NEW YORK—This is the fourth in a #CUFootball150 feature series on Top-10 Historical Lists for Columbia Football. Today we look at a list of Columbia Football's all-time Top-10 Come-From-Behind Victories. These games set themselves apart as wins over teams that Columbia trailed during each contest.
 
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12: Oct. 8, 1988 (Columbia 16, Princeton 13)
After trailing 10-0 early in the game and 13-9 in the fourth quarter, Solomon Johnson scores the game-winning touchdown on a 2-yard run with 5:44 to play to give Columbia a 16-13 Homecoming win. Princeton has one last chance to tie the game, but a 49-yard field goal falls short in the closing seconds. Columbia's Greg Abbruzzese rushes for 182 yards on 37 carries. The win also snaps the program's 44-game losing streak.


 
11: Sept. 16, 1995 (Columbia 28, Harvard 24)
In the 1995 season opener played in Cambridge, Mass., Columbia scores with 19 seconds to play on a 1-yard touchdown run by John Harper to complete a 28-24 come-from-behind victory. The Lions trail 24-21 late in fourth quarter and 17-7 in the second quarter. The game-winning touchdown follows a four-minute, 80-yard, 14-play drive which was keyed by a four-yard gain by quarterback Mike Cavanaugh on a fourth-and-two-play. A 3-yard run by Harper and a 69-yard punt return by Roy Hanks help Columbia complete the victory on the road.
 
10: Nov. 18, 2006 (Columbia 22, Brown 21)
Placekicker Jon Rocholl converts a 27-yard field goal with three seconds to play to give Columbia a one-point comeback victory over Brown in Providence. Columbia overcomes a 14-0 first quarter deficit and a 21-12 fourth quarter deficit. Quarterback Craig Hormann engineers an 80-yard, 14-play drive that ends in a six-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Davis with 10 minutes remaining. After Brown misses a field goal with 3:49 to play, Hormann leads the Lions on a 63-yard drive that ends in Rocholl's game-winning field goal. Todd Abrams contributes a 30-yard fumble return for touchdown and Horman completes 30 passes for 285 yards. The win in the season finale gives Columbia a 5-5 overall record in 2006.


 
9. Sept. 21, 1996 (Columbia 20, Harvard 13, OT)
Columbia scores 20 unanswered points, Marcellus Wiley blocks a late field goal to send the game into overtime and a 12-yard pass from quarterback Bobby Thomason to David Ramirez in overtime gives Columbia a 20-13 victory in the 1996 season opener at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium. Columbia trails 13-0 in the second quarter and overcomes a 13-7 deficit in the third quarter. The second of two Matt Linit field goals (48-yarder) ties the game at 13-13 with seven minutes to play. Harvard drives deep into Columbia territory and the Lions defense forces a 23-yard field goal, which was swatted down by Wiley with 1:02 left in regulation. Columbia wins it in overtime on a 12-yard pass from Thomason to Ramirez. The victory begins a six-game win streak for the Lions, who finish the year 8-2 overall and in second place in the Ivy League with a 5-2 record.


 
8: Nov. 19, 1966 (Columbia 40, Brown 38)
In the 1966 season finale, Columbia overcomes an early 24-6 deficit to register a 40-38 comeback win over Brown at Baker Field. Behind a rushing attack that yielded school-records for rushing yardage (396) and first downs (29), the Lions trim the deficit to 31-26 at halftime. Jim O'Connor who scored four touchdowns and rushed for a then-Ivy League record 225 yards on 34 carries, puts Columbia ahead on a 34-yard touchdown run followed by a two-point conversion pass from quarterback Marty Domres to Richard Brown. O'Connor adds an insurance touchdown on a 1-yard run to give the Lions a 40-31 lead.
 
7: Nov. 19, 2011 (Columbia 35, Brown 28, 2OT)
In the longest game in school history, Columbia overcomes a 21-7 second quarter deficit to win a 35-28 double overtime matchup over Brown at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium. Quarterback Sean Brackett brings Columbia back time and time again as he ties a school-record with five touchdowns responsible for (four rushing, one passing). Brackett sends the game into overtime with a 1-yard fourth quarter touchdown run, forces a second overtime with a 14-yard touchdown pass to Hamilton Garner, then scores the go-ahead touchdown on a 16-yard run. Columbia's defense stops Brown on a fourth down-and-goal at the 1-yard line and the Lions win.
 
6: Oct. 16, 1971 (Columbia 15, Yale 14)
Before, 18,530 fans at Baker Field, Columbia overcomes a 14-0 third quarter deficit in thrilling fashion. Trailing 14-13, Columbia converts a game-winning two-point conversion when John Sefcik takes a pitch and completes a pass to Mike Jones for the win. William Irish makes a one-handed touchdown catch on a Don Jackson pass to pull Columbia to within one point at 14-13 with 1:36 to play. The Lions decide to go for the win and it pays off. Jackson throws for 147 yards and two touchdowns.
 
5: Nov. 13, 2010 (Columbia 20, Cornell 17)
After trailing 17-3 in the fourth quarter, Columbia scores the game's final 17 points to take a 20-17 victory over Cornell at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium. After a 70-yard drive, quarterback Sean Brackett connects with tight end Andrew Kennedy for a three-yard TD pass. Luke Eddy adds a 20-yard field goal and then Sean Brackett leads the Lions on a 13-play, 59-yard drive that ends on a 1-yard touchdown dive with 37 seconds to play to complete the comeback. Brackett finishes with 355 total offensive yards, rushes for 151 yards and one touchdown and throws for 204 on 19 completions.

 
4: Nov. 3, 1962 (Columbia 25, Cornell 19)
Trailing 21-19, Columbia quarterback Archie Roberts completes an 84-yard scoring drive when he hits Al Butts for a leaping 24-yard touchdown catch with 19 seconds to play. In the scoring drive, Roberts completes six of eight passes, including five in a row, as the Lions rally from 14-0 and 21-6 deficits. The game is forever dubbed "The Miracle in the Mud" and is one of Robert's most impressive performances.
 
3: Oct. 4, 2003 (Columbia 33, Princeton 27)
In the largest deficit overcome in school history (20 points), quarterback Jeff Otis connects with tight end Wade Fletcher for a 49-yard touchdown as time expires to complete a miraculous comeback and give the Lions a 33-27 victory. Columbia trailed 20-0 in the first quarter after Princeton scored touchdowns on three straight possessions. The Lions chipped away at the lead and eventually took a 27-20 lead with 8:50 to play, but Princeton scored on a 1-yard run to tie the game at 27-27 with 26 seconds to play. A 23-yard Prosper Nwokocha kickoff return and 18-yard completion to Pete Chromiak set up the game-winning touchdown. Otis concluded the day with 326 passing yards and one touchdown while completing 22 of 38 passes. Nick Rudd kicked four field goals in the win.
 
2: Oct. 2, 1947 (Columbia 21, No. 6 Army 20)
Columbia finds itself down 20-7 at halftime, but the Lions battle back to win a 21-20 victory over No. 6 ranked Army to register one of the top upset victories in college football history before a Baker Field capacity crowd of 35,000. The victory snaps Army's 32-game unbeaten streak. In the second half, Columbia's unorthodox passing attack allowed it to battle back into the game as quarterback Eugene Rossides began finding end Bill Swiacki. On a crucial play late in the game, Swiacki leaps and makes a diving catch of a Rossides pass at the 4-yard line to set up a game-winning 2-yard touchdown run by Louis Kusserow. Ventan Yablonski converts the extra point for a 21-20 lead. Six minutes and 42 seconds later after Rossides intercepts an Army pass, fans storm the field and tear down the north end goal posts. Including the win, Columbia wins its last five games and finishes ranked No. 20 nationally with a 7-2 overall record.

 
1: Oct. 14, 2017 (Columbia 34, Penn 31, OT)
Trailing 21-7 in the fourth quarter, Columbia scores 21 unanswered points to force overtime before 13,081 Homecoming fans at Robert K. Kraft Field. In overtime, Columbia wins on a dramatic, walk-off 24-yard touchdown pass from Anders Hill to Josh Wainwright. Penn takes a 31-28 lead after a 41-yard field on the first possession of overtime, but Columbia responds when Hill finds Wainwright wide open in the middle of the field on a third-down-eight play for the game-winning play. The crowd responds by storming the field in celebration. Wainwright catches 10 passes for 193 yards and two touchdowns, Hill completes 21 of 33 passes for 258 yards and three touchdowns, and linebacker Michael Murphy leads the Lions defense with 12 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and two fumble recoveries. With the win, Columbia begins a season with five straight wins for the first time in 21 years and snaps a 20-game losing streak to Penn.