Columbia Lions

2-82025 record

Ivy · Lawrence A. Wien Stadium · 17,000 · 5,285 avg in 2025

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Lafayette · our model 69% Columbia Lions · a number, not a pick

Openervs Lafayette · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET · Lawrence A. Wien Stadium · series 10-16-1, last win 2024

Updated Tue Sep 15 · preseason

FCS Program Prestige · Columbia Lions

Power Program

FCS Perennial Power — multi-title contender, defines the conference landscape.

T1Regional
T2Mid-Major
T3Power
T4National
T5Blue Blood
T6Dynasty
T7All-Time

All-time record · Columbia Lions

Columbia Lions has won 39% of its games since 1870 — 49% at home, 24% on the road.

356-532-36 all-time · 111 seasons · 1870–2025

Home 262-256-13
Away 90-264-23
Neutral 4-12
31% 1870s
23% 1880s
42% 1890s
64% 1900s
2 g 1910s
51% 1920s
57% 1930s
46% 1940s
27% 1950s
32% 1960s
28% 1970s
10% 1980s
28% 2000s
30% 2010s
50% 2020s

Program memory

What this program never forgets

Most weeks vanish. These didn’t.

1933 Rose Bowl

Columbia defeats Stanford 7–0 in the Rose Bowl; the program's only national championship

1988

The 44-game losing streak

Columbia's historic losing streak (1983–1988) becomes the worst in sports history — ESPN ranks it #4 worst ever

Wound

2024 Ivy Championship

Columbia wins a shared Ivy League championship under Jon Poppe — redemption 36 years after the streak

Moment of the Year · Columbia Lions · 2025

Won 29-12 at Cornell

Week 13 of 2025. Won as a 9.5-point underdog — the result the market didn't see coming.

Decisive MarginUpset · was a 9.5-point underdog

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ConferenceWhere this team sits in this season's conference standings.

Ivy standing · 2025

8th in the Ivy

Columbia Lions is 8th of 8 in the Ivy at 1-6. The path to the title is steep — the focus is on playoff positioning and rivalry wins.

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1Harvard6-1
2Yale6-1
3Dartmouth4-3
4Pennsylvania4-3
5Cornell3-4
6Brown2-5
7Princeton2-5
8Columbia1-6
Coaching historyEvery hire and departure on record, not just the current era.

Coaching history

  • Aldo Donelli departs30-67-2, 11 seasons
  • Hired Aldo Donelli1957
  • Lou Little departs110-116-10, 27 seasons
  • Hired Lou Little1930
  • Percy Haughton departs9-7-2, 2 seasons
  • Hired Percy Haughton1923
  • George Sanford departs24-11-1, 3 seasons
  • Hired George Sanford1899
Cultural identityWhat college football loses if this program didn't exist.
CFB Zeitgeist · team-pages synth v1.0 “Go Lions.”
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