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
Conference	Ivy League
2019 record	3–7 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach	Al Bagnoli (5th season)
Home stadium	Wien 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)
1	Yale	119 (9)
2	Dartmouth	111 (2)
3	Princeton	107 (4)
4	Harvard	93 (1)
5	Penn	67
6	Columbia	61 (1)
7	Cornell	29
8	Brown	24

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	1:00 p.m.	at Saint Francis*	DeGol Field Loretto, PA	NEC Front Row	W 31–14	2,405
September 28	1:00 p.m.	Georgetown*	Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	L 10–24	4,311
October 5	1:00 p.m.	at No. 25 Princeton	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	L 10–21	5,225
October 12	1:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut*	Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	L 14–24	3,172
October 19	1:30 p.m.	Penn	Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+/SNY	W 44–6	10,452
October 25	6:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPNU	L 24–59	4,221
November 2	Noon	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	L 10–45	5,667
November 9	1:00 p.m.	Harvard	Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+/SNY	W 17–10 ^OT	4,739
November 16	1:00 p.m.	Brown	Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	L 24–48	4,207
November 23	1:30 p.m.	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 9–35	3,744
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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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	4	OT	Total
Crimson	7	0	0	3	0	10
Lions	0	7	0	3	7	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

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.