WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University football team (2-2, 0-1 PL) will head north to conclude its two week Ivy League road swing. The Hoyas will head to New York City to take on Columbia in the battle for the Lou Little Trophy on Saturday, September 27. Kickoff is slated for noon at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium.
HOW TO FOLLOW
- Saturday's contest can be streamed on ESPN+ with Lance Medow and Shawn FitzGerald on the call.
- Live stats can be found here.
ABOUT THE HOYAS
- Last Saturday, Georgetown fell 46-0 at Brown.
- Sophomore Savion Hart leads the GU rush game with 47 runs for 299 yards.
- Jimmy Kibble leads GU receivers with 18 catches for 317 yards.
- On defense GianCarlo Rufo leads the Hoyas with 32 tackles (15 solo, 17 assists) while Cooper Blomstrom leads with 2.5 sacks for a loss of 17 yards.
ABOUT THE LIONS
- The Lions dropped their season opener at Lafayette, 38-14, in Easton, Pennsylvania, last Friday.
- Sophomore Hutch Crow notched his first career touchdown catch against the Leopards.
- First-year running back Michael Walters led the offense with 63 rushing yards.
ABOUT THE MATCHUP
- Georgetown and Columbia will meet for the 12th time in program history. The Hoyas are 4-7 against the Lions.
- Last season the Hoyas claimed the Lou Little Trophy for the first time since 2019. Nicholas Dunneman caught a 16-yard touchdown pass with 1:10 remaining to give the Hoyas a 20-17 victory over Columbia.
- The Hoyas earned the inaugural trophy in 2015 and have since gone 3-6 against the Lions.
- Lou Little is a Hall of Fame coach who spent time at both institutions. Little arrived on the Hilltop in 1924 and helped bring Georgetown football into the modern era. Little spent six seasons on the Hilltop, winning 41 games, as the head football coach and athletics director. His .759 win percentage is still the highest among GU head coaches who have coached more than 20 games. Little mentored three All-Americans OL/DL Harry Connaughton (1926), center Claude Grigsby (1927) and OL/DL/ punter Jim Mooney (1928). Each went on to be inducted into the Georgetown Athletics Hall of Fame. He took over at Columbia in 1930 and continued his storied career until 1956, posting an additional 110 victories. He was then elected president of the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and served on the college football rules committee. His successes earned him an induction into the College Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1960.
