# 2017 Columbia Lions football team

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.

## Schedule

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 |
| September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Wagner* | Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien StadiumNew York, NY | SNY | W 17–14 | 3,828 |
| September 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Georgetown* | Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien StadiumNew York, NY | SNY | W 35–14 | 4,101 |
| September 30 | 12:30 p.m. | at Princeton | Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ | ELVN | W 28–24 | 5,073 |
| October 7 | 12:00 p.m. | at Marist* | Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff FieldPoughkeepsie, NY | | W 41–17 | 2,396 |
| October 14 | 1:30 p.m. | Penn | Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien StadiumNew York, NY | ELVN | W 34–31 $^{OT}$ | 13,081 |
| October 21 | 12:30 p.m. | at Dartmouth | Memorial FieldHanover, NH | ELVN | W 22–17 | 5,237 |
| October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | at Yale | Yale BowlNew Haven, CT | SNY | L 6–23 | 15,422 |
| November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | Harvard | Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien StadiumNew York, NY | ELVN | L 14–21 | 7,011 |
| November 11 | 1:30 p.m. | at Cornell | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY (rivalry) | SNY | W 18–8 | 5,613 |
| November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | Brown | Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien StadiumNew York, NY | SNY | W 24–6 | 5,341 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Wagner

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| 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
* Date: September 16
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 77 °F (25 °C); hazy, humid
* Game attendance: 3,828
* Referee: E. Lewis
* Box Score

### Georgetown

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| 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
* Date: September 23
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 82 °F (28 °C); clear skies, sunny
* Game attendance: 4,101
* Referee: M. Sechrist
* Box Score

### Princeton

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Columbia | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Princeton | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ
* Date: September 30
* Game time: 12:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C); cloudy, windy
* Game attendance: 5,073
* Referee: S. Cadorette
* Box Score

### Marist

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Columbia | 21 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 41 |
| Marist | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |
at Leonidoff Field • Poughkeepsie, NY
* Date: October 7
* Game time: Noon
* Game weather: 75 °F (24 °C); mostly cloudy
* Game attendance: 2,396
* Referee: D. Carter
* Box Score

### Penn

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| 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
* Date: October 14
* Game time: 1:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 69 °F (21 °C); mix of sun and clouds
* Game attendance: 13,081
* Referee: M. Sechrist
* Box Score

### Dartmouth

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Columbia | 3 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 22 |
| Dartmouth | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH
* Date: October 21
* Game time: 12:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); sunny and warm
* Game attendance: 5,237
* Referee: H. Johns
* Box Score

### Yale

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Columbia | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Yale | 13 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
at Yale Bowl
* Date: October 28
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C); mostly sunny
* Game attendance: 15,422
* Referee: J. Pumphrey
* Box Score

### Harvard

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| 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
* Date: November 4
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C); mix of clouds and sun
* Game attendance: 7,011
* Referee: K. Hudson
* Box Score

### Cornell

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Columbia | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| Cornell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY
* Date: November 11
* Game time: 1:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 34 °F (1 °C); clear and sunny
* Game attendance: 5,613
* Referee: H. Johns
* Box Score

### Brown

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| 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
* Date: November 18
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 47 °F (8 °C); overcast
* Game attendance: 5,341
* Referee: T. Kichline
* Box Score