GAME NOTES | GAME 10: CORNELL | NATION’S THIRD OLDEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL PROGRAM (149 YEARS) 2019 SCHEDULE & RESULTS SATURDAY’S MATCHUP Date Opponent (TV) Time/Score S21 at Saint Francis, Pa. W, 31-14 COLUMBIA CORNELL (NEC Front Row) S28 GEORGETOWN L, 24-10 LIONS at BIG RED (ESPN+) O5 at 23/25 *Princeton L, 21-10 (3-6, 2-4 IVY) (3-6, 2-4 IVY) (ESPN+) O12 CCSU L, 24-14 (ESPN+) GAME 10 • EMPIRE STATE BOWL O19 *PENN W, 44-6 (SNY/ESPN+) Saturday, November 23, 2019 • 1:30 p.m. ET O25 at 16/17 *Dartmouth L, 59-24 Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, N.Y. (ESPNU/WatchESPN) N2 at *Yale L, 45-10 (ESPN+) Television: ESPN+ (Barry Leonard & Buck Briggs). N9 *HARVARD W, 17-10 (OT) Columbia Online Radio: John Fanta, www.gocolumbialions.com (SNY/ESPN+) Live Stats: www.cornellbigred.com N16 *BROWN L, 48-24 Coaches: Columbia- Al Bagnoli, 5th year at Columbia (22-27), 37th year overall (ESPN+) (257-125). Cornell- David Archer, 7th year at Cornell (18-51), 7th overall (18-51). N23 at *Cornell0 1:30 p.m. Series: Columbia and Cornell meet for the 107th time in series history with Cornell (ESPN+) holding a 65-38-3 advantage. Columbia has claimed each of the last two matchups including a 24-21 win over the Big Red in New York last year and an 18-8 victory at Home Games in CAPS and BOLD; *Ivy Schoellkopf Field in 2017. Over the last 20 meetings, Columbia is 9-11. League opponent; All Game times ET TODAY’S TOP STORYLINES GAME NOTES • Columbia plays its fi nal game of the THE ESSENTIALS 2019 football season on Saturday. Columbia (3-6, 2-4 Ivy League) plays the fi nal contest of its 149th anniversary year and • Columbia’s senior class has the 129th season of college football when it travels to Ithaca, N.Y. to take on Cornell (3-6, 2-4 opportunity to fi nish its career with Ivy League) in the Empire State Bowl. The contest will be played on Saturday, Nov. 23 at a winning record. The group enters Schoellkopf Field with kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. ET. its fi nal game with a 20-19 overall record. Should the Lions win, the class WHERE TO LISTEN/WATCH would become the winningest class at The contest will be streamed live on ESPN+ with Barry Leonard (play-by-play) and Columbia since 1963. Buck Briggs (color commentary) calling the action. The Columbia Online Radio Network • Saturday’s Empire State Bowl Game will also provide a free audio-only simulcast broadcast on its website (www.gocolumbial- marks the fi nal collegiate game for 28 ions.com). John Fanta will call action from Ithaca, N.Y. Lions seniors. • Columbia enters its matchup with ABOUT THE LIONS Cornell after claiming each of the last Columbia is 3-6 on the season and 2-4 in Ivy League play after dropping a disappoint- two games in the series. The series ing 48-24 loss to Brown in its fi nal home contest of the year. Brown quarterback EJ Perry is virtually even through the last 20 threw for 300 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score as Brown jumped matchups as Cornell holds a slight out to a 21-0 fi rst quarter lead and held off Columbia the rest of the way for a 48-24 victo- 11-9 edge. #ONLYHERE 1 COLUMBIA GAME NOTES CORNELL GAME | NOV. 23, 2019 ry. Brown scored the game’s fi nal 20 points, scored 14 points off Lions turnovers and answered COLUMBIA QUICK FACTS several Columbia comeback attempts. Columbia battled back and cut its defi cit to four points two times but Brown’s off ense answered both times with touchdowns. The Lions trimmed the UNIVERSITY INFORMATION lead down to 21-17, but Brown answered with a 70-yard touchdown run by Allen Smith right Location ..................... New York, N.Y. 10027 before halftime. Columbia cut its defi cit to 28-24 in the third quarter on a 44-yard touchdown Founded .....................................................1754 pass from sophomore quarterback Ty Lenhart to senior wide receiver Josh Wainwright, but the Enrollment .......................8,931 undergrads Bears put together a 75-yard, six-play drive which ended on a 49-yard pass from Perry to Jakob President ...............................Lee C. Bollinger Prall. Brown outgained Columbia 457-427 in yardage, 18-17 in fi rst downs, and registered three Director of Athletics .................Peter Pilling turnovers (recovered two fumbles and intercepted a pass) to Columbia’s one. Colors ......................Columbia Blue & White The previous week, Columbia registered a dramatic 17-10 overtime victory over Harvard Nickname ................................................. Lions last Saturday. Ben Mathiasmeier sealed the victory in overtime for Columbia as he intercepted Affi liation ....................NCAA Division I/FCS a pass after Mike Roussos scored on a one-yard touchdown run, which was setup by a 25-yard Conference .................................... Ivy League pass from Ty Lenhart to Rory Schlageter. Columbia’s defense enjoyed its best performance of Stadium: ..........Lawrence A. Wien Stadium the year as it held Harvard to just 200 yards of total off ense, 63 rushing yards, and just 10 fi rst Home Field ..................Robert K. Kraft Field downs. The Crimson converted just three of 13 third downs and was 0-2 on fourth down. The Surface ................................................Field Turf Lions outgained Harvard 307-200 in total off ense, registered 20 fi rst downs to the Crimson’s Capacity: .................................................17,000 10 and outrushed the Crimson 154-63 in yardage. The Lions also converted nine of its 18 third Website: .....................gocolumbialions.com downs and controlled possession for the majority of the game (38:46 to 21:14). Harvard entered the contest leading the nation in sacks (4.50 per game), but the Lions allowed just two sacks on COACHING STAFF the day. Columbia defeated Harvard for the fi rst time since Nov. 8, 2003. Head Coach: ...................................Al Bagnoli Columbia opened its 2019 season after registering back-to-back winning seasons for the Record at CU (Years): .................22-27 (5th) fi rst time since 1961 and 1962. The Lions returned 15 starters (eight on off ense and seven on Overall Record (Years): .......257-125 (37th) defense) and nine total All-Ivy League selections from a program that won 14 of its 20 games Off ensive Coord./TE: ................Mark Fabish over the previous two seasons (8-2 in 2017 and 6-4 in 2018). Defensive Coordinator: ...........Paul Ferraro Last year, Columbia endured a season that saw it suff er injuries to over 25 of its key players. OL/Associate HC: ..............Jon McLaughlin It started four diff erent quarterbacks and won with all of them, lost its top two running backs LB/Special Teams: ...................Justin Stovall and top two receivers to injuries and still registered a winning season. Defensive Line: .....................Darin Edwards FINAL GAME FOR 28 COLUMBIA PLAYERS Defensive Backs: ................Andrae Murphy Running Backs: .........................Joe D’Orazio Saturday’s game at Cornell marks the fi nal collegiate contest for 28 seniors. Wide Receivers: .......................... Jerry Taylor This year’s senior class includes (by number): Hunter Lunsford, Lynnard Rose, Michael Mur- Quarterbacks: .............................Ryan Larsen phy, Jalen Williams, Josh Wainwright, Christian Everett, Matt Dame, Oren Milstein, Carson Griffi s, Off ensive Assistant: ............Gregory Skjold Benjamin McKeighan, Tanner Thomas, Ronald Smith, Jonathan Webster, Van Neils, Max Mul- Defensive Assistant: ..........Andrew Kukesh laney, Ben Hill, Daniel DeLorenzi, Taylor Weldon, John Fischer, Joseph Scowden, Arman Samouk, Dir. of FB Admin/AA: ..................Greg Lamb Parker Coogan, Lamine Nouck-A-Nwal, Drew Schoeberl, Rory Schlageter, Kyle Baskin, Christian Dir. of Player Personnel: ...............Eric Hahn Dir. of Social Media: ..........Jordan Marshall Video Coordinator: ..........................Jay Fitch Dir. of Sport Perf.: ..................Bob Gilmartin Asst. Dir. of Sport Perf.: ..........Frank Lisante Asst. Dir. of Sport Perf.: ....Wilfred Frederic PROGRAM HISTORY First Season: ...............................................1870 Overall Record: ........................... 396-680-43 Ivy League Record: .......................107-337-5 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Football Contact .................Greg Hotchkiss Email ....................... [email protected] Offi ce Phone .........................(212) 854-2535 Cell Phone .............................(412) 491-5296 Secondary Contact............Kyle Mattracion Email ...................... [email protected] #ONLYHERE 2 COLUMBIA GAME NOTES CORNELL GAME | NOV. 23, 2019 Boujaoude, and Alex Robin. Depending on individual circumstances, a few of these players could return for the 2019 season. COLUMBIA-CORNELL STAT COMPARISON The group won three games as fi rst-years in 2016, eight games in 2017, six games in 2018 and has three wins and counting in 2019. The class currently has a 20-19 overall record. With a win Saturday at COLUMBIA CORNELL Cornell, the class would become the fi rst football class at Columbia to Scoring Off ense/Game 20.4 19.0 Scoring Defense/Game 27.9 22.0 graduate with a winning record since the 1963 class (18-17-1). First Downs/Game 17.6 18.1 First Downs Rushing/Game 6.7 7.3 2019 SENIOR CLASS ACCOMPLISHMENTS First Downs Passing/Game 8.8 9.9 Columbia Football’s 28-member Class of 2018 has achieved numer- Rushing Yards/Game 107.6 130.2 ous records during its time with the program (2016-19). Here are a few Passing Yards/Game 185.2 231.4 of those accomplishments: Total Off ense/Game 292.8 361.7 • Could become the fi rst Columbia football senior class to graduate Rushing Defense/Game 132,2 123.3 with a winning record since 1963. The group is currently 20-19 Pass Defense/Game 238.2 213.6 overall with one game remaining. The 1963 squad accumulated an Total Defense/Game 370.4 337.9 18-17-1 overall record. Net Punting 32.5 35.6 • 20 total victories and counting and 13 Ivy League wins from 2016- Kickoff Return Average 23.5 16.6 Punt Return Average 17.3 10.5 19.