2018 Columbia Lions football team

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.

2018 Columbia Lions football
Conference	Ivy League
2018 record	6–4 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Al Bagnoli (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mark Fabish (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Paul Ferraro (4th season)
Home stadium	Wien Stadium (Capacity: 17,000)

2018 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 Princeton $		7	–	0					10	–	0
No. 18 Dartmouth		6	–	1					9	–	1
Harvard		4	–	3					6	–	4
Yale		3	–	4					5	–	5
Penn		3	–	4					6	–	4
Columbia		3	–	4					6	–	4
Cornell		2	–	5					3	–	7
Brown		0	–	7					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

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*	Arute Field New Britain, CT	NECFR	W 41–24	3,789
September 22	2:00 p.m.	at Georgetown*	Cooper Field Washington, DC	PL Net	W 23–15	1,865
September 28	6:00 p.m.	Princeton	Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPNU	L 10–45	5,327
October 6	1:00 p.m.	Marist*	Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	W 34–24	3,296
October 13	1:00 p.m.	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	L 10–13	6,011
October 20	1:30 p.m.	Dartmouth	Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	L 12–28	12,506
October 27	1:00 p.m.	Yale	Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	W 17–10	2,555
November 3	Noon	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN+/NESN	L 18–52	10,447
November 10	Noon	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	ESPN+	W 42–20	2,118
November 17	1:00 p.m.	Cornell	Wien Stadium New York, NY (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 24–21	4,651
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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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

See also: 2018 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2009	L, 13–22

at Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	10	0	6	7	23
Hoyas	0	0	0	15	15

See also: 2018 Georgetown Hoyas football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	2017	W, 35–14

Princeton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	13	17	15	0	45
Lions	3	7	0	0	10

See also: 2018 Princeton Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–70–1	2017	W, 28–24

Marist

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Foxes	0	14	7	3	24
Lions	0	17	14	3	34

See also: 2018 Marist Red Foxes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2017	W, 41–17

at Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	0	10	0	10
Quakers	3	3	0	7	13

See also: 2018 Penn Quakers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
22–74–1	2017	W, 34–31 ^OT

Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Green	7	0	7	14	28
Lions	3	3	0	6	12

See also: 2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–68–1	2017	W, 22–17

Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	10	0	0	10
Lions	3	0	7	7	17

See also: 2018 Yale Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–71–2	2017	L, 6–23

at Harvard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	6	6	0	6	18
Crimson	21	7	7	17	52

See also: 2018 Harvard Crimson football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–61–1	2017	L, 14–21

at Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	14	14	14	42
Bears	14	6	0	0	20

See also: 2018 Brown Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–52–2	2017	W, 24–6

Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	0	7	0	14	21
Lions	10	0	0	14	24

See also: 2018 Cornell Big Red football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
37–65–3	2017	W, 18–8

References

1. "Football – 2018 Schedule". Columbia Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
2. "2018 Football Schedule – Columbia".