The 2019 Columbia Lions football team represented Columbia University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by fifth-year head coach Al Bagnoli and played their home games at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium. They finished the season 3–7, 2–5 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for sixth place. Columbia averaged 5,376 fans per game
2019 Columbia Lions football | |
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 3–7 (2–5 Ivy) |
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Home stadium | Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 22 Dartmouth + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 25 Yale + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Lions were picked to finish in sixth place.[1]
Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Yale | 119 (9) |
2 | Dartmouth | 111 (2) |
3 | Princeton | 107 (4) |
4 | Harvard | 93 (1) |
5 | Penn | 67 |
6 | Columbia | 61 (1) |
7 | Cornell | 29 |
8 | Brown | 24 |
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Saint Francis (PA)* | NEC Front Row | W 31–14 | 2,405 | |
September 28 | 1:00 p.m. | Georgetown* | ESPN+ | L 10–24 | 4,311 | |
October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 25 Princeton | ESPN+ | L 10–21 | 5,225 | |
October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | Central Connecticut* |
| ESPN+ | L 14–24 | 3,172 |
October 19 | 1:30 p.m. | Penn |
| ESPN+/SNY | W 44–6 | 10,452 |
October 25 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 17 Dartmouth | ESPNU | L 24–59 | 4,221 | |
November 2 | 12:00 p.m. | at Yale | ESPN+ | L 10–45 | 5,667 | |
November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Harvard |
| ESPN+/SNY | W 17–10 OT | 4,739 |
November 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Brown |
| ESPN+ | L 24–48 | 4,207 |
November 23 | 1:30 p.m. | at Cornell | ESPN+ | L 9–35 | 3,744 | |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Lions | 14 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
Red Flash | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Hoyas | 0 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
Lions | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Lions | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
No. 25 Tigers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Devils | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Lions | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Quakers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Lions | 10 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 44 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Lions | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
No. 17 Big Green | 10 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 59 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Lions | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 45 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total | |
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Crimson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Lions | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bears | 21 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 48 |
Lions | 0 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Lions | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Big Red | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |