2017 Columbia Lions football team

The 2017 Columbia Lions football team represented Columbia University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Al Bagnoli and played their home games at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–2, 5–2 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for second place.

2017 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIvy League
2017 record8–2 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coachAl Bagnoli (3rd season)
Offensive coordinatorMark Fabish (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorPaul Ferraro (3rd season)
Home stadiumWien Stadium
(Capacity: 17,000)
2017 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 24 Yale $  6 –1     9 –1  
Columbia  5 –2     8 –2  
Dartmouth  5 –2     8 –2  
Penn  4 –3     6 –4  
Harvard  3 –4     5 –5  
Cornell  3 –4     3 –7  
Princeton  2 –5     5 –5  
Brown  0 –7     2 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

The 2017 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Lions hosted Ivy League foes Penn, Harvard, and Brown, and traveled to Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Cornell. Homecoming coincided with the game against Penn on October 14.

In 2017, Columbia's non-conference opponents were Wagner of the Northeast Conference, Georgetown of the Patriot League, and Marist of the Pioneer Football League.[1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 161:00 p.m.Wagner*
SNYW 17–143,828
September 231:00 p.m.Georgetown*
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York City, NY (Lou Little Cup)
SNYW 35–144,101
September 3012:30 p.m.at Princeton
ELVNW 28–245,073
October 7Noonat Marist*
W 41–172,396
October 141:30 p.m.Penn
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York City, NY (rivalry)
ELVNW 34–31 OT13,081
October 2112:30 p.m.at Dartmouth
ELVNW 22–175,237
October 281:00 p.m.at Yale
SNYL 6–2315,422
November 41:00 p.m.Harvard
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York City, NY (rivalry)
ELVNL 14–217,011
November 111:30 p.m.at Cornell
SNYW 18–85,613
November 181:00 p.m.Brown
  • Wien Stadium
  • New York City, NY
SNYW 24–65,341
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Wagner
See also: 2017 Wagner Seahawks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 2016 Columbia, 15–13
Wagner vs. Columbia – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Wagner 0 0 7714
Columbia 0 14 0317

at Wien Stadium • New York City, NY

  • Date: September 16
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 77 °F (25 °C); hazy, humid
  • Game attendance: 3,828
  • Referee: E. Lewis
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Georgetown
See also: 2017 Georgetown Hoyas football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–2 2016 Georgetown, 17–14
Georgetown vs. Columbia – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Georgetown 0 0 01414
Columbia 0 21 01435

at Wien Stadium • New York City, NY

  • Date: September 23
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 82 °F (28 °C); clear skies, sunny
  • Game attendance: 4,101
  • Referee: M. Sechrist
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Princeton
See also: 2017 Princeton Tigers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–70–1 2016 Princeton, 48–13
Columbia vs. Princeton – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Columbia 7 7 7728
Princeton 7 7 3724

at Princeton University Stadium • Princeton, NJ

  • Date: September 30
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C); cloudy, windy
  • Game attendance: 5,073
  • Referee: S. Cadorette
  • Box Score
Game information
First Quarter
  • PRIN – Jesper Horsted, 9 yard pass from Chad Kanoff (Tavish Rice XP good), 11:42 (PRIN 7–0)
  • CLMB– R. Smith II, 46 yard pass from Anders Hill (Oren Milstein XP good), 6:29 (TIE 7–7)
Second Quarter
  • PRIN – Horsted, 12 yard pass from Kanoff (Rice XP good), 8:21 (PRIN 14–7)
  • CLMB– Tanner Thomas, 11 yard run (Milstein XP good), 3:16 (TIE 14–14)
Third Quarter
  • CLMB– Josh Bean, 2 yard run (Milstein XP good), 12:09 (CLMB 21–14)
  • PRIN – Rice, 26 yard field goal, 3:27 (CLMB 21–17)
Fourth Quarter
  • PRIN – S. Carlson, 27 yard pass from Kanoff, 2:48 (PRIN 24–21)
  • CLMB– Smith II, 63 yard pass from Hill (Milstein XP good), 1:12 (CLMB 28–24)

Marist
See also: 2017 Marist Red Foxes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 2012 Columbia, 10–9
Columbia vs. Marist – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Columbia 21 17 0341
Marist 0 0 10717

at Leonidoff Field • Poughkeepsie, NY

  • Date: October 7
  • Game time: Noon
  • Game weather: 75 °F (24 °C); mostly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 2,396
  • Referee: D. Carter
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Penn
See also: 2017 Penn Quakers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–74–1 2016 Penn, 35–10
Penn vs. Columbia – Game summary
1 2 34OTTotal
Penn 7 7 77331
Columbia 0 7 021634

at Wien Stadium • New York City, NY

  • Date: October 14
  • Game time: 1:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 69 °F (21 °C); mix of sun and clouds
  • Game attendance: 13,081
  • Referee: M. Sechrist
  • Box Score
Game information
First Quarter
  • PENN– Will Fischer-Colbrie 2 Yd Run (Jack Soslow Kick), 4:26 (PENN 7–0)
Second Quarter
  • PENN- Karekin Brooks 5 Yd Run (Jack Soslow Kick), 14:55 (PENN 14-0)
  • CLMB- Josh Bean 2 Yd Run (Oren Milstein Kick), 6:27 (PENN 14-7)
Third Quarter
  • PENN- Nick Miller 25 Yd Interception Return (Jack Soslow Kick), 11:09 (PENN 21-7)
Fourth Quarter
  • CLMB- Josh Bean 1 Yd Run (Oren Milstein Kick), 10:55 (PENN 21-14)
  • CLMB- Josh Wainwright 59 Yd pass from Anders Hill (Oren Milstein Kick), 8:35 (TIE 21-21)
  • CLMB- Rory Schlageter 7 Yd pass from Anders Hill (Oren Milstein Kick), 4:11 (CLMB 28-21)
  • PENN- Justin Watson 17 Yd pass from Will Fischer-Colbrie (Jack Soslow Kick), 1:21 (TIE 28-28)
Overtime
  • PENN- Jack Soslow 41 Yd Field Goal (PENN 31-28)
  • CLMB- Josh Wainwright 24 Yd pass from Anders Hill (CLMB 34-31)

Dartmouth
See also: 2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–68–1 2016 Columbia, 9–7
Columbia vs. Dartmouth – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Columbia 3 13 6022
Dartmouth 0 0 71017

at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH

  • Date: October 21
  • Game time: 12:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); sunny and warm
  • Game attendance: 5,237
  • Referee: H. Johns
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Yale
See also: 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–70–2 2016 Yale, 31–23
Columbia vs. Yale – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Columbia 0 0 606
Yale 13 0 3723

at Yale Bowl

  • Date: October 28
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); mostly sunny
  • Game attendance: 15,422
  • Referee: J. Pumphrey
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Harvard
See also: 2017 Harvard Crimson football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–60–1 2016 Harvard, 28–21
Harvard vs. Columbia – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Harvard 0 14 7021
Columbia 7 0 0714

at Wien Stadium • New York City, NY

  • Date: November 4
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C); mix of clouds and sun
  • Game attendance: 7,011
  • Referee: K. Hudson
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Cornell
See also: 2017 Cornell Big Red football team and Columbia–Cornell football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
36–65–3 2016 Cornell, 42–40
Columbia vs. Cornell – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Columbia 3 3 5718
Cornell 0 0 088

at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY

  • Date: November 11
  • Game time: 1:30 p.m.
  • Game weather: 34 °F (1 °C); clear and sunny
  • Game attendance: 5,613
  • Referee: H. Johns
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
  • COL – Oren Milstein, 26 yard field goal, 5:05 (COL 3–0)
Second quarter
  • COL – Milstein, 33 yard field goal, 0:22 (COL 6–0)
Third quarter
  • COL – safety (Connor Heeb), 9:04 (COL 8–0)
  • COL – Milstein, 28 yard field goal, 2:23 (COL 11–0)
Fourth quarter
  • COL – Chris Schroer, 2 yard run (Milstein XP good), 3:28 (COL 18–0)
  • COR – Josh Sweet, 7 yard run (2-pt conversion good), 1:09 (COL 18–8)

Brown
See also: 2017 Brown Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
27–52–2 2016 Columbia, 31–13
Brown vs. Columbia – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Brown 0 0 606
Columbia 7 7 3724

at Wien Stadium • New York City, NY

  • Date: November 18
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 47 °F (8 °C); overcast
  • Game attendance: 5,341
  • Referee: T. Kichline
  • Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

References
  1. "Football - 2017 Schedule". Columbia Athletics. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
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