The 1980 Columbia Lions football team was an

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team that represented

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during the

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. Columbia finished last in the

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. In their first season under head coach

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, the Lions compiled a 1–9 record and were outscored 275 to 89. Sean Cannon and Rico Josephs were the team captains. The Lions' winless (0–7) conference record was the worst in the Ivy League standings. Columbia was outscored 214 to 61 by Ivy opponents. Ivy League football teams expanded their schedules to 10 games in 1980, making this the first year since

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that the Lions played three games against non-Ivy opponents. Columbia played its home games at

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in Upper Manhattan, in

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