Columbia Lions NCAA Football News

Published Thursday 10 December 2009 06:43pm EST. All right, Cornell football - it's on.

Published Monday 7 December 2009 08:50pm EST. Last Thursday night, I interviewed Brian Grimes moments after his 21 points propelled the Lions to a 75-70 win over Lehigh.

I T WAS 158 weeks ago, but Cascia Hall head coach Joe Medina still remembers it well.

Columbia didn't have to run another play. The clock was winding down and the Lions led the Bears 28-14. But head coach Norries Wilson sent senior quarterback Millicent Olawale - who did not play due to plantar fasciitis - out to take the victory knee.

The biggest play of Columbia's 28-14 win over Brown on Saturday came without a second coming off the clock.

Princeton football coach Roger Hughes led his team to a solid 23-11 win over Dartmouth on the road in the last game of the 2009 season.

Austin Knowlin scored two touchdowns and Columbia returned an interception 85 yards for another score in a 28-14 win over Brown on Saturday.

Published Thursday 19 November 2009 06:56pm EST. Austin Knowlin and his fellow seniors take the field for the last time in their collegiate careers this Saturday and hope to walk away as winners from this final season matchup against the Brown Bears.

Published Tuesday 17 November 2009 06:52pm EST. This upcoming Saturday will be 25 seniorsa TM last home game of their collegiate careers, including wide receiver Austin Knowlin.

Mission accomplished, but it wasn't easy. Jeff Bliss ran for a 3-yard TD with 1:39 remaining as Montclair State held on for its 18th NJAC football championship a ' and first since 2003 a ' with a 14-6 home victory over Kean on Saturday.

Published Monday 16 November 2009 06:51pm EST. Despite the fact that the Columbia football team sits at a disappointing 3-6 entering the last game of the season, there will still be plenty of drama for Norries Wilson and his troops in the final weekend, and there is much to talk about this week.

Week 10, November 16, 2009 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Penn senior quarterback KYLE OLSON had a stellar day in a driving rainstorm in the Quakers' 17-7 win over Harvard to win a share of their first Ivy title in six seasons.

Senior wide receiver Pat Simonds, a Sidney High School graduate, made nine receptions for 167 yards and two touchdowns as Colgate defeated visiting Bucknell 29-14 in the regular-season football finale on Saturday.

Brian Pate kicked a 37-yard field goal with 2:54 left to lift William & Mary to a 20-17 win over New Hampshire on Saturday.

Columbia quarterback M.A. Olawale ran for two touchdowns in the second half, sparking the Lions to a 30-20 win over Cornell on Saturday.

It must have been deja vu for Altoona. The first time the Mountain Lions and Hollidaysburg met the Golden Tigers won, 7-1. Hollidaysburg took the second game from Altoona, 8-1, Thursday night at Galactic Ice.

ITHACA -- As if trying to stop a six-game losing streak isn't motivation enough, the Cornell football team's senior class will play its final game at Schoellkopf Field on Saturday.

Sardis head coach Chris Garmon usually cuts to the chase when assessing his team's performance, and he didn't veer from that course following Friday's 39-14 loss to Glencoe in the Class 3A state playoffs.

If there has been a theme in the Ivy League this year, it has been that perseverance triumphs over talent.

Week 9, November 9, 2009 OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Dartmouth freshman quarterback GREG PATTON broke the Dartmouth single-game rushing record with 243 yards on the ground on 29 carries, plus scored both Big Green touchdowns in a 20-17 double-overtime victory against Cornell, in his first action in a collegiate varsity game.