2005 Columbia

2–⁠8 (0–⁠7 Ivy League).

Schedule and results

Columbia in 2005, game by game: won vs. Fordham 23–17; won vs. Duquesne 23–13; lost at Princeton 3–43; lost at Lafayette 7–14; lost vs. Pennsylvania 16–44; lost at Dartmouth 6–17; lost vs. Yale 3–37; lost vs. Harvard 7–55; lost at Cornell 7–45; lost vs. Brown 21–52+10−48Won 23–17 vs. Fordham+6FordhamWon 23–13 vs. Duquesne+10DuquesneLost 3–43 at Princeton-40PrincetonLost 7–14 at Lafayette-7LafayetteLost 16–44 vs. Pennsylvania-28PennsylvaniaLost 6–17 at Dartmouth-11DartmouthLost 3–37 vs. Yale-34YaleLost 7–55 vs. Harvard-48HarvardLost 7–45 at Cornell-38CornellLost 21–52 vs. Brown-31Brown
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17vsFordhamW 23–⁠1743%
Sep 24vsDuquesneW 23–⁠1338%
Oct 1atPrincetonL 3–⁠4332%
Oct 8atLafayetteL 7–⁠1422%
Oct 15vsPennsylvaniaL 16–⁠4427%
Oct 22atDartmouthL 6–⁠1745%
Oct 29vsYaleL 3–⁠3743%
Nov 5vsHarvardL 7–⁠5524%
Nov 12atCornellL 7–⁠4523%
Nov 19vsBrownL 21–⁠5215%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Brown 52–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Ivy League.

In program history: The 109th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Record
2–⁠8
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
116–⁠337
Coach
—
Elo
1112 −87 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−45.9 No. 97 of 115 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Bill Beechum, Prosper Nwokocha and Joe Winters

2005 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Brown6–⁠19–⁠1
Princeton5–⁠27–⁠3
Harvard5–⁠27–⁠3
Cornell4–⁠36–⁠4
Yale4–⁠34–⁠6
Pennsylvania3–⁠45–⁠5
Dartmouth1–⁠62–⁠8
Columbia0–⁠72–⁠8

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