1990 Columbia Lions football team

1990 Columbia Lions football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	1–9 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach	Ray Tellier (2nd season)
Captains	Bruce Mayhew Galen Snyder
Home stadium	Wien Stadium
Seasons ←  1989 1991  →

1990 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 17 Dartmouth +	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Cornell +	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Yale	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Harvard	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Penn	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Princeton	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Brown	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1990 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Columbia finished last in the Ivy League.

In their second season under head coach Ray Tellier, the Lions compiled a 1–9 record and were outscored 292 to 115. Bruce Mayhew and Galen Snyder were the team captains. ^[1]

The Lions' 1–6 conference record placed eighth in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 168 to 56 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 15	Harvard	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 6–9	9,430	[3]
September 22	at Bucknell *	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 16–41	3,418	[4]
September 29	at Lehigh *	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	L 9–42	8,300	[5]
October 6	Lafayette *	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 34–41	4,075	[6]
October 13	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 6–21	10,121	[7]
October 20	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 7–31	11,132	[8]
October 27	Princeton	Wien Stadium New York, NY	W 17–15	10,750	[9]
November 3	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 20–34	5,113	[10]
November 10	Cornell	Wien Stadium New York, NY (rivalry)	L 0–41	860	[11]
November 17	Brown	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 0–17	3,130	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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. 33–34. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. Greenidge, Jim (September 16, 1990). "Harvard Picks Off Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Huckaby, John (September 23, 1990). "Todd Hatajik Tosses 4 TDs for Bucknell". The Daily Item . Sunbury, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Bucknell, 41-16". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. September 23, 1990. p. 61 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Blockus, Gary R. (September 30, 1990). "Lehigh Bounces Back 42-9". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Meixell, Ted (October 7, 1990). "Lafayette Hangs on to Outscore Columbia 41-34". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Juliano, Joe (October 14, 1990). "Hensch Leads Quakers Past Columbia, 21-6". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 10-E – via Newspapers.com.
8. Bernstein, Viv (October 21, 1990). "Yale Beats Columbia; It's No Gem". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. C13 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Shipley, John C. Jr. (October 28, 1990). "Columbia Squeaks by Princeton". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 12-C – via Newspapers.com.
10. Greenidge, Jim (November 4, 1990). "Dartmouth Digs In, Holds Its Ground". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Herzog, Brad (November 12, 1990). "Big Red Buries Columbia, 41-0". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Bears Leave Lions in the Ivy Cellar". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. November 18, 1990. pp. S4, S9.