American college football season
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
The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Lions were picked to finish in sixth place.[1]
Predicted finish
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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 |
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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* | - 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 | | 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 | - 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 | | 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
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[2][3][4]
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 |
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