Fri, Sep 14, 2007, 1:56am
“Take a wild guess; What do you think happened at Penn?” This is the headline that ran for the game recap against the Quakers on Oct. 3, 1988, after the Columbia Lions’ 44th-straight defeat. This was the final loss in what became college football’s longest losing streak.
Fri, Sep 14, 2007, 1:56am
Norries Wilson had a year of firsts in his opening season as the head coach of the Columbia football team. He was the first new coach to win his first game since Buff Donelli in 1957. Under his watch, the Lions won their first Ivy game since 2004 and recorded their first .500 season since 1996.
Fri, Sep 14, 2007, 1:51am
When asked how it felt to lead Columbia to its first winning football season in a decade, head coach Norries Wilson quickly replied, “.500’s not a winning season.”
Fri, Sep 14, 2007, 1:44am
Philosophy major Brendan Ballou, CC ’09, is one of four founders of Free Culture @ Columbia—a student group that promotes the easy dissemination of digital information.
Fri, Sep 14, 2007, 1:41am
Senior cornerback Justin “JoJo” Smith has not always been the man making the tackles.
Fri, Sep 14, 2007, 1:40am
Craig Hormann has quietly put together one of the more successful careers for a quarterback in Columbia history. He currently ranks sixth on Columbia’s all-time completions list and, in his junior season, made a name for himself as the toughest quarterback to pick off in the Ivy League.
Fri, Sep 14, 2007, 1:40am
Coming off of its best season in a decade, the Columbia football team has a lot of momentum to build on going into 2007. The Lions have 15 starters and 57 letter-winners returning to the squad, and they will be joined by 39 recruits and one transfer for this year’s campaign.
Fri, Sep 14, 2007, 1:40am
In a sport where leadership on a team is so deeply rooted in experience and seniority, the difficulty of being a captain as a non-senior cannot be taken lightly. As a testament to that fact, there have only been three junior captains in the history of Columbia football.
Fri, Sep 14, 2007, 1:40am
YALE: (8-2, 6-1 Ivy)
Fri, Sep 14, 2007, 1:40am
Saturday night’s game in the Bronx becomes the latest chapter of the Columbia football story, not merely adding another season or scene to an already verbose novel, but also revealing a brand new set of characters clad in blue and white.
