1968 Columbia Lions football team
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American college football season
| 1968 Columbia Lions football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 2–7 (2–5 Ivy) |
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| Home stadium | Baker Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard + | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale + | 6 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1968 Columbia Lions football team represented Columbia University in the 1968 NCAA University Division football season.[1] They were led by first-year head coach Frank Navarro and played their home games at Baker Field. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 2–7 overall and 2–5 in Ivy League play to place fifth.
Schedule
[edit ]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | Lafayette * | L 14–36 | 7,441 | [2] | |
| October 5 | at Princeton | L 16–44 | 12,000 | [3] | |
| October 12 | Harvard dagger |
| L 14–21 | 17,182 | [4] |
| October 19 | at Yale | L 7–29 | 17,724 | [5] | |
| October 26 | Rutgers * |
| L 17–28 | 10,968 | [6] |
| November 2 | Cornell |
| W 34–25 | 14,377 | [7] |
| November 9 | at Dartmouth | L 19–31 | 8,444 | [8] | |
| November 16 | at Penn | L 7–13 | 10,366 | [9] | |
| November 23 | Brown |
| W 46–20 | 9,723 | [10] |
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References
[edit ]- ^ "1968 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
- ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (September 29, 1968). "Lafayette Routs Columbia, 36 to 14". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Adams, Frank S. (October 6, 1968). "Princeton Downs Columbia, 44-16, with a Late Rally". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Wallace, William N. (October 13, 1968). "Harvard Topples Columbia, 21 to 14". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Eskenazi, Gerald (October 20, 1968). "Yale Tops Columbia, 29-7, for 12th Triumph in Row". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Eskenazi, Gerald (October 27, 1968). "Rutgers Defeats Columbia, 28 to 17". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Koppett, Leonard (November 3, 1968). "Columbia Downs Cornell as Domres Excels, 34-25". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ McGowen, Deane (November 10, 1968). "Columbia Bows, 31 to 19". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1. Attendance figure in "Green Chews Lions". Democrat and Chronicle . Rochester, N.Y. November 10, 1968. p. 4D.
- ^ Amdur, Neil (November 17, 1968). "Penn Sets Back Columbia, 13 to 7". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Koppett, Leonard (November 24, 1968). "Columbia Crushes Brown on Domres Aerials, 46-20". The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. S1. Attendance figure in "Lions Romp over Browns". Democrat and Chronicle . Rochester, N.Y. November 24, 1968. p. 4D.