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Subject: Re: Greatest Upsets Ever

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Go Green

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Date Posted: 17:24:00 10/05/25 Sun
In reply to: An Observer 's message, "Greatest Upsets Ever" on 13:16:54 10/05/25 Sun

Can't remember the year, but I'm pretty sure that sometime in this century, Ivy champ Yale's only league loss was to last-place Columbia.

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[> [> Subject: Re: Greatest Upsets Ever
Author: bulldog10jw [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 20:24:42 10/05/25 Sun I would remember that.

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Greatest Upsets Ever
Author: bulldog10jw [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 22:22:18 10/05/25 Sun Yale was 1-9 in 1983. They lost to everyone except Princeton. I don't think the Columbia win was an upset for the ages.

[> [> Subject: your virtual obsession with the capitulating lions borders on the strange and ridiculous.

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valmas (stoic)
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Date Posted: 22:08:31 10/05/25 Sun

The specific instance of last-place columbia beating undefeated yale to ruin their perfect season occurred in 1983.

In the fifth game of the 1983 season, a columbia team that was in the midst of a historic losing streak (though they hadn't yet set the full ncaa record) defeated yale with a score of 21-18. This victory was a major upset.

another notable upset,though yale was not undefeated, was in 2015, when columbia defeated yale 17-7. this was a significant win for columbia as it broke their 18-game ivy league losing streak and 22-game road losing streak. at the time of the game, yale had a 4-3 record.

[> [> [> Subject: Undefeated? Yale won 1 game in 1983
Author: voy vey [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 22:29:42 10/05/25 Sun

[> [> [> [> Subject: yes, vv, yale won 1 football game in '83, but did lose to the lions, 21-18.
Author: valmas (stoic) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 23:12:34 10/05/25 Sun in '81, yale finished 8-2; but lost to the lions in new haven by that identical, 21-18 score. and that '81 loss kept yale from winning at least a share of the ivy league football championship; though yale was still one more defeat away from being able to claim an unbeaten season.

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: yes, vv, yale won 1 football game in '83, but did lose to the lions, 21-18.
Author: bulldog10jw [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 23:45:27 10/05/25 Sun Yale lost only to Princeton in 1981. See below. Are you trolling?

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: bulldog, not trolling; just responding- i conflated the 21-18 score with the wrong year.
Author: valmas (stoic) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 00:58:07 10/06/25 Mon my apologies. '81 was yale's almost unbeaten season; spoiled only by a loss to princeton.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: bulldog, not trolling; just responding- i conflated the 21-18 score with the wrong year.
Author: bulldog10jw [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 11:33:09 10/06/25 Mon I said "trolling" more tongue in cheek. My apologies to you.

[> [> [> Subject: Re: your virtual obsession with the capitulating lions borders on the strange and ridiculous.
Author: Old Blue [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 11:12:22 10/07/25 Tue Gentlemen; Not to correct Mr.Valmas but I our 1981 squad was 9-1;shared the ancient eight championship with the Indians and crushed the Lions 48-17.Also beat the Midshipmen.

[> [> Subject: I got the league champ wrong
Author: Go Green [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 06:52:58 10/06/25 Mon In 2002, last-place Columbia did indeed knock off a league champion. But it was Fordham in the PL, not Yale in the Ivy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Columbia_Lions_football_team

[> [> [> Subject: nobody serves up more encouraging propaganda about the capitulating lions than gg!
Author: valmas (stoic) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 09:38:46 10/06/25 Mon you could have added, lest you be accused of trolling, too, that yale didn't win the league championship that year. the 2002 ivy league football champions went 7-0 in league play and were coached by a future and most notable columbia head football coach of sicilian origin.