1992 Columbia Lions football team

1992 Columbia Lions football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	3–7 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach	Ray Tellier (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Mike Donnelly (1st season)
Captain	Des Werthman
Home stadium	Wien Stadium
Seasons ←  1991 1993  →

1992 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Dartmouth +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Princeton +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Penn	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Cornell	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Harvard	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Yale	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Columbia	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Brown	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1992 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Columbia tied for second-to-last in the Ivy League.

In their fourth season under head coach Ray Tellier, the Lions compiled a 3–7 record and were outscored 286 to 205. Des Werthman was the team captain. ^[1]

The Lions' 2–5 conference record tied for sixth in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 214 to 136 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 19	Harvard	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 20–27	5,750	[3]
September 26	at Fordham *	Coffey Field Bronx, NY (rivalry)	W 18–9	3,521	[4]
October 3	Colgate *	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 29–34	4,645	[5]
October 10	Bucknell *	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 22–29	5,835	[6]
October 17	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 21–34	8,867	[7]
October 24	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–23	14,569	[8]
October 31	Princeton	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 7–34	9,335	[9]
November 7	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 19–38	2,907	[10]
November 14	Cornell	Wien Stadium New York, NY (rivalry)	W 35–30	5,495	[11]
November 21	Brown	Wien Stadium New York, NY	W 34–28	3,610	[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. 34–35. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. Wallace, William N. (September 20, 1992). "Columbia Roars but Not Quite Enough". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. pp. S3, S4.
4. "Hail Columbia, the Gem of the Bronx". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. September 27, 1992. pp. S3, S4.
5. "Sparacio Leads Colgate, 34-29". Democrat and Chronicle . Rochester, N.Y. Associated Press. October 4, 1992. p. 5E – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Noll's Pickoff Leads Bison Over Columbia". The Daily Item . Sunbury, Pa. October 11, 1992. pp. C3, C12 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Juliano, Joe (October 18, 1992). "Penn, Despite a Raft of Errors, Outscores Columbia". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. E13 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Berlet, Bruce (October 25, 1992). "Yale's Defense Responds; Stops Columbia in 23-0 Victory". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. C11 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Elias Carries Princeton Over Columbia, 34-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. November 1, 1992. p. D11 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Another Record Day for Green's Fiedler". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. Associated Press. November 8, 1992. p. 72 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Benson, Frank (November 16, 1992). "Columbia's Shocker Knocks Red out of Ivy Picture". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Columbia's on a New Kind of Streak". Daily News (national ed.). New York, N.Y. Associated Press. November 22, 1992. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Columbia, 34-28". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. November 22, 1992. p. 65.