1980 Columbia Lions football team

1980 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIvy League
Record1–9 (0–7 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Sean Cannon
  • Rico Josephs
Home stadiumBaker Field
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Ivy League football standings
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.

  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.