Fans came out to witness the fierce matchup between the Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers at Bakerfield stadium this Saturday.

Carolyn Costa, a sports commentator for WKCR said, "It's two of the most thought of schools in the ivy league, and definitely two of the most highly regarded, so I mean local real rivals you think of New York and New Jersey." She added, "It's a game that's always amazing to watch and filled with passion on both sides it's a lot of fun."

The princeton marching band mocked the Columbia fight song, but the team couldn't back that swagger up.

Princeton struck first after a scoreless first quarter, but the Lions came roaring back thanks to a big game from quarterback Sean Brackett and running back Nick Gerst. Columbia's defense also made sure Princeton's passing and running games were ineffectual.

 Brackett racked up five touchdown passes. Tight End Andrew Kennedy was on the receiving end of two of those passes.

Kennedy, who had a career high 148 yards on seven receptions said, "It's kind of a team effort. It just kind of happened that me and Nick were the beneficiaries of some of that, but everyone contributed today, you know, everyone played well."

Linebacker Ryan Murphy noted, "I think we softened them pretty well, we just had a lot of answers to what they were doing."

The fans were thrilled with the Lions' stellar performance.  

"The offense was doing great today," said  Craig Hormann, Columbia quarterback from the class of '08. "We did really well running the ball, and the defense forced some turnovers."

Still, head Coach Norries Wilson won't let his players get ahead of themselves.

Norries Wilson, who led the team to its first ever pair of victories over Princeton in consecutive seasons, said "We take them one at a time. We have Lafayette coming up and I told the guys downstairs we have to start getting ready Lafayette, cause we've never beat Lafayette. Go enjoy this tonight and tomorrow we're going to start working on Lafayette college."