2018 Columbia Lions football team

2018 Columbia Lions football
2018 Columbia Lions football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	6–4 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Al Bagnoli (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Mark Fabish (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Paul Ferraro (4th season)
Home stadium	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium

2018 Ivy League football standings

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
	3	–	4	6	–	4
Cornell	2	–	5	3	–	7
Brown	0	–	7	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS 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. Columbia averaged 5,667 fans per game.

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	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPNU	L 10–45	5,327
October 6	1:00 p.m.	Marist*	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	W 34–24	3,296
October 13	1:00 p.m.	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	ESPN+	L 10–13	6,011
October 20	1:30 p.m.	Dartmouth	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	L 12–28	12,506
October 27	1:00 p.m.	Yale	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	W 17–10	2,555
November 3	12:00 p.m.	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, 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	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 24–21	4,651
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

At Central Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	14	3	10	14	41
Blue Devils	7	7	0	10	24

At Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	10	0	6	7	23
Hoyas	0	0	0	15	15

Princeton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	13	17	15	0	45
Lions	3	7	0	0	10

Marist

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Foxes	0	14	7	3	24
Lions	0	17	14	3	34

At Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	0	10	0	10
Quakers	3	3	0	7	13

Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Green	7	0	7	14	28
Lions	3	3	0	6	12

Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	10	0	0	10
Lions	3	0	7	7	17

At Harvard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	6	6	0	6	18
Crimson	21	7	7	17	52

At Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	14	14	14	42
Bears	14	6	0	0	20

Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	0	7	0	14	21
Lions	10	0	0	14	24

References

^ "Columbia Lions Schedule 2018". ESPN. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
^ "2018 Football Schedule". The Trustees of Columbia University. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
^ "Columbia Football 2023 Football Record Book" (PDF). The Trustees of Columbia University. p. 185. Retrieved January 19, 2024.

[1] "Columbia Lions Schedule 2018". ESPN. Retrieved January 19, 2024.

[2] "2018 Football Schedule". The Trustees of Columbia University. Retrieved January 19, 2024.

[3] "Columbia Football 2023 Football Record Book" (PDF). The Trustees of Columbia University. p. 185. Retrieved January 19, 2024.

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Columbia Lions football
Venues	Polo Grounds (1880–1883, 1890, 1899, 1901–1903, 1920–1927, 1936) Berkeley Oval (1889) Columbia Grounds (1891) Columbia Field (1900) American League Park (1904–1905) South Field (1915–1923) Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium (1923–1982, 1984–present) Giants Stadium (1983) Hofstra Stadium (1983)
Bowls & rivalries	1934 Rose Bowl Cornell Fordham: Liberty Cup
Culture & lore	Columbia University Marching Band Roaree the Lion "Roar, Lion, Roar" The Union Club
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885–1888 1889 1890 1891 1892–1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906–1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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