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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
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
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
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