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1997 Columbia Lions football team

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.

1997 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6[a] (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Jay DuPertuis
  • Matt Kuhn
Home stadiumWien Stadium
Seasons
← 1996
1998 →
1997 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Harvard $   7 – 0     9 – 1  
Dartmouth   6 – 1     8 – 2  
Brown   4 – 3     7 – 3  
Cornell   4 – 3     6 – 4  
Princeton   3 – 4     6 – 4  
Columbia   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Yale   1 – 6     2 – 8  
Penn *   0 – 7     1 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * Standings reflect Penn's forfeit of five conference wins due to use of an ineligible player

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 edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
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*
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
L 16–45 3,335 [6]
October 18 Penn
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
W 7–24 [a] 3,909 [7][8]
October 25 Yale 
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
W 21–10 4,665 [9]
November 1 Princeton
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
W 17–0 1,015 [10]
November 8 Dartmouth
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
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 edit

^ 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 edit

  1. ^ a b "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 218. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 37. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Monahan, Bob (September 21, 1997). "Harvard Opening Act Is a Smash". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C20 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Meixell, Ted (October 5, 1997). "Lafayette Puts It into Higher Gear to End Slide". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Rosenberg, Michael (October 19, 1997). "Finn Just Fine in Penn's Victory". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b Moran, Edward (January 3, 1998). "Penn Forfeits 5 Wins in Marrow Case". Philadelphia Daily News. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Turnovers Help Lions Dominate Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. November 2, 1997. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ McShea, Keith (November 17, 1997). "Sun Shines for Red in Victory". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Brown 42, Columbia 11". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. November 23, 1997. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Football Fact Book: All-Time Year-by-Year". Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania. p. 159. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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