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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 * 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 ESPN+ L 12–2812,506
October 27 1:00 p.m. Yale 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 ESPN+ W 24–214,651
[ 2]
Game summaries
at Central Connecticut
1
2
3
4
Total
Lions
14
3
10
14
41
Blue Devils
7
7
0
10
24
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
37–65–3
2017
W , 18–8
References
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