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Columbia Lions

Every Columbia Lions head-to-head record: 940 games against 70 opponents since 1870.

Formerly Columbia Blue and White

All-time record360-544-36
Regular season359-544-36
Postseason1-0

Most common matchups

Titles and postseason[2]

AchievementTotalSeasons
League titles2claimed national title: 1933, 1875
Conference titles2Ivy League: 2024, 1961

Names and colors

  1. 1870 to 1891 Columbia
  2. 1899 to 1905 Columbia Blue and White
  3. Since 1918 Columbia Lions

Home venues[1]

  1. 1870 to 1922 Home venue unknown
  2. 1923 to 2019 Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium
  3. Since 2021 Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium

Upcoming

DateMatchupRound
Sat Oct 31 Yale Bulldogs at Columbia Lions Week 9
Sat Nov 7 Columbia Lions at Harvard Crimson Week 10
Sat Nov 14 Columbia Lions at Brown Bears Week 11
Sat Nov 21 Cornell Big Red at Columbia Lions Week 12

Against conferences

Conferencevs members at the timevs current members
vs ACC0-016-11-5
vs American0-013-28-4
vs Big South Conference0-10-0
vs Big Ten Conference1-524-28-5
vs Colonial1-24-6
vs Independent147-206-290-0
vs Intercollegiate Football Association0-210-0
vs Ivy Group89-253-4145-387-10
vs MAC0-02-3
vs Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference2-10-0
vs Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference2-00-0
vs Middle Atlantic Conferences1-40-0
vs Middle Three Conference6-10-0
vs Northeast8-49-3
vs Pacific Coast Conference2-0-10-0
vs Patriot16-2840-58-3
vs Pioneer Football League7-08-0
vs SEC1-21-1
vs Southern7-04-0

"At the time" counts opponents by their conference in the season each game was played; "current" counts every game against today's members.

Against divisions

Divisionvs members at the timevs current members
vs Colonial South Division0-10-0

"At the time" counts opponents by their division in the season each game was played; "current" counts every game against today's members.

Every opponent

ACC

OpponentRecordGamesLast met
Columbia Lions vs Duke Blue Devils1-011926
Columbia Lions vs Stanford Cardinal2-0-131937
Columbia Lions vs Syracuse Orange9-11-4241948
Columbia Lions vs Virginia Cavaliers4-041938

American

OpponentRecordGamesLast met
Columbia Lions vs Army Black Knights4-14-3211982
Columbia Lions vs Navy Midshipmen9-13-1231955
Columbia Lions vs Tulane Green Wave0-111939

Big Ten Conference

OpponentRecordGamesLast met
Columbia Lions vs Michigan Wolverines0-331941
Columbia Lions vs Ohio State Buckeyes0-221926
Columbia Lions vs Penn State Nittany Lions2-021934
Columbia Lions vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights21-23-5491978
Columbia Lions vs Wisconsin Badgers1-011940

Colonial

OpponentRecordGamesLast met
Columbia Lions vs Maine Black Bears3-031942
Columbia Lions vs Monmouth Hawks0-222014
Columbia Lions vs Sacred Heart Pioneers0-112011
Columbia Lions vs Towson Tigers1-122010
Columbia Lions vs UAlbany Great Danes0-222014

Ivy Group

OpponentRecordGamesLast met
Columbia Lions vs Brown Bears29-38-2692025
Columbia Lions vs Cornell Big Red36-53-3922025
Columbia Lions vs Dartmouth Big Green16-60762026
Columbia Lions vs Harvard Crimson13-49-1632025
Columbia Lions vs Pennsylvania Quakers22-62-1852026
Columbia Lions vs Princeton Tigers12-62-1752026
Columbia Lions vs Yale Bulldogs17-63-2822025

MAC

OpponentRecordGamesLast met
Columbia Lions vs Buffalo Bulls2-241958
Columbia Lions vs Ohio Bobcats0-111921

Northeast

OpponentRecordGamesLast met
Columbia Lions vs Central Connecticut Blue Devils2-242021
Columbia Lions vs Duquesne Dukes1-012005
Columbia Lions vs St. Francis (PA) Red Flash1-122019
Columbia Lions vs Wagner Seahawks5-052024

Patriot

OpponentRecordGamesLast met
Columbia Lions vs Bucknell Bison2-1-142004
Columbia Lions vs Colgate Raiders4-16-1212002
Columbia Lions vs Fordham Rams7-10172015
Columbia Lions vs Georgetown Hoyas9-4132026
Columbia Lions vs Holy Cross Crusaders1-451981
Columbia Lions vs Lafayette Leopards11-17-1292026
Columbia Lions vs Lehigh Mountain Hawks5-6112025
Columbia Lions vs William & Mary Tribe1-011926

Pioneer Football League

OpponentRecordGamesLast met
Columbia Lions vs Marist Red Foxes8-082026

SEC

OpponentRecordGamesLast met
Columbia Lions vs Georgia Bulldogs1-121941

Southern

OpponentRecordGamesLast met
Columbia Lions vs VMI Keydets4-041939

Other opponents

OpponentRecordGamesLast met
Columbia Lions vs Amherst4-3-3101949
Columbia Lions vs Carlisle2-131901
Columbia Lions vs City College of New York3-031883
Columbia Lions vs Crescent A.C.0-331891
Columbia Lions vs Franklin & Marshall1-011904
Columbia Lions vs Hamilton3-031903
Columbia Lions vs Haverford3-031925
Columbia Lions vs Hobart1-011950
Columbia Lions vs Iona Gaels1-012006
Columbia Lions vs Johns Hopkins2-0-131928
Columbia Lions vs Middlebury6-061932
Columbia Lions vs New York University5-0-161925
Columbia Lions vs St. Lawrence1-011924
Columbia Lions vs Stevens9-4-2151900
Columbia Lions vs Swarthmore3-031904
Columbia Lions vs Trinity (CT)0-221891
Columbia Lions vs Tufts1-011904
Columbia Lions vs Union (NY)11-0111944
Columbia Lions vs Ursinus2-021923
Columbia Lions vs Vermont3-031928
Columbia Lions vs Wesleyan (CT)14-1-1161931
Columbia Lions vs Williams13-3-1171937

Unlisted opponents (8 games): 6-2. Minor one-off opponents are counted in the record above but not listed individually.

Sources

Records are computed from every final game result in the Matchup Index database. About the data.

College football results follow Sports Reference coverage, which omits some early games against non-major opponents.

  1. VenueStats: Home venues.
  2. Wikipedia: Conference titles, League titles.