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Columbia

IVY · 1979 Season · Final

Rock Bottom
Record
1–8
0.111 Win %
Conference
7th
1–6 in IVY

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
84
1870–1981
All-Time Record
282–382–35
0.428 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#2
1878
#1 Finishes
0
Top 5: 8 · Top 10: 14 · Top 25: 26
  • Divisional Era · 26 seasons
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 15 seasons · 1 Top 10
  • Pioneer Era · 23 seasons · 13 Top 10

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Columbia head-to-head · History & Eras

1979 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
5Week 5 · Sep 25Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND IVY3–6L 7–26
6Week 6 · Oct 2LAFAYETTEUnranked—L 7–14
7Week 7 · Oct 9Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)H2HIND IVY0–9W 12–7
8Week 8 · Oct 16Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY5–4L 7–35
9Week 9 · Oct 23Yale (YALE)H2HIND IVY8–1L 7–37
10Week 10 · Oct 30Colgate (COLGATE)H2HIND FBSI5–4–1L 14–24
11Week 11 · Nov 6Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND IVY4–4–1L 0–17
12Week 12 · Nov 13Cornell (CORNELL)H2HIND IVY5–4L 7–24
13Week 13 · Nov 20Brown (BROWN)H2HIND IVY6–3L 14–31

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
7.727
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
-26
-26+0
  • Pennsylvania 0
  • Yale -1
  • Brown -3
  • Princeton -4
  • Colgate -4
  • Dartmouth -4
  • Cornell -4
  • Harvard -6

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #137Better than 1%
Win % Place 130thBetter than 6%

0.111 Win % · No change

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#137Regular Season Final#137Post-Season W2#137Post-Season W3#137Post-Season W4#137Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
-19
-7
+5
-28
-30
-10
-17
-17
-17

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#1261974#1111975#1031976#1231977#1031978

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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