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 Schedule [ edit ] 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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Game summaries [ edit ] At Central Connecticut [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Lions 14 3 10 14 41 Blue Devils 7 7 0 10 24
At Georgetown [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Lions 10 0 6 7 23 Hoyas 0 0 0 15 15
Princeton [ edit ] 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
At Penn [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Lions 0 0 10 0 10 Quakers 3 3 0 7 13
Dartmouth [ edit ] 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
At Harvard [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Lions 6 6 0 6 18 Crimson 21 7 7 17 52
At Brown [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Lions 0 14 14 14 42 Bears 14 6 0 0 20
Cornell [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Big Red 0 7 0 14 21 Lions 10 0 0 14 24
References [ edit ]
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