Beat Down of the Decade

Corey Cameron was a one-man wrecking crew against the Tigers in 2009


Continuing now with the list of the greatest Columbia football games of the 2000's...


Game #4

Columbia 38 Princeton 0

October 3, 2009

Princeton Stadium


After an exhiliarating 40-28 win over favored Fordham and then a 22-14 loss to underdog Central Connecticut State, the Columbia Lions came into Princeton Stadium to take on a Tiger team that was also 1-1.

The Lions hadn't defeated Princeton since 2003 and were coming off two consecutive heart breaking losses to the Tigers in 2007 and 2008. Princeton was favored to make it three in a row.

But by the time the game was over, the Lions had completed their most dominating performance over an Ivy opponent for the entire decade. It was so dominant that even the Columbia fans walked out of the stadium still stunned.

No other Lion victory in the 2000's was as one-sided as this game, even though it was far from a flawless performance. The Columbia offense sputtered a bit in the first half, and despite the shutout, the Lion defense gave up a ton of yards all day.

But why nitpick? The game had everything! Defensive touchdowns, long TD bombs, an incredible effort by Austin Knowlin to find the end zone in acrobatic fashion.

But the sweetest moment had to be the stunned silence from the Princeton fans as they began to realize that not only were the Tigers going to lose, but lose very very badly.

It's a feeling not enough opposing fans had to endure over the past decade.