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1978 Columbia

3–⁠5–⁠1 (2–⁠4–⁠1 Ivy League), coached by Bill Campbell.

Schedule and results

Columbia in 1978, game by game: won at Harvard 21–19; won vs. Lafayette 21–0; lost at Pennsylvania 19–31; won vs. Princeton 14–10; tied at Yale 3–3; lost at Rutgers 0–69; lost at Dartmouth 7–37; lost vs. Cornell 14–35; lost vs. Brown 12–24+21−69Won 21–19 at Harvard+2HarvardWon 21–0 vs. Lafayette+21LafayetteLost 19–31 at Pennsylvania-12PennsylvaniaWon 14–10 vs. Princeton+4PrincetonTied 3–3 at Yale0YaleLost 0–69 at Rutgers-69RutgersLost 7–37 at Dartmouth-30DartmouthLost 14–35 vs. Cornell-21CornellLost 12–24 vs. Brown-12Brown
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23atHarvardW 21–⁠1928%
Sep 30vsLafayetteW 21–⁠087%
Oct 7atPennsylvaniaL 19–⁠3136%
Oct 14vsPrincetonW 14–⁠1056%
Oct 21atYaleT 3–⁠319%
Oct 28atRutgersL 0–⁠6920%
Nov 4atDartmouthL 7–⁠3727%
Nov 11vsCornellL 14–⁠3556%
Nov 18vsBrownL 12–⁠2430%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Brown 24–⁠12; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Ivy League.

In program history: The tied 69th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Record
3–⁠5–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4–⁠1 tied for 5th in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
111–⁠228
Coach
Bill Campbell
Elo
1314 −56 this season
SP+ rating
-14.0 No. 112 of 133; offense No. 108, defense No. 104
SRS
−22.5 No. 135 of 138 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Mike McGraw and Artie Pulsinelli

1978 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Dartmouth6–⁠16–⁠3
Brown5–⁠26–⁠3
Yale4–⁠1–⁠25–⁠2–⁠2
Cornell3–⁠3–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Harvard2–⁠4–⁠14–⁠4–⁠1
Columbia2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠5–⁠1
Princeton1–⁠4–⁠22–⁠5–⁠2
Pennsylvania1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.