Posts Tagged ‘Columbia’

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Mike Roussos scored on a punt and kickoff return, the latter with 45 seconds remaining, to help Columbia retain the Empire State Bowl with a 24-21 victory in the 2018 season finale at Wien Stadium. The Lions closed the season at 6-4, while the Big Red end at 3-7. Cornell took…

The game of football can really be quite simple: The team that executes in clutch situations is going to be the one that comes out on top. This is how the Cornell football team ended its five-game losing streak in New York City on Saturday. The Big Red converted on key third and fourth down…

Senior Collin Shaw became the school’s 23rd 1,000-yard receiver with four catches for 44 yards, giving him 1,008 for his career. Junior Nick Gesualdi had his sixth interception of the season, good for seventh in a season at Cornell. Gesualdi now has 11 for his career, tied for third-most by a Big Red player. Sophomore…

2015: 3-0; 2016: 42-40. Those were the scores of the last two meetings between the Big Red and Columbia with the former winning both games to keep the Empire State Bowl on the Cornell campus for the fourth straight year. While last year’s game had fans wondering if anyone was going to cross the goal…