1984 Columbia Lions football team

American college football season August 2023 January 2026 1984 Columbia Lions football Ivy League Ivy 0–9 0–7 Bob Naso 5th Tony Mazzarini Wien Stadium The 1984 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Amid a record-setting loss streak, Columbia finished last in the Ivy League. In their fifth and final season under head coach Bob Naso, the Lions compiled an 0–9 record and were outscored 282 to 117. Tony Mazzarini was the team captain.Columbia Football 2019 Record Book Columbia University New York, N.Y. June 15, 2020 216 https://issuu.com/columbiaathletics/docs/2019_columbia_football_record_book June 26, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200626164103/https://issuu.com/columbiaathletics/docs/2019_columbia_football_record_book dead The Lions' winless (0–7) conference record was the worst in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 224 to 87 by Ivy opponents.https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998 Ivy League Football Media Guide Year-by-Year History Ivy League Princeton, N.J. 2017 July 10, 2020 30–31 By losing all of their games in 1984, 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, 44, from 1983 to 1988. Columbia's last win before the streak was October 15, 1983, at Yale; its last tie was November 5, 1983, against Dartmouth. It would not win or tie another game until October 9, 1988, against Princeton. This stretch, which included the entirety of the 1984 to 1987 seasons, included 33 consecutive Ivy League losses.Columbia Ends 44-Game Loss Skid Brett Goodman October 9, 1988 1-F The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57082223/1988-columbia-streak/ A decade later, Columbia's streak was surpassed by an 80-game loss streak by Prairie View A&M in 1989–1998. Following a season with seven road games and three "home" games at neutral sites, Columbia in 1984 moved into Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City, playing six of its nine games at home. The new stadium was built on the same site as the former Baker Field, which hosted Columbia football from 1923 to 1982. Schedule y y y the latest NCAA Division I-AA poll released prior to the game September 22 Harvard Wien Stadium New York, NY L 21 35 10,500 Harvard Brings Down the House, 35-21 John Powers September 23, 1984 100 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57119167/1984-columbia-harvard/ September 29 Lafayette<ncg> Wien Stadium New York, NY L 14 23 4,034 Columbia Bows to Lafayette September 30, 1984 S9 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 6 @ Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA L 7 35 8,469 Chambers Leads Unbeaten Penn to 35-7 Triumph Chuck Newman October 7, 1984 11-E, 16-E The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57120591/1984-columbia-penn/ October 13 Princeton<hc> Wien Stadium New York, NY L 8 38 9,621 Princeton Rolls over Columbia Laurel Miller October 14, 1984 13-E, 14-E The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57121047/1984-columbia-princeton/ October 20 @ Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT L 21 28 13,888 Yale Swats Down Columbia's Comeback Bid Ginny Apple October 21, 1984 B17, B20 The Hartford Courant Hartford, Conn. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57157291/1984-columbia-yale/ October 27 #15 Colgate<ncg> Wien Stadium New York, NY L 16 35 6,617 Raiders Gun Down Columbia, 35-16 October 28, 1984 7E, 2E The Sunday Press Binghamton, N.Y. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57164088/1984-colgate-columbia/ November 3 @ Dartmouth Memorial Field Hanover, NH L 9 41 5,685 Dartmouth Whips Columbia Paul Robbins November 4, 1984 sect. 2, p. 1 The Sunday Rutland Herald Rutland, Vt. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57166341/1984-columbia-dartmouth/ November 10 Cornell Wien Stadium New York, NY (rivalry) L 7 19 5,996 Cornell Gridders Seeking Big Finish Kenny Van Sickle November 11, 1984 11 The Ithaca Journal Ithaca, N.Y. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57167989/1984-columbia-cornell/ November 20 Brown Wien Stadium New York, NY L 14 28 4,635 Brown Ends Columbia's Season at 0-9 Joseph Durso November 18, 1984 S7, S8 The New York Times New York, N.Y. References Columbia Category:Columbia Lions football seasons Category:College football winless seasons Columbia Lions football