2003 Columbia Lions football team

The 2003 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Columbia finished sixth in the Ivy League.

In their first season under head coach Bob Shoop, the Lions compiled a 4–6 record and were outscored 283 to 211. Rashad Biggers, Chris Carey and Jeff Roether were the team captains.^[1]

The Lions' 3–4 conference record placed sixth in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 189 to 135 by Ivy opponents.^[2]

Columbia played its homes games at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	at No. 18 Fordham*	Coffey Field Bronx, NY (Liberty Cup)	L 30–37	6,895	[3]
September 27	Bucknell*	Wien Stadium New York, NY	W 19–16	3,019	[4]
October 4	at Princeton	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 33–27	8,575	[5]
October 11	at Lafayette*	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 27–41	8,358	[6]
October 18	No. 15 Penn	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 7–31	13,785	[7]
October 25	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	L 21–26	8,125	[8]
November 1	Yale	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 14–29	3,951	[9]
November 8	No. 23 Harvard	Wien Stadium New York, NY	W 16–13	3,470	[10]
November 15	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 34–21	4,242	[11]
November 22	Brown	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 10–42	4,841	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

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