1890 Cornell Big Red football team

1890 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
1890 record	8–4
Head coach	No coach
Captain	Edwin Yawger
Seasons

1890 college football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					11	–	0	–	0
Yale			–					13	–	1	–	0
California			–					4	–	0	–	0
Virginia			–					5	–	2	–	0
Michigan			–					4	–	1	–	0
Cornell			–					8	–	4	–	0
Dartmouth			–					4	–	4	–	0
Georgetown			–					3	–	3	–	1
Washington			–					0	–	0	–	1
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	1
Colorado			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1890 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled an 8–4 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 342 to 134. No Cornell players received honors on the 1890 College Football All-America Team.

Cornell's 77–0 loss to Harvard holds the record as the worst defeat in Cornell football history. In second place is a 66-0 loss to Princeton in 2018, 128 years later.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 1	Rochester		W 98–0
October 4	at Union (NY)		W 32–0
October 8	at Williams	Williamstown, MA	L 8–18
October 18	at Trinity (CT)		W 26–0
October 29	at Amherst		L 0–18
November 1	at Harvard		L 0–77
November 5	at [[{{{school}}}|Wesleyan]]		L 2–4
November 8	Bucknell		W 26–0
November 15	at Michigan		W 20–5
November 22	Columbia		W 36–0
November 27	at Chicago A.C.		W 12–8
December 6	Fordham		W 82–4