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. Columbia averaged 5,667 fans per game.
Columbia vs Cornell at Wien Stadium, November 17 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 * 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 * Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY 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 Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY ESPN+ L 12–2812,506 October 27 1:00 p.m. Yale Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY ESPN+ W 17–102,555 November 3 12:00 p.m. at Harvard ESPN+/NESN L 18–5210,447 November 10 12:00 p.m. at Brown ESPN+ W 42–202,118 November 17 1:00 p.m. Cornell Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY (rivalry ) ESPN+ W 24–214,651
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At Central Connecticut [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Lions 14 3 10 14 41 Blue Devils 7 7 0 10 24
1 2 3 4 Total Lions 10 0 6 7 23 Hoyas 0 0 0 15 15
1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 13 17 15 0 45 Lions 3 7 0 0 10
1 2 3 4 Total Red Foxes 0 14 7 3 24 Lions 0 17 14 3 34
1 2 3 4 Total Lions 0 0 10 0 10 Quakers 3 3 0 7 13
1 2 3 4 Total Big Green 7 0 7 14 28 Lions 3 3 0 6 12
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 10 0 0 10 Lions 3 0 7 7 17
1 2 3 4 Total Lions 6 6 0 6 18 Crimson 21 7 7 17 52
1 2 3 4 Total Lions 0 14 14 14 42 Bears 14 6 0 0 20
1 2 3 4 Total Big Red 0 7 0 14 21 Lions 10 0 0 14 24
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