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American college football season
The 1998 Columbia Lions football team was an
American football team that represented
Columbia University during the
1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season . Columbia tied for fifth in the
Ivy League .
In their 10th season under head coach
Ray Tellier , the Lions compiled a 4–6 record and were outscored 175 to 146. Bert Bondi, Paul Roland, Jeremy Taylor and Chris Tillotson were the team captains.
[1]
The Lions' 3–4 conference record tied for fifth in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 111 to 87 by Ivy opponents.
[2]
Columbia played its homes games at
Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in
Upper Manhattan , in
New York City .
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 19
Harvard
W 24–0 11,175
[3]
September 26 at
Bucknell *
L 20–27 9,000
[4]
October 3 at
Saint Mary's (CA) *
W 20–17 4,967
[5]
October 10 No. 10
Lehigh *
L 19–20 3,675
[6]
October 17 at
Penn
L 0–20 8,108
[7]
October 24 at
Yale
L 14–37 14,537
[8]
October 31
Princeton
L 0–20 6,740
[9]
November 7 at
Dartmouth
W 24–14 4,117
[10]
November 14
Cornell
Wien Stadium New York, NY (
rivalry ) W 22–10 6,845
[11]
November 21
Brown
L 3–10 4,600
[12]
References
^
"Columbia Football 2019 Record Book" . New York, N.Y.:
Columbia University . p. 218. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
^ "Year-by-Year History".
Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF) . Princeton, N.J.:
Ivy League . 2017. pp. 37–38. Retrieved July 10, 2020 .
^ Concannon, Joe (September 20, 1998).
"Harvard Bashed by Lions" .
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. D17 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Baker, Wayne (September 20, 1998).
"Opportunities Pay Off for BU" .
The Daily Item . Sunbury, Pa. p. C1 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Chapin, Dwight (October 4, 1998).
"Lions Roar Back in Return to the West" .
San Francisco Examiner . San Francisco, Calif. p. C-7 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Blockus, Gary R. (October 11, 1998).
"Taafe's FG Completes Lehigh's Comeback" .
The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via
Newspapers.com . Attendance figure in "Ivy League: Summaries".
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. October 11, 1998. p. C19.
^ Juliano, Joe (October 18, 1998).
"Quakers Keep Columbia Quiet" .
The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. C8 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Berlet, Bruce (October 25, 1998).
"Bartholomew Runs, and Yale Clicks" .
Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. E10, E12 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Theisen, Princeton Cruise Past Columbia" .
The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa.
Associated Press . November 1, 1998. p. C10 – via
Newspapers.com .
^
"Columbia 24, Dartmouth 14" .
The Record . Hackensack, N.J.
Associated Press . November 8, 1998. p. S-4 – via
Newspapers.com . Attendance figure in "Ivy League".
Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. November 8, 1998. p. C12.
^ McShea, Keith (November 15, 1998).
"Tillotson Turns Tide in Red's Loss" .
The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 5B – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Dicker, Ron (November 22, 1998). "Columbia's Long Drives End in Frustration".
The New York Times . New York, N.Y. p. SP8.
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