1985 Columbia Lions football team
American college football season
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The 1985 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Amid a record-setting loss streak, Columbia finished last in the Ivy League.
| 1985 Columbia Lions football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 0–10 (0–7 Ivy) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Bill Strack |
| Home stadium | Wien Stadium |
In their first and only season under head coach Jim Garrett, the Lions compiled an 0–10 record and were outscored 333 to 75. Bill Strack was the team captain.[1]
The Lions' winless (0–7) conference record was the worst in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 243 to 54 by Ivy opponents.[2]
By losing all of their games in 1985, the Lions extended a winless streak and a losing streak that began in 1983. They would not win or tie another game until an October 9, 1988, win against Princeton, an NCAA Division I record streak at the time.[3] At the end of 1985, the streak stood at 24 games without a win, and 21 straight losses.
Columbia played its homes games at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 21 | at Harvard | L 17–49 | 7,921 | [4] | |||
| September 28 | at Lafayette* | L 0–20 | 3,500 | [5] | |||
| October 5 | Penn |
| L 14–46 | 4,272 | [6] | ||
| October 12 | at Princeton | L 0–31 | 7,080 | [7] | |||
| October 19 | Yale
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| L 12–28 | 6,719 | [8] | ||
| October 26 | Bucknell* |
| L 10–13 | 2,420 | [9] | ||
| November 2 | at Colgate* | L 11–55 | 6,300 | [10] | |||
| November 9 | Dartmouth |
| L 3–34 | 6,013 | [11] | ||
| November 16 | at Cornell | L 8–21 | 1,000 | [12] | |||
| November 23 | at Brown | L 0–34 | 4,250 | [13] | |||
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