Last weekend, Columbia spoiled Central Connecticut State’s homecoming, defeating the Blue Devils in front of their home crowd 22-20. This Saturday, the Lions hope that Penn does not do the same as the Light Blue hosts the Quakers in Columbia’s annual Homecoming game.

Facing one of the best teams in the Ivy League in its conference opener, Columbia football fell 24-7 at the hands of Princeton (3-0, 1-0 Ivy). The Lions (2-1, 0-1 Ivy) remained competitive for much of the game, but a fourth-quarter push by the Tigers put the game out of reach.

Coming off of two convincing wins against Marist College and Georgetown University to start the season, the Lions (2-0, 0-0 Ivy) are hoping to keep things rolling against the Princeton Tigers (2-0, 0-0 Ivy) this Saturday. Columbia will travel to New Jersey for its Ivy League opener and first road game of the season.

Fresh off a 37-14 football victory over Marist (0-1), the Lions (1-0) are seeking to secure their third 2-0 start in the last four seasons this Saturday. They will host the Georgetown Hoyas (0-1) in the sixth annual Lou Little Cup, named after former Columbia and Georgetown head coach Lou Little.

After 22 months, Columbia football finally returned to its home in northern Manhattan in its season opener on Saturday. The Lions soundly beat Marist College 37-14 by dominating both sides of the ground game. After falling behind 14-0 in the first four minutes, Columbia scored 37 unanswered points en route to topping 300 rushing yards in a game for the first time since 1988. It is an optimistic sign for an offense that ranked last in the Ivy League in 2019.

Less than four minutes into its season opener against Marist College, the Columbia football team found itself in an unexpected situation.

The last time the Lions took the field, Tom Brady was still a New England Patriot, masks were worn almost exclusively on Halloween, and former Columbia star wide receiver Josh Wainwright, CC ‘20, was tearing up the Ivy League. Six hundred and sixty-four days later, Columbia will return to Robert K. Kraft field to host Marist College in its season opener this Saturday.

Three weeks before the first day of classes, Columbia’s football team reported to campus for the start of training camp. Two days later, its afternoon practice at Robert K. Kraft field marked the first time the Lions trained together as a team in nearly two years.

If you are not a varsity athlete but you still want to stay active through the academic trials of the school year, look no further than Columbia’s club sports. Most of Columbia’s club teams are open to all levels of experience, easy to join, and involve a smaller time commitment than varsity sports. There’s nothing like cracking open a can of endorphins with your teammates to lessen the pain of drowning in your textbooks during finals week.

Down by three points in overtime on third and nine from the opposing team’s 24-yard line, then senior quarterback Anders Hill dropped back and rifled a pass down the middle of the field. Wide receiver Josh Wainwright, then a sophomore, snagged the ball in between two defenders, fell in the endzone, and to deafening cheers from the crowd, vehemently spiked the ball in celebration. With fans streaming from the bleachers and teammates mobbing him on the ground in joy, Wainwright capped off a 10-reception, 193-yard, and two-touchdown performance by giving Columbia a statement 2017 Homecoming game-winner against the University of Pennsylvania.