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1996 Columbia Lions football team

The 1996 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Columbia finished second in the Ivy League.

1996 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIvy League
Record8–2 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorMike Donnelly (5th season)
Captains
  • Ryan Gabriele
  • Randy Murff
  • Marcellus Wiley
  • Rory Wilfork
Home stadiumWien Stadium
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 17 Dartmouth $   7 – 0     10 – 0  
Columbia   5 – 2     8 – 2  
Brown   4 – 3     5 – 5  
Cornell   4 – 3     4 – 6  
Penn   3 – 4     5 – 5  
Harvard   2 – 5     4 – 6  
Princeton   2 – 5     3 – 7  
Yale   1 – 6     2 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

In their eighth season under head coach Ray Tellier, the Lions compiled a 8–2 record and outscored opponents 181 to 159. Ryan Gabriele, Randy Murff, Marcellus Wiley and Rory Wilfork were the team captains.[1]

Despite a 5–2 conference record that placed second in the Ivy League standings, Columbia was outscored 133 to 119 by Ivy opponents.[2]

Columbia played its homes games at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21 Harvard
W 20–13 OT 5,760 [3]
September 28 at Fordham*
W 17–10 5,713 [4]
October 5 at Holy Cross*
W 42–16 9,349 [5]
October 12 at Penn
W 20–19 OT 6,435 [6]
October 19 Lafayette *
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
W 3–0 1,170 [7]
October 26 at Yale
W 13–10 24,715 [8]
November 2 Princeton 
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
L 11–14 9,100 [9]
November 9 at No. 25 Dartmouth
L 0–40 5,119 [10]
November 16 Cornell
W 24–10 7,055 [11]
November 23 Brown
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
W 31–27 5,175 [12]

Roster edit

1996 Columbia Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 83 Billy Campbell Fr
WR 3 Dennis Lee Sr
FB 28 Paul Thomas Jr
QB 19 Bobby Thomason Jr
WR 88 Chris Wachter Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DE 92 Charlie Bettinelli Sr
DE 81 Greg Bowman Fr
DT 63 Brett Bryant Sr
ROV 11 Anthony Caffiero Jr
DE 96 Tom Nelson Fr
FS 22 Jessie Nunn Sr
DE 85 Juan Tabio Fr
DE 5 Marcellus Wiley Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K, P 9 Matt Linit So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

Roster

References edit

  1. ^ "Columbia Football 2019 Record Book". New York, N.Y.: Columbia University. p. 218. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 36–37. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Lessels, Allen (September 22, 1996). "Sour Finish for Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Cavanaugh, Jack (September 29, 1996). "Mistakes Abound, but Columbia Finds Itself at 2-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S4.
  5. ^ El-Bashir, Tarik (October 6, 1996). "Lions Remain Perfect by Trouncing Crusaders". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. pp. S4, S6.
  6. ^ Juliano, Joe (October 13, 1996). "Kick Fails in OT as Columbia Tops Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C18 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Meixell, Ted (October 20, 1996). "Columbia Zips Lafayette in Impossible Conditions". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 20, 1996. p. D19.
  8. ^ Berlet, Bruce (October 27, 1996). "Columbia Defeats Yale on Late FG". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. D12, D14 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Princeton Edges Past Columbia". The Home News & Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. November 3, 1996. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Concannon, Joe (November 10, 1996). "Big Win for the Big Green". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ McShea, Keith (November 18, 1996). "A Heartbreaker: Injury Stops Levitt Short of Goal; CU Falls". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Cavanaugh, Jack (November 24, 1996). "Lions Eke Out Victory in Closing Minutes". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S3.
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