American college football season
The 2018 Columbia Lions football team represented Columbia University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League . They were led by fourth-year head coach Al Bagnoli and played their home games at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium . They finished the season 6–4, 3–4 in Ivy League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.
Previous season [ ] The Lions finished the 2017 season 8–2, 5–2 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for second place.
The Lions defeated Cornell Big Red 24–21 at Wien Stadium, November 17
Schedule [ ] The 2018 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Lions hosted Ivy League foes Princeton , Dartmouth , Yale , and Cornell , and traveled to Penn , Harvard , and Brown . Homecoming coincided with the game against Dartmouth on October 20.
In 2018, Columbia's non-conference opponents were Central Connecticut 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 15 5:00 p.m. at Central Connecticut * NECFR W 41–243,789 September 22 2:00 p.m. at Georgetown * PL Net W 23–151,865 6:00 p.m. Princeton ESPNU L 10–455,327 October 6 1:00 p.m. Marist * Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY ESPN+ W 34–243,296 October 13 1:00 p.m. at Penn ESPN+ L 10–136,011 October 20 1:30 p.m. Dartmouth Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY ESPN+ L 12–2812,506 October 27 1:00 p.m. Yale Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY ESPN+ W 17–102,555 November 3 Noon at Harvard ESPN+/NESN L 18–5210,447 November 10 Noon at Brown ESPN+ W 42–202,118 November 17 1:00 p.m. Cornell Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY (rivalry ) ESPN+ W 24–214,651
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Game summaries [ ] at Central Connecticut [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Lions
14
3
10
14
41
Blue Devils
7
7
0
10
24
at Georgetown [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Lions
10
0
6
7
23
Hoyas
0
0
0
15
15
Princeton [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
13
17
15
0
45
Lions
3
7
0
0
10
Marist [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Red Foxes
0
14
7
3
24
Lions
0
17
14
3
34
at Penn [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Lions
0
0
10
0
10
Quakers
3
3
0
7
13
Dartmouth [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Green
7
0
7
14
28
Lions
3
3
0
6
12
Yale [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
10
0
0
10
Lions
3
0
7
7
17
at Harvard [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Lions
6
6
0
6
18
Crimson
21
7
7
17
52
at Brown [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Lions
0
14
14
14
42
Bears
14
6
0
0
20
Cornell [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
0
7
0
14
21
Lions
10
0
0
14
24
References [ ]
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