2008 Cornell Big Red football team

2008 Cornell Big Red football
File:Cornell "C" logo.svg
Conference	Ivy League
2008 record	4–6 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach	Jim Knowles (5th year)
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field (Capacity: 25,597)
Seasons « 2007 2009 »

Template:2008 Ivy League football standings The 2008 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jim Knowles and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 4–6, 2–5 in Ivy League play to finish in sixth place.

Schedule

Cornell's non-conference opponents were Bucknell, Lehigh and Colgate. Homecoming coincided with the home opener against Yale on September 27.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 20	6:00 PM	at Bucknell*	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, Pennsylvania		W 21–20	5,173
September 27	1:00 PM	Yale	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, New York		W 17–14	13,142
October 4	12:30 PM	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, Pennsylvania		W 25–24	10,460
October 11	12:00 PM	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Allston, Massachusetts	Versus	L 17–38	11,263
October 18	1:00 PM	Colgate*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, New York		L 22–38	8,542
October 25	12:30 PM	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, Rhode Island		L 7–27	9,298
November 1	1:00 PM	Princeton	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, New York		L 26–31	7,122
November 8	1:00 PM	Dartmouth	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, New York		W 37–14	4,132
November 15	12:30 PM	at Columbia	Wien Stadium Manhattan, New York		L 7–17	3,811
November 22	1:00 PM	Penn	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, New York		L 6–23	2,437
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time