In their 10-game season, the Lions have seen success with wins against Wagner and Yale — the team's first victories in years — but remained a team that lost far more than it won. Yet the Lions did learn to hold their own — at least sometimes — against some of the best teams in the Ivy League. 

So at the end of this season, Al Bagnoli's first as coach for the team, there's just one question left to ask: Was this the turnaround everyone was hoping for?

Fans root for the Lions during the Columbia game against Brown.(Richard Yeh)Al Bagnoli walks away from a team huddle during the Brown game, the last of the 2015 season.(Matt Collette)The Season host Ilya Marritz gets football advice from Columbia football coach Al Bagnoli.(Matt Collette)