Columbia, known as a perennial football loser, won its first Ivy League title since 1961. The Lions beat Cornell 17-9, then gained a share of the title when Harvard lost to Yale 34-29. Columbia, Harvard and Dartmouth all finished 5-2 — the Ivy League doesn't have tiebreakers.
The Columbia players celebrates after beating Cornell in an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, in New York. The Columbia football team celebrates after beating Cornell in an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, in New York. The Columbia players celebrates after beating Cornell in an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, in New York. The Columbia players celebrates after beating Cornell in an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov.
When Yale recovered onside kick with seconds left to ensure a 34-29 Harvard defeat, players let out a scream and streamed back onto the field to celebrate, smoke cigars, lift a trophy and sing “Roar, Lion, Roar” with family and friends.“You had the realization of, oh, I’m a champion, which is something that hasn’t been said here in a while,” co-captain CJ Brown said.
Columbia’s only previous championship in 1961 also was shared with Harvard. That Lions team was coached by Buff Donelli, a former Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Rams coach who scored for the Americans in soccer’s 1934 World Cup. Jon Poppe, now 39, was hired last December after working as a Bagnoli assistant at Columbia from 2015-17 between stints at Harvard from 2011-14 and 2017-22, plus one season as a head coach at Division III Union College.
“Sixty-three years of whatever into now,” he said. “Just seeing a lot of that history myself, personally. This is a hugely — a feeling of elation, seeing my dad on the field, a lot of emotional things with that.”
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