2018 Columbia Lions football team

2018 Columbia Lions football
File:Columbia Lions wordmark.svg
Conference	Ivy League
2018 record	6–4 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Al Bagnoli (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Mark Fabish (3rd year)
Defensive coordinator	Paul Ferraro (4th year)
Home stadium	Wien Stadium (Capacity: 17,000)
Seasons « 2017 2019 »

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 The Ivy League does not participate in the FCS Playoffs. Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

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.

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Columbia vs Cornell 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.

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 City, NY	ESPNU	L 10–45	5,327
October 6	1:00 p.m.	Marist*	Wien Stadium New York City, NY	ESPN+	W 34–24	3,296
October 13	1:00 p.m.	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 10–13	6,011
October 20	1:30 p.m.	Dartmouth	Wien Stadium New York City, NY	ESPN+	L 12–28	12,506
October 27	1:00 p.m.	Yale	Wien Stadium New York City, NY	ESPN+	W 17–10	2,555
November 3	12:00 p.m.	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Allston, MA	ESPN+/NESN	L 18–52	10,447
November 10	12:00 p.m.	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	ESPN+	W 42–20	2,118
November 17	1:00 p.m.	Cornell	Wien Stadium New York City, NY (Empire State Bowl)	ESPN+	W 24–21	4,651
*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 Central Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	OT
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	OT
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	OT
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	OT
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	OT
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	OT
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	OT
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	OT
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	OT
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	OT
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