1980 Columbia Lions football team

1980 Columbia Lions football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	1–9 (0–7 Ivy)
Head coach	Bob Naso (1st season)
Captains	Sean Cannon Rico Josephs
Home stadium	Baker Field
Seasons ←  1979 1981  →

1980 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale $	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Cornell	5	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Harvard	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Brown	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Princeton	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Dartmouth	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Penn	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Columbia	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1980 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Columbia finished last in the Ivy League.

In their first season under head coach Bob Naso, the Lions compiled a 1–9 record and were outscored 275 to 89. Sean Cannon and Rico Josephs were the team captains. ^[1]

The Lions' winless (0–7) conference record was the worst in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 214 to 61 by Ivy opponents. ^[2]

Ivy League football teams expanded their schedules to 10 games in 1980, making this the first year since 1955 that the Lions played three games against non-Ivy opponents.

Columbia played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 6–26	10,000	[3]
September 27	Lafayette *	Baker Field New York, NY	W 6–0	4,500	[4]
October 4	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 13–24	7,076	[5]
October 11	Princeton	Baker Field New York, NY	L 19–31	6,875	[6]
October 18	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 10–30	14,000	[7]
October 25	at Colgate *	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	L 22–35	1,000	[8]
November 1	Holy Cross *	Baker Field New York, NY	L 0–26	5,580	[9]
November 8	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 0–48	6,108	[10]
November 15	Cornell	Baker Field New York, NY (rivalry)	L 0–24	5,750	[11]
November 22	Brown	Baker Field New York, NY	L 13–31	5,125	[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. p. 29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. Verigan, Bill (September 21, 1980). "Harvard Rolls Up 394 Total Yards as Hapless Columbia Falls 26-6". Daily News . New York, N.Y. Sports p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
4. O'Day, Joe (September 28, 1980). "Columbia Nips Lafayette 6-0 on Cabrera TD". Daily News . New York, N.Y. Sports p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Forbes, Gordon (October 5, 1980). "Finally! 17-Point 4th Quarter Ends Penn's Losing Streak at 17". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-D – via Newspapers.com.
6. Bruns, John (October 12, 1980). "Princeton Rips Lions". The Home News Sunday . New Brunswick, N.J. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Wilkins, Sam (October 19, 1980). "Yale Cools Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Colgate Wins by 13 After 23-0". The Sunday Press . Binghamton, N.Y. October 26, 1980. pp. 2B, 4B – via Newspapers.com.
9. Newman, David (November 2, 1980). "HC Tops Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Page, Eliot (November 9, 1980). "Dartmouth Cruises". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Van Sickle, Kenny (November 17, 1980). "Forward Pass the Key to Red's Shutout Win". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Brown 31, Columbia 13". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. November 23, 1980. p. 84 – via Newspapers.com.