1996 Columbia Lions football team

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1996 Columbia Lions football
Conference Ivy League
Record8–2 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Mike Donnelly (5th season)
Captains
  • Ryan Gabriele
  • Randy Murff
  • Marcellus Wiley
  • Rory Wilfork
Home stadium Wien Stadium
Seasons
←  1995
1997  →
1996 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 17 Dartmouth $ 7–0  10–0 
Columbia  5–2  8–2 
Brown  4–3  5–5 
Cornell  4–3  4–6 
Penn  3–4  5–5 
Harvard  2–5  4–6 
Princeton  2–5  3–7 
Yale  1–6  2–8 
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1996 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Columbia finished second in the Ivy League.

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In their eighth season under head coach Ray Tellier, the Lions compiled a 8–2 record and outscored opponents 181 to 159. Ryan Gabriele, Randy Murff, Marcellus Wiley and Rory Wilfork were the team captains. [1]

Despite a 5–2 conference record that placed second in the Ivy League standings, Columbia was outscored 133 to 119 by Ivy opponents. [2]

Columbia played its homes games at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21 Harvard
W 20–13 OT 5,760 [3]
September 28 at Fordham *
W 17–10 5,713 [4]
October 5 at Holy Cross *
W 42–16 9,349 [5]
October 12 at Penn
W 20–19 OT 6,435 [6]
October 19 Lafayette Dagger-14-plain.png*
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
W 3–0 1,170 [7]
October 26 at Yale
W 13–10 24,715 [8]
November 2 Princeton Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
L 11–14 9,100 [9]
November 9 at No. 25 Dartmouth
L 0–40 5,119 [10]
November 16 Cornell
W 24–10 7,055 [11]
November 23 Brown
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
W 31–27 5,175 [12]

Roster

1996 Columbia Lions football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 83Billy CampbellFr
WR 3Dennis LeeSr
FB 28Paul ThomasJr
QB 19Bobby ThomasonJr
WR 88Chris WachterSr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 92Charlie BettinelliSr
DE 81Greg BowmanFr
DT 63Brett BryantSr
ROV 11Anthony CaffieroJr
DE 96Tom NelsonFr
FS 22Jessie NunnSr
DE 85Juan TabioFr
DE 5 Marcellus Wiley Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K, P 9Matt LinitSo
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injury icon 2.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. ↑ "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. August 19, 2019. p. 218. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 36–37. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ↑ Lessels, Allen (September 22, 1996). "Sour Finish for Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Cavanaugh, Jack (September 29, 1996). "Mistakes Abound, but Columbia Finds Itself at 2-0". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S4.
  5. ↑ El-Bashir, Tarik (October 6, 1996). "Lions Remain Perfect by Trouncing Crusaders". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. pp. S4, S6.
  6. ↑ Juliano, Joe (October 13, 1996). "Kick Fails in OT as Columbia Tops Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. C18 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Meixell, Ted (October 20, 1996). "Columbia Zips Lafayette in Impossible Conditions". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. October 20, 1996. p. D19.
  8. ↑ Berlet, Bruce (October 27, 1996). "Columbia Defeats Yale on Late FG". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. D12, D14 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Princeton Edges Past Columbia". The Home News & Tribune . New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. November 3, 1996. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Concannon, Joe (November 10, 1996). "Big Win for the Big Green". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ McShea, Keith (November 18, 1996). "A Heartbreaker: Injury Stops Levitt Short of Goal; CU Falls". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Cavanaugh, Jack (November 24, 1996). "Lions Eke Out Victory in Closing Minutes". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S3.
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