2019 Columbia Lions football team

The 2019 Columbia Lions football team represented Columbia University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by fifth-year head coach Al Bagnoli and played their home games at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium. They finished the season 3–7, 2–5 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

2019 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIvy League
2019 record3–7 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coachAl Bagnoli (5th season)
Home stadiumWien Stadium
(Capacity: 17,000)
2019 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 22 Dartmouth +  6 –1     9 –1  
No. 25 Yale +  6 –1     9 –1  
Princeton  5 –2     8 –2  
Penn  3 –4     5 –5  
Cornell  3 –4     4 –6  
Harvard  2 –5     4 –6  
Columbia  2 –5     3 –7  
Brown  1 –6     2 –8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season
Main article: 2018 Columbia Lions football team

The Lions finished the 2018 season 6–4, 3–4 in Ivy League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Lions were picked to finish in sixth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Yale119 (9)
2Dartmouth111 (2)
3Princeton107 (4)
4Harvard93 (1)
5Penn67
6Columbia61 (1)
7Cornell29
8Brown24

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 211:00 p.m.at Saint Francis*
NEC Front RowW 31–142,405
September 281:00 p.m.Georgetown*
ESPN+L 10–244,311
October 51:00 p.m.at No. 25 Princeton
ESPN+L 10–215,225
October 121:00 p.m.Central Connecticut*
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
ESPN+L 14–243,172
October 191:30 p.m.Penn
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
ESPN+/SNYW 44–610,452
October 256:00 p.m.at No. 17 Dartmouth
ESPNUL 24–594,221
November 2Noonat Yale
ESPN+L 10–455,667
November 91:00 p.m.Harvard
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
ESPN+/SNYW 17–10 OT4,739
November 161:00 p.m.Brown
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
ESPN+L 24–484,207
November 231:30 p.m.at Cornell
ESPN+L 9–353,744
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2]

Game summaries

at Saint Francis
1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 14 7 3 7 31
Red Flash 14 0 0 0 14
See also: 2019 Saint Francis Red Flash football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2016 L, 9–13

Georgetown
1 2 3 4 Total
Hoyas 0 7 10 7 24
Lions 7 0 0 3 10
See also: 2019 Georgetown Hoyas football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–2 2018 W, 23–15

at Princeton
1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 3 7 0 0 10
No. 25 Tigers 7 0 7 7 21
See also: 2019 Princeton Tigers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–70–1 2018 L, 10–45

Central Connecticut
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 7 10 0 7 24
Lions 0 7 7 0 14
See also: 2019 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2018 W, 41–24

Penn
1 2 3 4 Total
Quakers 0 0 0 6 6
Lions 10 7 13 14 44
See also: 2019 Penn Quakers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–76–1 2018 L, 10–13

at Dartmouth
1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 3 7 14 0 24
No. 17 Big Green 10 28 14 7 59
See also: 2019 Dartmouth Big Green football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–69–1 2018 L, 12–28

at Yale
1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0 3 0 7 10
Bulldogs 7 14 3 21 45
See also: 2019 Yale Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–73–2 2018 W, 17–10

Harvard
1 2 3 4OT Total
Crimson 7 0 0 30 10
Lions 0 7 0 37 17
See also: 2019 Harvard Crimson football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–61–1 2018 L, 18–52

Brown
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 21 7 20 0 48
Lions 0 17 7 0 24
See also: 2019 Brown Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
29–51–2 2018 W, 42–20

at Cornell
1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0 9 0 0 9
Big Red 7 14 14 0 35
See also: 2019 Cornell Big Red football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
37–65–3 2018 W, 24–21
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References
  1. "Yale Named League Favorite in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". ivyleague.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. "2019 Columbia Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
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