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1985 Columbia Lions Football Team
The 1985 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Amid a record-setting loss streak, Columbia finished last in the Ivy League. In their first and only season under head coach Jim Garrett, the Lions compiled an 0–10 record and were outscored 333 to 75. Bill Strack was the team captain. The Lions' winless (0–7) conference record was the worst in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 243 to 54 by Ivy opponents. By losing all of their games in 1985, the Lions extended a winless streak and a losing streak that began in 1983. They would not win or tie another game until an October 9, 1988, win against Princeton, an NCAA Division I record streak at the time. At the end of 1985, the streak stood at 24 games without a win, and 21 straight losses. Columbia played its homes games at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City. Schedule Refere ...
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Jim Garrett
James William Garrett Jr. (June 19, 1930 – February 9, 2018) was an American football player, coach, and scout. He played college football at Utah State University. He served as football head football coach at Susquehanna University from 1960 to 1965 and Columbia University in 1985, compiling a career college football coaching record of 39–21–1. Early years Garrett attended Rutherford High School, where he played as a halfback and linebacker. He was an All-county and All-state selection in 1946 and 1947. He also received All-state honors in baseball as a senior. He accepted a football scholarship from Saint Mary's College of California. He transferred after his sophomore season to Utah State University and had to sit out for one year. He was an All-Skyline Conference fullback as a junior in 1950. He also led the baseball team in batting with a .429 average as a senior, while playing catcher. After graduating in 1951, he went into the United States Army and served for ...
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Easton, Pennsylvania
Easton is a city in, and the county seat of, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city's population was 28,127 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Easton is located at the confluence of the Lehigh River, a river that joins the Delaware River in Easton and serves as the city's eastern geographic boundary with Phillipsburg, New Jersey. Easton is the easternmost city in the Lehigh Valley, a region of that is Pennsylvania's third largest Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan region with 861,889 residents as of the 2020 United States census, U.S. 2020 census. Of the Valley's three major cities, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Bethlehem, and Easton, Easton is the smallest with approximately one-fourth the population of Allentown, the Valley's largest city. The greater Easton area includes the city of Easton, three townships (Forks Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Forks, Palmer Township, Northampton County, Pe ...
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Hamilton (village), New York
The Village of Hamilton is a village located within the town of Hamilton in Madison County, New York, United States. Notably, it is the location of Colgate University and has a population of 4,239, according to the 2010 census. The 2017 movie '' Pottersville'' starring Michael Shannon and Judy Greer was filmed here. Geography and climate The village, located at (42.825646, -75.544673), lies in the Chenango Valley, just south of the headwaters of the Chenango River. Northeast of the village is the river Payne Brook, which starts at Lake Moraine and travels through the village before converging with the Chenango River. The village is approximately southeast of Syracuse and southwest of Utica. The elevation of the village's municipal airport (Hamilton Municipal Airport) is approximately above sea level. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village's total area is 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2), of which 2.3 square miles (6.1 km2) is land and 0. ...
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Andy Kerr Stadium
Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium is a 10,221-seat multi-purpose stadium in Hamilton, New York, United States. It is the home of Colgate University's football and men's lacrosse teams. Colgate opened the stadium in 1939, originally as Colgate Athletic Field. Colgate's football teams – then known as the Red Raiders and competing at the highest level of NCAA play – were coached during the stadium's inaugural year by Andy Kerr, who led the team from 1929 to 1946. The stadium adopted the name Andy Kerr Stadium on "Andy Kerr Day" on September 17, 1966, before a crowd of 8,000. The 87-year-old former coach was on hand to greet well-wishers and witness a 34-0 Colgate football victory over Boston University. Parts of the stadium have also been named to honor Raider athletes and coaches. A permanent main grandstand on the east (home team) side of the stadium was dedicated in 1991 to Frederick H. Dunlap, 1970s-80s football head coach and athletic director. The seven-lane, 400-meter ru ...
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1985 Colgate Red Raiders Football Team
The 1985 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its tenth season under head coach Frederick Dunlap, the team compiled an 7–3–1 record. Tom Burgess and Bill Hecht were the team captains. The Red Raiders spent four weeks in the national top 20 rankings, reaching as high as No. 14, but fell out of the rankings by season's end. This would be Colgate's final year as an independent, before joining the Colonial League. Future league football opponents on the Red Raiders' 1985 schedule included Lafayette, Lehigh and Holy Cross. The league was later renamed Patriot League, and continues to be Colgate's home conference as of 2020. The team played its home games at Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York Hamilton is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 6,690 at the 2010 census. The town is named after American Founding Father A ...
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The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ...
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1985 Bucknell Bison Football Team
The 1985 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their eleventh and final year under head coach Bob Curtis, the Bison compiled a 3–7 record. Will McFarland and Joe Shupp were the team captains. This would be Bucknell's final year as an independent, before joining the Colonial League. Future league opponents on Bucknell's 1985 schedule included Davidson, Lafayette and Lehigh. The league was later renamed Patriot League, and continues to be the Bisons' home conference as of 2020. Bucknell played its home games at Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Schedule References {{Bucknell Bison football navbox Bucknell Bucknell Bison football seasons Bucknell Bison football The Bucknell Bison football team represents Bucknell University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Divisio ...
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Hartford Courant
The ''Hartford Courant'' is the largest daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Connecticut, and is considered to be the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States. A morning newspaper serving most of the state north of New Haven and east of Waterbury, its headquarters on Broad Street in Hartford, Connecticut is a short walk from the state capitol. It reports regional news with a chain of bureaus in smaller cities and a series of local editions. It also operates ''CTNow'', a free local weekly newspaper and website. The ''Courant'' began as a weekly called the ''Connecticut Courant'' on October 29, 1764, becoming daily in 1837. In 1979, it was bought by the Times Mirror Company. In 2000, Times Mirror was acquired by the Tribune Company, which later combined the paper's management and facilities with those of a Tribune-owned Hartford television station. The ''Courant'' and other Tribune print properties were spun off to a new corporate parent, Tribune Publishing ...
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1985 Yale Bulldogs Football Team
The 1985 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Bulldogs were led by 21st-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and finished in fifth place in the Ivy League with a 3–3–1 record, 4–4–1 overall. Yale did not play its annual in-state matchup against the University of Connecticut, scheduled for September 28. Officials from Yale and the city of New Haven postponed the game, and then canceled it, as Hurricane Gloria approached the Connecticut shore. Schedule Personnel Season summary At Army References {{Yale Bulldogs football navbox Yale Yale Bulldogs football seasons Yale Bulldogs football The Yale Bulldogs football program represents Yale University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA). Yale's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun competing ...
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Home News Tribune
The ''Central New Jersey Home News Tribune'' is a Daily newspaper serving Middlesex County, New Jersey. The paper has an average daily weekday circulation of about 49,000. The newspaper is the result of the 1995 merger of ''The Home News'' of East Brunswick (founded 1879) and ''The News Tribune'' of Woodbridge Township. The News Tribune was previously known as "The Perth Amboy Evening News." The combined paper, initially renamed the ''Home News & Tribune'' before the ampersand was removed, was sold to Gannett in 1997. In 2009, some production operations were moved and consolidated with those of Central Jersey Gannett newspapers. Those operations are now located in Neptune. The newsroom and advertising departments remained in East Brunswick at the time but have seen relocated to Somerville, where its sister paper, the ''Courier News'' of Somerville is headquartered. The two papers share much of the same content. History The ''Home News'' was originally headquartered in New ...
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Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton is a municipality with a borough form of government in Mercer County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township, both of which are now defunct. Centrally located within the Raritan Valley region, Princeton is a regional commercial hub for the Central New Jersey region and a commuter town in the New York metropolitan area.New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area
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Palmer Stadium
Palmer Stadium was a stadium in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It hosted the Princeton University Tigers football team, as well as the track and field team. The stadium held 45,750 people at its peak and was opened in 1914 with a game against Dartmouth. It closed in 1996 with a game against Dartmouth. Princeton Stadium was built on the site (albeit pushed slightly further north) in 1997. The building was named for Stephen S. Palmer, a trustee of the university, by his son, Edgar Palmer III. Like Harvard Stadium, it was horseshoe-shaped (which was modeled after the Greek Olympic Stadium), but was wider, including a full-sized track (around the football field) . It opened to the south (facing Lake Carnegie) and the grand main entrance was at the north. It hosted the Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 1981. From 1936 to its closing, the track's long-jump record was held by Jesse Owens. Palmer Stadium also hosted the NFL's New York Giants for one exhibition ...
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