2018 Columbia Lions football team

2018 Columbia Lions football
Conference Ivy League
2018 record 3–1 (0–1 Ivy)
Head coach Al Bagnoli (4th season)
Offensive coordinator Mark Fabish (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Paul Ferraro (4th season)
Home stadium Wien Stadium
(Capacity: 17,000)
2018 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Dartmouth  2 –0     4 –0  
No. 25 Princeton  1 –0     4 –0  
Yale  1 –1     2 –2  
Cornell  1 –1     2 –2  
Harvard  1 –1     2 –2  
Penn  0 –1     3 –1  
Columbia  0 –1     3 –1  
Brown  0 –1     1 –3  
  • The Ivy League does not participate in the FCS Playoffs
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Columbia Lions football team represents Columbia University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They are led by fourth-year head coach Al Bagnoli and play their home games at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium.

Previous season

The Lions finished the 2017 season 8–2, 5–2 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for second place.

Schedule

The 2018 schedule will consist of five home and five away games. The Lions will host Ivy League foes Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Cornell, and will travel to Penn, Harvard, and Brown. Homecoming coincided with the game against Dartmouth on October 20.

In 2018, Columbia's non-conference opponents will be Central Connecticut of the Northeast Conference, Georgetown of the Patriot League, and Marist of the Pioneer Football League.[1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 155:00 p.m.at Central Connecticut*
NECFRW 41–243,789
September 222:00 p.m.at Georgetown*
PL NetW 23–151,865
September 286:00 p.m.Princeton
ESPNUL 10–455,327
October 61:00 p.m.Marist*
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York City, NY
ESPN+W 34–243,296
October 131:00 p.m.at Penn
ESPN+
October 201:30 p.m.Dartmouthdagger
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York City, NY
ESPN+
October 271:00 p.m.Yale
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York City, NY
ESPN+
November 312:00 p.m.at Harvard
ESPN+/NESN
November 1012:00 p.m.at Brown
ESPN+
November 171:00 p.m.Cornell
ESPN+
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
Source:[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
Quakers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–74–1 2017 W, 34–31 OT

Dartmouth

1 2 3 4 Total
Big Green 0
Lions 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–68–1 2017 W, 22–17

Yale

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Lions 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–71–2 2017 L, 6–23

at Harvard

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0
Crimson 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–61–1 2017 L, 14–21

at Brown

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0
Bears 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
28–52–2 2017 W, 24–6

Cornell

1 2 3 4 Total
Big Red 0
Lions 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
37–65–3 2017 W, 18–8

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV NR NR NR NR NR NR  
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

References

  1. ↑ "Football - 2018 Schedule". Columbia Athletics. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "2018 Football Schedule - Columbia".
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