Amid a record-setting loss streak, Columbia finished last in the Ivy League.
In their first season under head coach Larry McElreavy, the Lions compiled an 0–10 record and were outscored 379 to 91.
[1] The Lions' winless (0–7) conference record was the worst in the Ivy League standings.
They would not win or tie another game until October 9, 1988, against Princeton, an NCAA Division I record streak at the time.
Columbia played its homes games at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium in Upper Manhattan, in New York City.