Matchup Index

Columbia Lions vs Yale Bulldogs

Columbia Lions 17
Yale Bulldogs leads 63-17-2
2 ties
1872 to 2025
Yale Bulldogs won the last meeting
Next meeting: Oct 31, 2026, Yale Bulldogs at Columbia Lions
Yale Bulldogs 63

Series timeline

▼ Yale Bulldogs ahead (peak +46)
1872: Yale Bulldogs 3-01874: Yale Bulldogs 5-11874: Yale Bulldogs 6-11875: Columbia 3-21876: Yale Bulldogs 2-01879: Yale Bulldogs 2-01880: Yale Bulldogs 13-01881: Yale Bulldogs 1-01882: Yale Bulldogs 11-01883: Yale Bulldogs 93-01889: Yale Bulldogs 62-01899: Columbia Blue and White 5-01900: Yale Bulldogs 12-51901: Yale Bulldogs 10-51903: Yale Bulldogs 25-01904: Yale Bulldogs 34-01905: Yale Bulldogs 53-01934: Columbia Lions 12-61938: Columbia Lions 27-141939: Yale Bulldogs 10-71943: Yale Bulldogs 20-71944: Yale Bulldogs 27-101945: Columbia Lions 27-131946: Columbia Lions 28-201947: Yale Bulldogs 17-71948: Columbia Lions 34-281949: Yale Bulldogs 33-71950: Yale Bulldogs 20-141951: Columbia Lions 14-01952: Yale Bulldogs 35-281953: Yale Bulldogs 13-71954: Yale Bulldogs 13-71955: Yale Bulldogs 46-141956: Yale Bulldogs 33-191957: Yale Bulldogs 19-01958: Columbia Lions 13-01959: Yale Bulldogs 14-01960: Yale Bulldogs 30-81961: Columbia Lions 11-01962: Columbia Lions 14-101963: Yale Bulldogs 19-71964: Tied 9-91965: Columbia Lions 21-71966: Yale Bulldogs 44-211967: Yale Bulldogs 21-71968: Yale Bulldogs 29-71969: Yale Bulldogs 41-61970: Yale Bulldogs 32-151971: Columbia Lions 15-141972: Yale Bulldogs 28-141973: Yale Bulldogs 29-01974: Yale Bulldogs 42-21975: Yale Bulldogs 34-71976: Yale Bulldogs 37-61977: Yale Bulldogs 42-201978: Tied 3-31979: Yale Bulldogs 37-71980: Yale Bulldogs 30-101981: Yale Bulldogs 48-172002: Yale Bulldogs 35-72003: Yale Bulldogs 29-142004: Yale Bulldogs 21-142005: Yale Bulldogs 37-32006: Yale Bulldogs 21-32007: Yale Bulldogs 28-72008: Yale Bulldogs 27-122009: Yale Bulldogs 23-222010: Yale Bulldogs 31-282011: Yale Bulldogs 16-132012: Columbia Lions 26-222013: Yale Bulldogs 53-122014: Yale Bulldogs 25-72015: Columbia Lions 17-72016: Yale Bulldogs 31-232017: Yale Bulldogs 23-62018: Columbia Lions 17-102019: Yale Bulldogs 45-102021: Yale Bulldogs 37-302022: Yale Bulldogs 41-162023: Yale Bulldogs 35-72024: Columbia Lions 13-102025: Yale Bulldogs 24-10

Columbia Columbia Blue and White Columbia Lions Yale Bulldogs Tie Postseason One meeting per cell

Longest streaks: Columbia Lions 2 (1934–1938), Yale Bulldogs 13 (1979–2011). Current: Yale Bulldogs 1.

Splits

SplitColumbia Lions record
Regular season17-63-2
Hosted by Columbia Lions10-28
Hosted by Yale Bulldogs7-35-2
Last 10 seasons (2015 to 2025)3-7
Largest Columbia Lions win27-13 (1945)
Largest Yale Bulldogs win93-0 (1883)

Every meeting

2020s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2025 Nov 1, 2025 Yale Bulldogs 24-10 at Yale Bulldogs Week 10
2024 Nov 1, 2024 Columbia Lions 13-10 at Columbia Lions Week 10
2023 Oct 28, 2023 Yale Bulldogs 35-7 at Yale Bulldogs Week 10
2022 Oct 28, 2022 Yale Bulldogs 41-16 at Columbia Lions Week 10
2021 Oct 30, 2021 Yale Bulldogs 37-30 at Yale Bulldogs Week 10
2010s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2019 Nov 2, 2019 Yale Bulldogs 45-10 at Yale Bulldogs Week 11
2018 Oct 27, 2018 Columbia Lions 17-10 at Columbia Lions Week 10
2017 Oct 28, 2017 Yale Bulldogs 23-6 at Yale Bulldogs Week 10
2016 Oct 28, 2016 Yale Bulldogs 31-23 at Columbia Lions Week 10
2015 Oct 31, 2015 Columbia Lions 17-7 at Yale Bulldogs Week 9
2014 Nov 1, 2014 Yale Bulldogs 25-7 at Columbia Lions Week 10
2013 Nov 2, 2013 Yale Bulldogs 53-12 at Yale Bulldogs Week 10
2012 Oct 27, 2012 Columbia Lions 26-22 at Columbia Lions Week 9
2011 Oct 29, 2011 Yale Bulldogs 16-13 at Columbia Lions Week 9
2010 Oct 30, 2010 Yale Bulldogs 31-28 at Yale Bulldogs Week 9
2000s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
2009 Oct 31, 2009 Yale Bulldogs 23-22 at Columbia Lions Week 9
2008 Nov 1, 2008 Yale Bulldogs 27-12 at Yale Bulldogs Week 10
2007 Oct 27, 2007 Yale Bulldogs 28-7 at Columbia Lions Week 9
2006 Oct 28, 2006 Yale Bulldogs 21-3 at Yale Bulldogs Week 9
2005 Oct 29, 2005 Yale Bulldogs 37-3 at Columbia Lions Week 9
2004 Oct 30, 2004 Yale Bulldogs 21-14 at Yale Bulldogs Week 10
2003 Nov 1, 2003 Yale Bulldogs 29-14 at Columbia Lions Week 11
2002 Nov 2, 2002 Yale Bulldogs 35-7 at Yale Bulldogs Week 11
1980s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1981 Oct 17, 1981 Yale Bulldogs 48-17 at Columbia Lions Week 7
1980 Oct 18, 1980 Yale Bulldogs 30-10 at Yale Bulldogs Week 8
1970s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1979 Oct 20, 1979 Yale Bulldogs 37-7 at Columbia Lions Week 8
1978 Oct 21, 1978 Tie 3-3 at Yale Bulldogs Week 8
1977 Oct 15, 1977 Yale Bulldogs 42-20 at Columbia Lions Week 7
1976 Oct 16, 1976 Yale Bulldogs 37-6 at Yale Bulldogs Week 7
1975 Oct 18, 1975 Yale Bulldogs 34-7 at Columbia Lions Week 7
1974 Oct 19, 1974 Yale Bulldogs 42-2 at Yale Bulldogs Week 7
1973 Oct 20, 1973 Yale Bulldogs 29-0 at Columbia Lions Week 8
1972 Oct 21, 1972 Yale Bulldogs 28-14 at Yale Bulldogs Week 7
1971 Oct 16, 1971 Columbia Lions 15-14 at Columbia Lions Week 6
1970 Oct 17, 1970 Yale Bulldogs 32-15 at Yale Bulldogs Week 8
1960s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1969 Oct 18, 1969 Yale Bulldogs 41-6 at Columbia Lions Week 6
1968 Oct 19, 1968 Yale Bulldogs 29-7 at Yale Bulldogs Week 6
1967 Oct 21, 1967 Yale Bulldogs 21-7 at Columbia Lions Week 7
1966 Oct 15, 1966 Yale Bulldogs 44-21 at Yale Bulldogs Week 6
1965 Oct 16, 1965 Columbia Lions 21-7 at Columbia Lions Week 6
1964 Oct 17, 1964 Tie 9-9 at Yale Bulldogs Week 6
1963 Oct 12, 1963 Yale Bulldogs 19-7 at Yale Bulldogs Week 5
1962 Oct 13, 1962 Columbia Lions 14-10 at Columbia Lions Week 5
1961 Oct 14, 1961 Columbia Lions 11-0 at Yale Bulldogs Week 5
1960 Oct 8, 1960 Yale Bulldogs 30-8 at Yale Bulldogs Week 5
1950s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1959 Oct 10, 1959 Yale Bulldogs 14-0 at Yale Bulldogs Week 5
1958 Oct 11, 1958 Columbia Lions 13-0 at Columbia Lions Week 5
1957 Oct 12, 1957 Yale Bulldogs 19-0 at Yale Bulldogs Week 5
1956 Oct 13, 1956 Yale Bulldogs 33-19 at Columbia Lions Week 5
1955 Oct 8, 1955 Yale Bulldogs 46-14 at Yale Bulldogs Week 4
1954 Oct 9, 1954 Yale Bulldogs 13-7 at Columbia Lions Week 4
1953 Oct 10, 1953 Yale Bulldogs 13-7 at Yale Bulldogs Week 4
1952 Oct 11, 1952 Yale Bulldogs 35-28 at Yale Bulldogs Week 5
1951 Oct 13, 1951 Columbia Lions 14-0 at Columbia Lions Week 5
1950 Oct 14, 1950 Yale Bulldogs 20-14 at Yale Bulldogs Week 5
1940s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1949 Oct 8, 1949 Yale Bulldogs 33-7 at Columbia Lions Week 5
1948 Oct 9, 1948 Columbia Lions 34-28 at Yale Bulldogs Week 5
1947 Oct 11, 1947 Yale Bulldogs 17-7 at Columbia Lions Week 5
1946 Oct 12, 1946 Columbia Lions 28-20 at Yale Bulldogs Week 5
1945 Oct 13, 1945 Columbia Lions 27-13 at Columbia Lions Week 6
1944 Oct 14, 1944 Yale Bulldogs 27-10 at Yale Bulldogs Week 8
1943 Oct 9, 1943 Yale Bulldogs 20-7 at Columbia Lions Week 5
1930s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1939 Oct 7, 1939 Yale Bulldogs 10-7 at Yale Bulldogs Week 4
1938 Oct 1, 1938 Columbia Lions 27-14 at Yale Bulldogs Week 3
1934 Oct 6, 1934 Columbia Lions 12-6 at Yale Bulldogs Week 4
1900s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1905 Nov 4, 1905 Yale Bulldogs 53-0 at Columbia Blue and White Week 8
1904 Oct 29, 1904 Yale Bulldogs 34-0 at Columbia Blue and White Week 7
1903 Oct 31, 1903 Yale Bulldogs 25-0 at Yale Bulldogs Week 8
1901 Oct 26, 1901 Yale Bulldogs 10-5 at Yale Bulldogs Week 6
1900 Oct 27, 1900 Yale Bulldogs 12-5 at Columbia Blue and White Week 7
1890s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1899 Oct 28, 1899 Columbia Blue and White 5-0 at Columbia Blue and White Week 8
1880s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1889 Oct 26, 1889 Yale Bulldogs 62-0 at Columbia Week 5
1883 Nov 17, 1883 Yale Bulldogs 93-0 at Columbia Week 9
1882 Nov 18, 1882 Yale Bulldogs 11-0 at Yale Bulldogs Week 7
1881 Nov 16, 1881 Yale Bulldogs 1-0 at Columbia Week 7
1880 Nov 10, 1880 Yale Bulldogs 13-0 at Yale Bulldogs Week 6
1870s
SeasonDateWinnerScoreSiteRound
1879 Nov 22, 1879 Yale Bulldogs 2-0 at Columbia Week 7
1876 Dec 9, 1876 Yale Bulldogs 2-0 at Columbia Week 6
1875 Dec 4, 1875 Columbia 3-2 at Yale Bulldogs Week 7
1874 (0-2) Nov 21, 1874 Yale Bulldogs 5-1 at Yale Bulldogs Week 5
Dec 5, 1874 Yale Bulldogs 6-1 at Yale Bulldogs Week 6
1872 Nov 16, 1872 Yale Bulldogs 3-0 at Yale Bulldogs Week 3

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.