1979 Columbia Lions football team

1979 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIvy League
Record1–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Brian O’Hagan
  • Geoff Stoner
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale $ 6 1 0 8 1 0
Brown 5 2 0 6 3 0
Princeton 5 2 0 5 4 0
Cornell 4 3 0 5 4 0
Dartmouth 4 3 0 4 4 1
Harvard 3 4 0 3 6 0
Columbia 1 6 0 1 8 0
Penn 0 7 0 0 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1979 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Columbia finished second-to-last in the Ivy League.

In their sixth and final season under head coach Bill Campbell, the Lions compiled a 1–8 record and were outscored 215 to 68. Brian O’Hagan and Geoff Stoner were the team captains.[1]

The Lions' 1–6 conference record placed seventh in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 177 to 47 by Ivy opponents.[2]

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

  1. ^ "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 215. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 28–29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.