| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Team: | Columbia Lions |
| Conference: | Ivy League |
| Short Conf: | Ivy |
| Record: | 6–4 |
| Conf Record: | 3–4 |
| Head Coach: | Al Bagnoli |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Off Coach: | Mark Fabish |
| Oc Year: | 3rd |
| Def Coach: | Paul Ferraro |
| Dc Year: | 4th |
| Stadium: | Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium |
The 2018 Columbia Lions football team represented Columbia University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by fourth-year head coach Al Bagnoli and played their home games at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium. They finished the season 6–4, 3–4 in Ivy League play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. Columbia averaged 5,667 fans per game.
The 2018 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Lions hosted Ivy League foes Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Cornell, and traveled to Penn, Harvard, and Brown. Homecoming coincided with the game against Dartmouth on October 20.
In 2018, Columbia's non-conference opponents were Central Connecticut of the Northeast Conference, Georgetown of the Patriot League, and Marist of the Pioneer Football League.
See also: 2018 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team.
See also: 2018 Georgetown Hoyas football team.
See also: 2018 Princeton Tigers football team.
See also: 2018 Marist Red Foxes football team.
See also: 2018 Penn Quakers football team.
See also: 2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team.
See also: 2018 Yale Bulldogs football team.
See also: 2018 Harvard Crimson football team.
See also: 2018 Brown Bears football team.
See also: 2018 Cornell Big Red football team.