1993 Columbia Lions football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1993
| team = Columbia Lions
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 2–8
| conf_record = 1–6
| head_coach = Ray Tellier
| hc_year = 5th
| off_coach =
| oc_year =
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Mike Donnelly
| dc_year = 2nd
| def_scheme =
| captain = Adam Yeloushan
| stadium = Wien Stadium
}}
{{1993 Ivy League football standings}}
The 1993 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Columbia tied for last in the Ivy League.
In their fifth season under head coach Ray Tellier, the Lions compiled a 2–8 record and were outscored 294 to 155. Adam Yeloushan 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=218 |url=https://issuu.com/columbiaathletics/docs/2019_columbia_football_record_book}}
The Lions' 1–6 conference record tied for seventh (and worst) in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 209 to 118 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|page=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 = 1993
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll =The Sports Network
| September 18 | @ | Harvard
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA | L 3 30
| 8,448 | {{cite news |title=Harvard Gets Off to a Fresh Start |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=September 19, 1993 |page=64 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58778890/1993-columbia-harvard/ }}
| September 25 | | Fordham
| Wien Stadium | New York, NY (rivalry) | W 7 0
| 3,325 | {{cite news |title=Lions Rule Quiet Kingdom; Bowl Over Rams, Not City, as Gotham's Griddiest |first=Filip |last=Bondy |date=September 26, 1993 |page=49 |edition=final |newspaper=Daily News |location=New York, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58782050/1993-columbia-fordham/ }}
| October 2 | @ | Colgate
| Andy Kerr Stadium | Hamilton, NY | L 24 27
| October 9 | | Lafayette
| Wien Stadium | New York, NY | L 6 58
| 3,080 | {{cite news |title=Lafayette Mauls Columbia 58-6 |first=Ted |last=Meixell |date=October 10, 1993 |page=C4 |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58801050/1993-columbia-lafayette/ }}
| October 16 | | Penn
| Wien Stadium | New York, NY | L 7 36
| 8,605 | {{cite news |title=Quakers Climb to 5-0 by Blasting Columbia |first=Jay |last=Searcy |date=October 17, 1993 |page=C1 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58802732/1993-columbia-penn/ }}
| October 23 | | Yale
| Wien Stadium | New York, NY | L 28 35
| 5,352 | {{cite news |title=Yale's Offense Has a Field Day |first=Bruce |last=Berlet |date=October 24, 1993 |pages=E9, E11 |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58804015/1993-columbia-yale/ }}
| October 30 | @ | Princeton
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | L 3 14
| 5,176 | {{cite news |title=Tigers Slosh by Columbia |first=John |last=Bruns |date=October 31, 1993 |page=C2 |newspaper=The Sunday Home News |location=New Brunswick, N.J.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58804982/1993-columbia-princeton/ }}
| November 6 | | Dartmouth
| Wien Stadium | New York, NY | L 25 42
| 4,485 | {{cite news|title=Dartmouth Rolls On |newspaper=The Sunday Rutland Herald |location=Rutland, Vt. |date=November 7, 1993 |page=11 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40574158/dartmouth_rolls_on/ |via=Newspapers.com}} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Ivy League Summaries: Dartmouth, 42-25 |date=November 7, 1993 |page=62 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58806201/1993-brown-harvard/ }}
| November 13 | @ | Cornell
| Schoellkopf Field | Ithaca, NY (rivalry) | W 29 24
| 5,196 | {{cite news |title=Lions Growl Again Surprises Big Red |first=Dennis |last=Read |date=November 15, 1993 |page=1B |newspaper=The Ithaca Journal |location=Ithaca, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58807582/1993-columbia-cornell/ }}
| November 20 | @ | Brown
| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | L 23 28
| 2,420 | {{cite news |title=Brown 28, Columbia 23 |date=November 14, 1993 |page=9D |newspaper=The Miami Herald |edition=final |location=Miami, Fla.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58809572/1993-brown-columbia/ }}
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