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. They were the winningest Columbia Lions football team since 1996, and are often viewed as the team that changed the trajectory of the program. The team was led by the greatest defensive line in Columbia Lions history, which starred Dominic Perkaj. They averaged 6,672 fans per game.
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 8–2 (5–2 Ivy) |
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Offensive coordinator | Mark Fabish (2nd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Paul Ferraro (3rd season) |
Home stadium | Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Wagner* | SNY | W 17–14 | 3,828 | |
September 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Georgetown* |
| SNY | W 35–14 | 4,101 |
September 30 | 12:30 p.m. | at Princeton | ELVN | W 28–24 | 5,073 | |
October 7 | 12:00 p.m. | at Marist* | W 41–17 | 2,396 | ||
October 14 | 1:30 p.m. | Penn |
| ELVN | W 34–31 OT | 13,081 |
October 21 | 12:30 p.m. | at Dartmouth | ELVN | W 22–17 | 5,237 | |
October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | at Yale | SNY | L 6–23 | 15,422 | |
November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | Harvard |
| ELVN | L 14–21 | 7,011 |
November 11 | 1:30 p.m. | at Cornell | SNY | W 18–8 | 5,613 | |
November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | Brown |
| SNY | W 24–6 | 5,341 |
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Wagner | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Columbia | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York City, NY
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Georgetown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
Columbia | 0 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York City, NY
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Columbia | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
Princeton | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ
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Columbia | 21 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 41 |
Marist | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
at Leonidoff Field • Poughkeepsie, NY
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
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Penn | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
Columbia | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 6 | 34 |
at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York City, NY
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Columbia | 3 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
Dartmouth | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Columbia | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Yale | 13 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
at Yale Bowl
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Harvard | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Columbia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York City, NY
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Columbia | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
Cornell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY
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Brown | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Columbia | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York City, NY
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