1998 Columbia Lions football team

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1998 Columbia Lions football
Conference Ivy League
Record4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Bert Bondi
  • Paul Roland
  • Jeremy Taylor
  • Chris Tillotson
Home stadium Wien Stadium
Seasons
←  1997
1999  →
1998 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Penn $ 6–1  8–2 
Brown  5–2  7–3 
Yale  5–2  6–4 
Princeton  4–3  5–5 
Columbia  3–4  4–6 
Harvard  3–4  4–6 
Cornell  1–6  4–6 
Dartmouth  1–6  2–8 
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1998 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Columbia tied for fifth in the Ivy League.

In their 10th season under head coach Ray Tellier, the Lions compiled a 4–6 record and were outscored 175 to 146. Bert Bondi, Paul Roland, Jeremy Taylor and Chris Tillotson were the team captains. [1]

The Lions' 3–4 conference record tied for fifth in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 111 to 87 by Ivy opponents. [2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 Harvard Dagger-14-plain.png
W 24–0 11,175 [3]
September 26 at Bucknell *
L 20–27 9,000 [4]
October 3 at Saint Mary's (CA) *
W 20–17 4,967 [5]
October 10 No. 10 Lehigh *
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
L 19–20 3,675 [6]
October 17 at Penn
L 0–20 8,108 [7]
October 24 at Yale
L 14–37 14,537 [8]
October 31 Princeton
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
L 0–20 6,740 [9]
November 7 at Dartmouth
W 24–14 4,117 [10]
November 14 Cornell
W 22–10 6,845 [11]
November 21 Brown
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
L 3–10 4,600 [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 218. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 37–38. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ↑ Concannon, Joe (September 20, 1998). "Harvard Bashed by Lions". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Baker, Wayne (September 20, 1998). "Opportunities Pay Off for BU". The Daily Item . Sunbury, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Chapin, Dwight (October 4, 1998). "Lions Roar Back in Return to the West". San Francisco Examiner . San Francisco, Calif. p. C-7 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Blockus, Gary R. (October 11, 1998). "Taafe's FG Completes Lehigh's Comeback". The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League: Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. October 11, 1998. p. C19.
  7. ↑ Juliano, Joe (October 18, 1998). "Quakers Keep Columbia Quiet". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Berlet, Bruce (October 25, 1998). "Bartholomew Runs, and Yale Clicks". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. E10, E12 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Theisen, Princeton Cruise Past Columbia". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. November 1, 1998. p. C10 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Columbia 24, Dartmouth 14". The Record . Hackensack, N.J. Associated Press. November 8, 1998. p. S-4 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. November 8, 1998. p. C12.
  11. ↑ McShea, Keith (November 15, 1998). "Tillotson Turns Tide in Red's Loss". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Dicker, Ron (November 22, 1998). "Columbia's Long Drives End in Frustration". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. SP8.
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