1992 Columbia Lions football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1992
| team = Columbia Lions
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 3–7
| conf_record = 2–5
| head_coach = Ray Tellier
| hc_year = 4th
| off_coach =
| oc_year =
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Mike Donnelly
| dc_year = 1st
| def_scheme =
| captain = Des Werthman
| stadium = Wien Stadium
}}
{{1992 Ivy League football standings}}
The 1992 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Columbia tied for second-to-last in the Ivy League.
In their fourth season under head coach Ray Tellier, the Lions compiled a 3–7 record and were outscored 286 to 205. Des Werthman was the team captain.{{cite web |title=Columbia Football 2019 Record Book |publisher=Columbia University |location=New York, N.Y. |access-date=June 15, 2020 |page=216 |url=https://issuu.com/columbiaathletics/docs/2019_columbia_football_record_book}}
The Lions' 2–5 conference record tied for sixth in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 214 to 136 by Ivy opponents.{{cite book|url=https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998|title=Ivy League Football Media Guide|chapter=Year-by-Year History|publisher=Ivy League|location=Princeton, N.J.|date=2017|access-date=July 10, 2020|pages=34–35}}
Columbia played its homes games at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| attend = y
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| rankyear = 1992
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee
| September 19 | | Harvard
| Wien Stadium | New York, NY | L 20 27
| 5,750 | {{cite news |title=Columbia Roars but Not Quite Enough |first=William N. |last=Wallace |date=September 20, 1992 |pages=S3, S4 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
| September 26 | @ | Fordham
| Coffey Field | Bronx, NY (rivalry) | W 18 9
| 3,521 | {{cite news |title=Hail Columbia, the Gem of the Bronx |date=September 27, 1992 |pages=S3, S4 |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, N.Y.}}
| October 3 | | Colgate
| Wien Stadium | New York, NY | L 29 34
| 4,645 | {{cite news |title=Sparacio Leads Colgate, 34-29 |agency=Associated Press |date=October 4, 1992 |page=5E |newspaper=Democrat and Chronicle |location=Rochester, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58620839/1992-colgate-columbia/ }}
| October 10 | | Bucknell
| Wien Stadium | New York, NY | L 22 29
| 5,835 | {{cite news |title=Noll's Pickoff Leads Bison Over Columbia |date=October 11, 1992 |pages=C3, C12 |newspaper=The Daily Item |location=Sunbury, Pa. |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58621330/1992-bucknell-columbia/ }}
| October 17 | @ | Penn
| Franklin Field | Philadelphia, PA | L 21 34
| 8,867 | {{cite news |title=Penn, Despite a Raft of Errors, Outscores Columbia |first=Joe |last=Juliano |date=October 18, 1992 |page=E13 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58621808/1992-columbia-penn/ }}
| October 24 | @ | Yale
| Yale Bowl | New Haven, CT | L 0 23
| 14,569 | {{cite news |title=Yale's Defense Responds; Stops Columbia in 23-0 Victory |first=Bruce |last=Berlet |date=October 25, 1992 |page=C11 |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58647212/1992-columbia-yale/ }}
| October 31 | | Princeton
| Wien Stadium | New York, NY | L 7 34
| 9,335 | {{cite news |title=Elias Carries Princeton Over Columbia, 34-7 |agency=Associated Press |date=November 1, 1992 |page=D11 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58649929/1992-columbia-princeton/ }}
| November 7 | @ | Dartmouth
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | L 19 38
| 2,907 | {{cite news |title=Another Record Day for Green's Fiedler |agency=Associated Press |date=November 8, 1992 |page=72 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58668840/1992-columbia-dartmouth/ }}
| November 14 | | Cornell
| Wien Stadium | New York, NY (rivalry) | W 35 30
| 5,495 | {{cite news |title=Columbia's Shocker Knocks Red out of Ivy Picture |first=Frank |last=Benson |date=November 16, 1992 |pages=1B, 2B |newspaper=The Ithaca Journal |location=Ithaca, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58670210/1992-columbia-cornell/ }}
| November 21 | | Brown
| Wien Stadium | New York, NY | W 34 28
| 3,610 | {{cite news |title=Columbia's on a New Kind of Streak |agency=Associated Press |date=November 22, 1992 |page=22 |edition=national |newspaper=Daily News |location=New York, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58671579/1992-brown-columbia/ }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Columbia, 34-28 |date=November 22, 1992 |page=65 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.}}
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