American college football season
The 2017 Columbia Lions football team represented Columbia University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by third-year head coach Al Bagnoli and played their home games at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium . They were a member of the Ivy League . They finished the season 8–2, 5–2 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for second place.
Schedule [ ]
The 2017 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Lions hosted Ivy League foes Penn , Harvard , and Brown , and traveled to Princeton , Dartmouth , Yale , and Cornell . Homecoming coincided with the game against Penn on October 14.
In 2017, Columbia's non-conference opponents were Wagner of the Northeast Conference , Georgetown of the Patriot League , and Marist of the Pioneer Football League .[1]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 16 1:00 p.m. Wagner * SNY W 17–143,828
September 23 1:00 p.m. Georgetown * Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY SNY W 35–144,101
September 30 12:30 p.m. at Princeton ELVN W 28–245,073
October 7 Noon at Marist * W 41–172,396
October 14 1:30 p.m. Penn Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY ELVN W 34–31 OT 13,081
October 21 12:30 p.m. at Dartmouth ELVN W 22–175,237
October 28 1:00 p.m. at Yale SNY L 6–2315,422
November 4 1:00 p.m. Harvard Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY ELVN L 14–217,011
November 11 1:30 p.m. at Cornell SNY W 18–85,613
November 18 1:00 p.m. Brown Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY SNY W 24–65,341
Game summaries [ ]
Wagner [ ]
Game information
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Georgetown [ ]
Game information
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Second quarter
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Princeton [ ]
Game information
First Quarter
PRIN – Jesper Horsted, 9 yard pass from Chad Kanoff (Tavish Rice XP good), 11:42 (PRIN 7–0)
CLMB– R. Smith II, 46 yard pass from Anders Hill (Oren Milstein XP good), 6:29 (TIE 7–7)
Second Quarter
PRIN – Horsted, 12 yard pass from Kanoff (Rice XP good), 8:21 (PRIN 14–7)
CLMB– Tanner Thomas, 11 yard run (Milstein XP good), 3:16 (TIE 14–14)
Third Quarter
CLMB– Josh Bean, 2 yard run (Milstein XP good), 12:09 (CLMB 21–14)
PRIN – Rice, 26 yard field goal, 3:27 (CLMB 21–17)
Fourth Quarter
PRIN – S. Carlson, 27 yard pass from Kanoff, 2:48 (PRIN 24–21)
CLMB– Smith II, 63 yard pass from Hill (Milstein XP good), 1:12 (CLMB 28–24)
Marist [ ]
Columbia vs. Marist – Game summary
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2
3 4 Total
Columbia
21
17
0 3 41
Marist
0
0
10 7 17
at Leonidoff Field • Poughkeepsie, NY
Date : October 7Game time : NoonGame weather : 75 °F (24 °C); mostly cloudyGame attendance : 2,396Referee : D. CarterBox Score
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Penn [ ]
Game information
First Quarter
PENN– Will Fischer-Colbrie 2 Yd Run (Jack Soslow Kick), 4:26 (PENN 7–0)
Second Quarter
PENN- Karekin Brooks 5 Yd Run (Jack Soslow Kick), 14:55 (PENN 14-0)
CLMB- Josh Bean 2 Yd Run (Oren Milstein Kick), 6:27 (PENN 14-7)
Third Quarter
PENN- Nick Miller 25 Yd Interception Return (Jack Soslow Kick), 11:09 (PENN 21-7)
Fourth Quarter
CLMB- Josh Bean 1 Yd Run (Oren Milstein Kick), 10:55 (PENN 21-14)
CLMB- Josh Wainwright 59 Yd pass from Anders Hill (Oren Milstein Kick), 8:35 (TIE 21-21)
CLMB- Rory Schlageter 7 Yd pass from Anders Hill (Oren Milstein Kick), 4:11 (CLMB 28-21)
PENN- Justin Watson 17 Yd pass from Will Fischer-Colbrie (Jack Soslow Kick), 1:21 (TIE 28-28)
Overtime
PENN- Jack Soslow 41 Yd Field Goal (PENN 31-28)
CLMB- Josh Wainwright 24 Yd pass from Anders Hill (CLMB 34-31)
Dartmouth [ ]
Columbia vs. Dartmouth – Game summary
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2
3 4 Total
Columbia
3
13
6 0 22
Dartmouth
0
0
7 10 17
at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH
Date : October 21Game time : 12:30 p.m.Game weather : 66 °F (19 °C); sunny and warmGame attendance : 5,237Referee : H. JohnsBox Score
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Yale [ ]
Columbia vs. Yale – Game summary
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2
3 4 Total
Columbia
0
0
6 0 6
Yale
13
0
3 7 23
at Yale Bowl
Date : October 28Game time : 1:00 p.m.Game weather : 66 °F (19 °C); mostly sunnyGame attendance : 15,422Referee : J. PumphreyBox Score
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Harvard [ ]
Game information
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Cornell [ ]
Columbia vs. Cornell – Game summary
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2
3 4 Total
Columbia
3
3
5 7 18
Cornell
0
0
0 8 8
at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY
Date : November 11Game time : 1:30 p.m.Game weather : 34 °F (1 °C); clear and sunnyGame attendance : 5,613Referee : H. JohnsBox Score
Game information
First quarter
COL – Oren Milstein, 26 yard field goal, 5:05 (COL 3–0)
Second quarter
COL – Milstein, 33 yard field goal, 0:22 (COL 6–0)
Third quarter
COL – safety (Connor Heeb), 9:04 (COL 8–0)
COL – Milstein, 28 yard field goal, 2:23 (COL 11–0)
Fourth quarter
COL – Chris Schroer, 2 yard run (Milstein XP good), 3:28 (COL 18–0)
COR – Josh Sweet, 7 yard run (2-pt conversion good), 1:09 (COL 18–8)
Brown [ ]
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References [ ]
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