It has been 63 years since football took home a share of the Ivy League Championship. Now, the Lions have a chance to break that drought—the longest in conference history—if they top Cornell in Saturday’s Empire State Bowl at Wien Stadium.

The women’s swimming and diving team opened conference competition this month with losses to Penn and Yale.

After the Lions suffered a tough loss against Harvard, Columbia bounced back with a roaring victory against Brown on Saturday.

Columbia made the trek up to Cambridge on Saturday to take on No. 24 Harvard in a crucial matchup for the top spot in the Ivy League. The Crimson ultimately came away with a dominant wire-to-wire victory, beating the Lions 26-6.

In Jon Poppe’s first few months as head coach, Columbia football has been climbing up the Ivy League rankings. From holding a 3-7, 1-6 Ivy season record last year, the Lions went into Saturday’s game tied for first in the league. Spectator’s photographers captured some of the moments during Saturday’s Homecoming game—where Columbia eventually lost to Dartmouth 24-21.

Long before he ever coached at the Baker Athletics Complex, Jon Poppe had already been to Columbia Homecoming. Then a young kid, Jon was with his family celebrating the annual Homecoming football game. Both his father and brother, Bill Poppe, CC ’70 and Will Poppe, CC ’00, were former players with strong connections to the Light Blue. Years later, he would return to Columbia once again—this time, at the helm of the football program.

Football finished up nonconference play on Saturday with a strong win against Wagner College. Senior defensive back Carter McFadden and senior running back Joey Giorgi starred in the effort, as McFadden had two picks and Giorgi eclipsed 100 yards on the ground.

After a tough loss against Cornell, the Light Blue was on the road this past weekend to take on both Harvard and Dartmouth in back-to-back games.

The Lions traveled down to Washington, D.C., this weekend to take on Georgetown University and defend the Lou Little Cup. After coming off a huge win against Lafayette College in the season opener, the Lions were looking to carry on the winning momentum. However, they fell to Georgetown 20-17, failing to secure a second victory before the start of Ivy League play.

Volleyball earned a victory over Bethune-Cookman University this past weekend at the Jacksonville Invitational, but later fell to Jacksonville University and the Citadel Military College of South Carolina in the Florida tournament.