NEW YORK—Columbia Football and the Ivy League announced kickoff times, ESPNU national games, and ESPN+ television designations for its entire 2021 football schedule on Tuesday morning. In addition, Columbia's contest at Dartmouth will be televised nationally on ESPNU and has been moved to Friday, Oct. 22.
Additional live regional television coverage for both home and away games will be announced at a later date. All game times are subject to change.
Click here for an updated 2021 Columbia Football schedule.
Columbia's contest at Dartmouth is one of six Ivy League football games that will air on ESPN's family of networks in 2021. Nine of Columbia's 10 games, including all five home games, will be televised on ESPN+. The Lions' final non-conference game at Central Connecticut State on Oct. 9 will be broadcast live on NEC Front Row.
Year seven of the
Al Bagnoli Era of Columbia Football will feature five home games at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium (corner of 218
th Street and Broadway Avenue in New York City). Columbia will host Marist for its season opener on Saturday, Sept. 18 (1 p.m.) and Georgetown for its annual Lou Little Cup game on Saturday, Sept. 25 at 1 p.m. Homecoming Weekend 2021 is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 16 against Ivy League rival Penn with kickoff coming at 1:30 p.m. Columbia then hosts Harvard on Saturday, Nov. 6 (1 p.m.) and concludes its home slate by taking on Brown for Columbia Football Players Club Senior Day on Saturday, Nov. 13 (1 p.m.).
The Lions will also play five road games. Columbia opens Ivy League play at Princeton on Saturday, Oct. 2 (1 p.m.) and closes out non-conference competition at Central Connecticut State on Saturday, Oct. 9. Columbia also travels to Dartmouth (Friday, Oct. 22, 6 p.m.) plays at Yale (Saturday, Oct. 30, Noon), and concludes its season with the annual Empire State Bowl at Cornell on Saturday, Nov. 20.
Ticket information, promotions schedule, and several undetermined kickoff times will be announced at a later date. Contact
lionstickets@columbia.edu to receive ticket updates.
Columbia's 2020 season was canceled by the Ivy League due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Columbia returns 17 starters (eight on offense and nine on defense) and a host of additional players who saw extensive action during the 2019 season. As a whole, the Lions return 72 total letterwinners.
Six Lions return who have earned All-Ivy League honors in past seasons including senior All-American wide receiver/kickoff/punt return specialist
Mike Roussos, junior linebacker
Scott Valentas, senior defensive back
Will Allen, senior defensive back
Ben Mathiasmeier, senior punter
Drew Schmid, junior placekicker
Alex Felkins. Thirteen additional players return who started games in 2019 including senior quarterback
Ty Lenhart, senior running back
Ryan Young, senior running back
Dante Miller, senior tight end
Casey Mariucci, senior offensive lineman
Stew Newblatt, senior offensive lineman
Zach Minch, junior offensive lineman
Will Hamilton, senior defensive lineman
Cameren Carter, senior linebacker
Justin Woodley, senior linebacker
Cam Dillon, senior linebacker
John Harris, senior defensive back
Fara'ad McCombs, and senior defensive back
Jordan Colbert.
The Ivy League will host a virtual preseason media day featuring coaches and players from all eight conference schools on August 16. Columbia reports for preseason practices on August 19.
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