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{{1961 Ivy League football standings}}
The '''1961 Columbia Lions football team''' was an [[American football]] team that represented [[Columbia University]] in the [[1961 college football season]] as a member of the [[Ivy League]]. In their fifth year head coach [[Aldo Donelli]], the Lions compiled a 6–3 record (6–1 in conference game) and outscored opponents by a total of 240 to 117. They won Columbia's first
Although Columbia had accumulated an Ivy record of 4–10 in the previous two seasons, expectations for the team in 1961 were high; the ''[[Columbia Daily Spectator|Columbia Spectator]]'' wrote before the season, "[i]f practically no one gets hurt, if a few key sophomores come through, and most important of all, if [Aldo] Donelli's nineteen experienced seniors get fighting mad, then no Ivy League squad will have a chance against the Lions."<ref name=spect>{{cite news|last1=Pagels|first1=Jim|title=The only 'Columbia': Remembering the Ivy League Champions from 1961|url=http://columbiaspectator.com/2011/12/09/only-columbia-remembering-ivy-league-champions-1961/|access-date=12 October 2017|agency=Columbia Spectator|date=27 March 2013}}</ref>
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