1987 Columbia Lions football team

1987 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIvy League
Record0–10 (0–7 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorBill Narduzzi (2nd season)
CaptainMike Bissinger
Home stadiumWien Stadium
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard $ 6 1 0 8 2 0
Brown 5 2 0 7 3 0
Yale 5 2 0 7 3 0
Princeton 4 3 0 6 4 0
Cornell 4 3 0 5 5 0
Penn 3 4 0 4 6 0
Dartmouth 1 6 0 2 8 0
Columbia 0 7 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1987 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Amid a record-setting loss streak, Columbia finished last in the Ivy League.

In their second season under head coach Larry McElreavy, the Lions compiled an 0–10 record and were outscored 311 to 104. Mike Bissinger was the team captain.[1]

The Lions' winless (0–7) conference record was the worst in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 185 to 67 by Ivy opponents.[2]

By losing all of their games in 1987, the Lions extended a winless streak and a losing streak that began in 1983. The team would later set a Division I record for consecutive games without a win, 47. It would not win or tie another game until October 9, 1988, a win.[3] At the end of 1987, the streak stood at 44 games without a win, and 41 straight losses.

Columbia played its homes games at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium 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. p. 32. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Goodman, Brett (October 9, 1988). "Columbia Ends 44-Game Loss Skid". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-F – via Newspapers.com.