2014 Columbia Lions football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 2014

| team=Columbia Lions

| sport= football

| image=Columbia Lions wordmark.png

| image_size= 300

| conference= Ivy League

| division=

| short_conf= Ivy

| TSNRank =

| FCSCoachRank =

| record = 0–10

| conf_record = 0–7

| head_coach= Pete Mangurian

| hc_year = 3rd

| off_coach=Jaime Elizondo

| oc_year =3rd

| def_coach=Chris Rippon

| dc_year = 2nd

| off_scheme=

| def_scheme=

| stadium= Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium

| champion =

| bowl =

| bowl_result =

}}

{{2014 Ivy League football standings}}

The 2014 Columbia Lions football team represented Columbia University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third year head coach Pete Mangurian and played their home games at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 0–10, 0–7 in Ivy League play to finish in last place. This was the seventh time, and second consecutive year, the school ended the season winless. Columbia averaged 5,574 fans per game.

On December 5, 2014, amid allegations of mistreatment of players, head coach Pete Mangurian resigned.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/columbia-coach-pete-mangurian-resigns-under-fire-120514|title=Columbia head football coach Pete Mangurian resigns under fire|author=Fox Sports|work=FOX Sports|access-date=14 June 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/columbia-football-coach-pete-mangurian-resigns-1417803660|title=Columbia Football Coach Pete Mangurian Resigns Amid Mistreatment Allegations|author=Sharon Terlep and Jared Diamond|date=5 December 2014|work=WSJ|access-date=14 June 2015}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/06/sports/ncaafootball/columbia-football-coach-resigns-amid-abuse-allegations.html|title=Columbia Coach Resigns Amid Abusive Behavior Assertions|newspaper=The New York Times|date=5 December 2014|last1=Tracy|first1=Marc}}{{cite web|url=http://7online.com/sports/columbia-university-football-coach-resigns-amid-abuse-allegations-/423958/|title=Columbia University football coach Pete Mangurian resigns amid cloud of abuse allegations|work=ABC7 New York|access-date=14 June 2015}} He had a three year record at Columbia of 3–27 and lost his last 21 games.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/new-york/college-football/story/_/id/11985104/columbia-lions-coach-pete-mangurian-resigns-winless-season-abuse-allegations|title=Columbia Lions coach Pete Mangurian resigns after winless season, abuse allegations|work=ESPN.com|date=6 December 2014|access-date=14 June 2015}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 2014

| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS

| poll = The Sports Network

| timezone = Eastern

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 20

| time = 12:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Fordham

| opprank = 18

| site_stadium = Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium

| site_cityst = New York, NY

| gamename = Liberty Cup

| tv =

| score = 7–49

| attend = 4,805

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 27

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Albany

| opprank = 24

| site_stadium = Bob Ford Field

| site_cityst = Albany, NY

| tv =

| score = 7–42

| attend = 5,107

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 4

| time = 12:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| opponent = Princeton

| site_stadium = Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium

| site_cityst = New York, NY

| tv =

| score = 6–38

| attend = 3,321

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 11

| time = 1:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Monmouth

| site_stadium = Kessler Field

| site_cityst = West Long Branch, NJ

| tv =

| score = 28–61

| attend = 2,627

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 18

| time = 1:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Penn

| site_stadium = Franklin Field

| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA

| tv =

| score = 7–31

| attend = 8,966

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 25

| time = 1:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| homecoming = y

| opponent = Dartmouth

| site_stadium = Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium

| site_cityst = New York, NY

| tv =

| score = 7–27

| attend = 11,202

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 1

| time = 12:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| opponent = Yale

| site_stadium = Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium

| site_cityst = New York, NY

| tv =

| score = 7–25

| attend = 2,808

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 8

| time = 1:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Harvard

| opprank = 18

| site_stadium = Harvard Stadium

| site_cityst = Boston, MA

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 0–45

| attend = 12,552

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 15

| time = 12:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| opponent = Cornell

| site_stadium = Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium

| site_cityst = New York, NY

| gamename = rivalry

| tv = FCS

| score = 27–30

| attend = 5,734

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 22

| time = 12:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Brown

| site_stadium = Brown Stadium

| site_cityst = Providence, RI

| tv = FCS

| score = 7–41

| attend = 1,863

}}

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=Columbia Lions Schedule 2014 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/171/season/2014 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=January 19, 2024 }}{{cite web |title=2014 Football Schedule |url=https://gocolumbialions.com/sports/football/schedule/2014 |publisher=The Trustees of Columbia University |access-date=January 19, 2024 }}{{cite web |title=Columbia Football 2023 Football Record Book |url=https://gocolumbialions.com/documents/2023/9/14/2023_Columbia_Football_Record_Book.pdf |publisher=The Trustees of Columbia University |page=184 |access-date=January 19, 2024 }}

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