1926 Cornell Big Red football team

1926 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
1926 record	6–1–1
Head coach	Gil Dobie (7th season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Base defense	6–3–2
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field
Seasons

1926 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Lafayette			–					9	–	0	–	0
Brown			–					9	–	0	–	1
Boston College			–					6	–	0	–	2
NYU			–					8	–	1	–	0
Army			–					7	–	1	–	1
Penn			–					7	–	1	–	1
Cornell			–					6	–	1	–	1
Princeton			–					5	–	1	–	1
Geneva			–					8	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	2	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					7	–	2	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	2	–	2
Columbia			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	6	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	0
Duquesne			–					2	–	5	–	1
Massachusetts			–					1	–	6	–	0

The 1926 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1926 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Big Red compiled a 6–1–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 191 to 64. Coach Dobie was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 25	Geneva	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 6–0
October 2	[[{{{school}}}|Niagara]]	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 28–0
October 9	Williams	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 49–0
October 16	Michigan State	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 24–14
October 30	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY (rivalry)	L 9–17
November 6	[[{{{school}}}|St. Bonaventure]]	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 41–0
November 13	Dartmouth	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 24–23
November 25	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	T 10–10