1984 Columbia Lions football team

1984 Columbia Lions football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	0–9 (0–7 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Naso (5th season)
Captain	Tony Mazzarini
Home stadium	Wien Stadium
Seasons ←  1983 1985  →

1984 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Penn $	7	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Yale	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Harvard	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Brown	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Princeton	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Cornell	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Dartmouth	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Columbia	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1984 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Amid a record-setting loss streak, Columbia finished last in the Ivy League.

In their fifth and final season under head coach Bob Naso, the Lions compiled an 0–9 record and were outscored 282 to 117. Tony Mazzarini was the team captain. ^[1]

The Lions' winless (0–7) conference record was the worst in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 224 to 87 by Ivy opponents. ^[2]

By losing all of their games in 1984, the Lions extended a winless streak and a losing streak that began in 1983. The team would later set a Division I record for consecutive games without a win, 44, from 1983 to 1988. Columbia's last win before the streak was October 15, 1983, at Yale; its last tie was November 5, 1983, against Dartmouth. It would not win or tie another game until October 9, 1988, against Princeton. This stretch, which included the entirety of the 1984 to 1987 seasons, included 33 consecutive Ivy League losses. ^[3] A decade later, Columbia's streak was surpassed by an 80-game loss streak by Prairie View A&M in 1989–1998.

Following a season with seven road games and three "home" games at neutral sites, Columbia in 1984 moved into Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City, playing six of its nine games at home. The new stadium was built on the same site as the former Baker Field, which hosted Columbia football from 1923 to 1982.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Harvard	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 21–35	10,500	[4]
September 29	Lafayette *	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 14–23	4,034	[5]
October 6	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 7–35	8,469	[6]
October 13	Princeton	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 8–38	9,621	[7]
October 20	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 21–28	13,888	[8]
October 27	No. 15 Colgate *	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 16–35	6,617	[9]
November 3	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 9–41	5,685	[10]
November 10	Cornell	Wien Stadium New York, NY (rivalry)	L 7–19	5,996	[11]
November 20	Brown	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 14–28	4,635	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from the latest NCAA Division I-AA poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 216. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 30–31. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. Goodman, Brett (October 9, 1988). "Columbia Ends 44-Game Loss Skid". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-F – via Newspapers.com.
4. Powers, John (September 23, 1984). "Harvard Brings Down the House, 35-21". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 100 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Columbia Bows to Lafayette". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. September 30, 1984. p. S9.
6. Newman, Chuck (October 7, 1984). "Chambers Leads Unbeaten Penn to 35-7 Triumph". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 11-E, 16-E – via Newspapers.com.
7. Miller, Laurel (October 14, 1984). "Princeton Rolls over Columbia". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 13-E, 14-E – via Newspapers.com.
8. Apple, Ginny (October 21, 1984). "Yale Swats Down Columbia's Comeback Bid". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. B17, B20 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Raiders Gun Down Columbia, 35-16". The Sunday Press . Binghamton, N.Y. October 28, 1984. pp. 7E, 2E – via Newspapers.com.
10. Robbins, Paul (November 4, 1984). "Dartmouth Whips Columbia". The Sunday Rutland Herald . Rutland, Vt. sect. 2, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Van Sickle, Kenny (November 11, 1984). "Cornell Gridders Seeking Big Finish". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
12. Durso, Joseph (November 18, 1984). "Brown Ends Columbia's Season at 0-9". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. pp. S7, S8.