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
ConfOverall
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
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

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References

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  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.
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  5. El-Bashir, Tarik (October 6, 1996). "Lions Remain Perfect by Trouncing Crusaders". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. pp. S4, S6.
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  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.