1986 Columbia Lions football team

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1986 Columbia Lions football
Conference Ivy League
Record0–10 (0–7 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Bill Narduzzi (1st season)
CaptainChris Riga
Home stadium Wien Stadium
Seasons
  1985
1987  
1986 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Penn $ 7 0 010 0 0
Cornell 6 1 08 2 0
Brown 4 2 15 4 1
Dartmouth 3 3 13 6 1
Harvard 3 4 03 7 0
Yale 2 5 03 7 0
Princeton 2 5 02 8 0
Columbia 0 7 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Amid a record-setting loss streak, Columbia finished last in the Ivy League.

In their first season under head coach Larry McElreavy, the Lions compiled an 0–10 record and were outscored 379 to 91. Chris Riga was the team captain. [1]

The Lions' winless (0–7) conference record was the worst in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 257 to 28 by Ivy opponents. [2]

By losing all of their games in 1986, the Lions extended a winless streak and a losing streak that began in 1983. They would not win or tie another game until October 9, 1988, against Princeton, an NCAA Division I record streak at the time. [3] At the end of 1986, the streak stood at 34 games without a win, and 31 straight losses.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 at Harvard L 0–34 7,534 [4]
September 27 Lafayette *
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
L 21–26 2,930 [5]
October 4 at Penn L 7–42 10,878 [6]
October 11 Princeton Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
L 14–20 8,150 [7]
October 18 at Yale L 0–47 10,163 [8]
October 25 Colgate *
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
L 8–54 4,640 [9]
November 1 Villanova *
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
L 34–42 4,750 [10]
November 8 at Dartmouth L 0–41 2,210 [11]
November 15 No. 16 Cornell
L 0–28 4,720 [12]
November 22 Brown
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
L 7–45 3,010 [13]

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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. 31–32. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
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  9. O'Day, Joe (October 26, 1986). "Lions Caged Again". Daily News (final ed.). New York, N.Y. p. 73 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Newman, Chuck (November 2, 1986). "Villanova Tops Columbia, 42-34, on 2d-Half Rally". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. pp. 13-D, 16-D via Newspapers.com.
  11. Craig, Jack (November 9, 1986). "Dartmouth Flattens Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 71 via Newspapers.com.
  12. Van Sickle, Kenny (November 17, 1986). "Cornell to Play for the Ivy Title; Red Pound Columbia, Ready for the Showdown with Penn Saturday". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B via Newspapers.com.
  13. Parker, Rob (November 23, 1986). "Lions' Skid Hits 31". Daily News (final ed.). New York, N.Y. p. 70 via Newspapers.com.