2019 Columbia Lions football team

2019 Columbia Lions football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	3–7 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach	Al Bagnoli (5th season)
Home stadium	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium

2019 Ivy League football standings

	Conf							Overall
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
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from STATS Poll

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

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Lions were picked to finish in sixth place.

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	1:00 p.m.	at Saint Francis (PA)*	DeGol Field Loretto, PA	NEC Front Row	W 31–14	2,405
September 28	1:00 p.m.	Georgetown*	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	L 10–24	4,311
October 5	1:00 p.m.	at No. 25 Princeton	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	L 10–21	5,225
October 12	1:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut*	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	L 14–24	3,172
October 19	1:30 p.m.	Penn	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+/SNY	W 44–6	10,452
October 25	6:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH	ESPNU	L 24–59	4,221
November 2	12:00 p.m.	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	L 10–45	5,667
November 9	1:00 p.m.	Harvard	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+/SNY	W 17–10 OT	4,739
November 16	1:00 p.m.	Brown	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+	L 24–48	4,207
November 23	1:30 p.m.	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 9–35	3,744
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

At Saint Francis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	14	7	3	7	31
Red Flash	14	0	0	0	14

Georgetown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	0	7	10	7	24
Lions	7	0	0	3	10

At Princeton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	3	7	0	0	10
No. 25 Tigers	7	0	7	7	21

Central Connecticut

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

Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	0	0	0	6	6
Lions	10	7	13	14	44

At Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	3	7	14	0	24
No. 17 Big Green	10	28	14	7	59

At Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	3	0	7	10
Bulldogs	7	14	3	21	45

Harvard

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Crimson	7	0	0	3	0	10
Lions	0	7	0	3	7	17

Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	21	7	20	0	48
Lions	0	17	7	0	24

At Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	9	0	0	9
Big Red	7	14	14	0	35