1931 Cornell Big Red football team

Cornell Big Red football
	1931 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
1931 record	7–1
Head coach	Gil Dobie (12th season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Base defense	6–3–2
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field
	Seasons ← 1930 1932 →

The 1931 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1931 college football season. In their 12th season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Big Red compiled a 7–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 239 to 20.^[1]^[2] Coach Dobie was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.

The traditional Thanksgiving game against Penn attracted reported crowd of 70,000 to Franklin Field. Cornell's 7-0 win earned a story on the front page of The Philadelphia Inquirer along with a detailed quarter-by-quarter description of the game in the newspaper.^[3]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 26	Clarkson	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 68–0
October 3	[[{{{school}}}\|Niagara]]	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 37–6
October 10	Richmond	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 27–0
October 17	Princeton	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 33–0
October 31	Columbia	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 13–0
November 7	[[{{{school}}}\|Alfred]]	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 54–0
November 14	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	L 0–14
November 26	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 7–0

References[]

↑ "Cornell Yearly Results (1930–1934)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/c/cornell/1925-1929_yearly_results.php. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
↑ "1931 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/cornell/1931-schedule.html. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
↑ "U. of P. Defeated by Cornell, 7-0, Before 70,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 27 November 1931. pp. 1, 22. https://www.newspapers.com/image/173813719. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

[DW-1] "Cornell Yearly Results (1930–1934)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/c/cornell/1925-1929_yearly_results.php. Retrieved December 10, 2015.

[SR-2] "1931 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/cornell/1931-schedule.html. Retrieved December 10, 2015.

[3] "U. of P. Defeated by Cornell, 7-0, Before 70,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 27 November 1931. pp. 1, 22. https://www.newspapers.com/image/173813719. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

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