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2018 Columbia Football Recordbook.Indd 2018 RECORD BOOK FOLLOW THE LIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA COLUMBIA ATHLETICS COLUMBIA FOOTBALL @GOCOLUMBIALIONS @COLUMBIALIONSFB @GOCOLUMBIALIONS @COLUMBIAFOOTBALL TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS/QUICK FACTS QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents ................................................................1 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Quick Facts .............................................................................1 Location: .........................................New York, N.Y. 10027 2018 COLUMBIA LIONS Founded: ........................................................................1754 Enrollment: .................................8,868 undergraduates President: ..................................................Lee C. Bollinger Numerical Roster .............................................................2-3 Director of Athletics: ..................................Peter Pilling Alphabetical Roster ........................................................4-5 Colors: ..........................................Columbia Blue & White Coaching Staff Identifi cation...........................................6 Nickname: .....................................................................Lions Affi liation: ........................................NCAA Division I FCS 1 • AWARDS & HONORS Conference: ....................................................... Ivy League Home Stadium: ................Lawrence A. Wien Stadium Field: ...................................................Robert K. Kraft Field National Awards ...................................................................7 Surface: .................................................................. Field Turf Regional Awards ...............................................................10 Capacity: ..................................................................... 17,000 All-Americans ...............................................................11-13 Website: .............................www.gocolumbialions.com Columbia in the NFL ..................................................14-16 Ivy League Honors .....................................................17-21 Pro Football Hall of Fame Selections .........................22 COACHING STAFF NFF Hall of Fame Selections ...................................23-25 Columbia Athletics Hall of Fame .................................26 Head Coach: ....................................................... Al Bagnoli Columbia Football/School Honors .......................27-28 Record at Columbia (Years): ............13-17 (4th year) National Statistical Rankings ........................................29 Overall Record (Seasons): .........248-115 (36th year) Off ensive Coordinator/TE: .......................Mark Fabish 2 • INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Defensive Coordinator/Asst. H.C.: .......Paul Ferraro Fans storm the fi eld after Columbia’s Off ensive Line/Assoc. H.C.: ..............Jon McLaughlin overtime win over Penn in 2017. Linebackers/Special Teams: ..................Justin Stovall Rushing Records .........................................................32-40 Defensive Line: .........................................Darin Edwards Passing Records ..........................................................41-50 Wide Receivers: ............................................Todd Gilcrist Receiving Records ......................................................51-58 Quarterbacks: ...............................................Ricky Santos Total Off ense ................................................................59-61 Attendance Records .............................................128-129 Defensive Backs: ................................... Andrae Murphy Scoring ...........................................................................62-64 Columbia in the National Polls ..................................130 Running Backs: .............................................Joe D’Orazio All-Purpose ...................................................................65-67 Columbia’s Game-Winning Plays ..............................131 Off ensive Assistant: ..............................Gregory Skjold Punt Returns .................................................................68-70 Defensive Assistant: ........................... Andrew Kukesh Kickoff Returns ............................................................71-73 4 • FOOTBALL PERSONNEL Director of Football Administration: ....Greg Lamb Placekicking .................................................................74-77 Director of Player Personnel: ......................Eric Hahn Punting ...........................................................................78-80 Director of Social Media: ......................Alex Voulgaris Tackles ............................................................................81-82 All-Time Coaching Records ................................134-135 Director of Video Technology: ......................Jay Fitch Interceptions ................................................................83-84 Coaching/Personnel Staff s .................................136-141 Director of Football Sport Perf.: .. Robert Gilmartin Tackles For Loss .................................................................85 Team Captains .................................................................142 Asst. Dir. of Sport Performance: .........Darius Ducre Sacks ..................................................................................... 86 Numerical Roster ...................................................143-151 Asst. Dir. of Sport Performance: ........ Frank Lisante Pass Breakups/Passes Defended .................................87 Year-by-Year Letterwinners ................................152-163 Fumble Recoveries ...........................................................88 All-Time Letterwinners ........................................164-176 Forced Fumbles/QB Hurries/Safeties ........................ 89 PROGRAM HISTORY Blocked Kicks ...............................................................90-91 Freshman Records ............................................................92 5 • ALL-TIME RESULTS First Year of Football: ...............................................1870 Lawrence A. Wien Stadium Records .......................... 93 Total Years of Football: .............................................. 127 Opponents Individual Game Records .......................94 All-Time Results by Venue ..................................178-179 Overall Record: ...............................................387-669-43 All-Time Ivy League Results ...............................180-181 Ivy League Record: ..........................................101-328-5 3 • TEAM RECORDS Brown Series .....................................................................182 Cornell Series ...................................................................183 Dartmouth Series ...........................................................184 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Off ensive Team ..................................................................96 Harvard Series ..................................................................185 Defensive Team ...........................................................97-98 Penn Series .......................................................................186 Football Contact: ....................................Greg Hotchkiss Miscellaneous .................................................................... 98 Princeton Series ..............................................................187 Offi ce Phone: ............................................(212) 854-2535 Special Teams .....................................................................99 Yale Series .........................................................................188 E-Mail: ......................................... [email protected] Columbia Won-Loss Season .......................................100 All-Time Records vs. Opponents ...............................189 Cell Phone:.................................................(412) 491-5296 Columbia Off ensive Scoring Season .......................100 All-Time Series Results .........................................190-194 Address: ...........3280 Broadway, New York, NY 10027 Columbia Off ensive Season ..............................101-102 All-Time Year-by-Year Results ............................195-206 Secondary Contact: .....................................Gabe Gilson First Downs Season ........................................................103 Opponents Summary ...................................................206 E-Mail: ......................................... [email protected] Penalties/Fumbles Season ..........................................104 Columbia Defensive Scoring Season ......................105 Columbia Defensive Season ..............................106-109 6 • HISTORY & TRADITION RECORD BOOK CREDITS Opponent Defensive Season ............................110-111 Columbia Special Teams Season ......................112-113 Columbia Football History .................................208-209 The 2018 Columbia Football Record Book was de- Opponent Special Teams Season ....................114-115 1934 Rose Bowl ............................................................2010 signed, edited, researched and written by the Co- Year-by-Year Team Statistics ..............................116-118 1947 Army-Columbia Game .......................................211 lumbia Athletic Communications Offi ce comprised Game Scoring
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