2018 Columbia Lions football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–4 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMark Fabish (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorPaul Ferraro (4th season)
Home stadiumRobert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
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  
Columbia   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.

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.

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*
  • Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
ESPN+W 34–243,296
October 131:00 p.m.at Penn
ESPN+L 10–136,011
October 201:30 p.m.Dartmouthdagger
  • Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
ESPN+L 12–2812,506
October 271:00 p.m.Yale
  • Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium
  • New York, NY
ESPN+W 17–102,555
November 312:00 p.m.at Harvard
ESPN+/NESNL 18–5210,447
November 1012:00 p.m.at Brown
ESPN+W 42–202,118
November 171:00 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

See also: 2018 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

At Georgetown

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

See also: 2018 Georgetown Hoyas football team

Princeton

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

See also: 2018 Princeton Tigers football team

Marist

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

See also: 2018 Marist Red Foxes football team

At Penn

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

See also: 2018 Penn Quakers football team

Dartmouth

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

See also: 2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team

Yale

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

See also: 2018 Yale Bulldogs football team

At Harvard

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

See also: 2018 Harvard Crimson football team

At Brown

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

See also: 2018 Brown Bears football team

Cornell

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

See also: 2018 Cornell Big Red football team

References

  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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