Schoellkopf Field, where the Cornell Big Red have played their home games since 1915.
The Cornell Big Red football team represents Cornell University in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a member of the Ivy League. In its 130 active years, the team has played in over one thousand games. The Big Red have been awarded 5 national championships, 3 Ivy League conference co-championships, and 5 times received a final ranking in the Associated Press (AP) Poll. Through the 2018 season, the Cornell Big Red have won 652, lost 536, and tied 33 regular season games.
From its first intercollegiate football game in 1887 against Union College through the 1955 season, Cornell played as an independent program before joining the newly formed Ivy League conference for the 1956 season. As members of the Ivy League, the Big Red have accumulated a conference record of 189 wins, 256 losses, and 5 ties. Since 1915, the Cornell Big Red football team have played their home games at Schoellkopf Field on Cornell's main campus in Ithaca, New York.
Seasons[]
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| Season | Head coach |
Conference |
Season results [lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] |
Final ranking | ||||||
| Conference | W | L | T | AP Poll | Coaches' Poll | |||||
| 2018 | David Archer | Ivy League | 7thTemplate:Thinsp (2–5) |
3 | 7 | – | – | |||
| 2017 | Ivy League | 5thTemplate:Thinsp (3–4) |
3 | 7 | – | – | ||||
| 2016 | Ivy League | 6thTemplate:Thinsp (2–5) |
4 | 6 | – | – | ||||
| 2015 | Ivy League | 7thTemplate:Thinsp (1–6) |
1 | 9 | – | – | ||||
| 2014 | Ivy League | 7th (1–6) |
1 | 9 | – | – | ||||
| 2013 | Ivy League | 7th (2–5) |
3 | 7 | – | – | ||||
| 2012 | Kent Austin | Ivy League | 6thTemplate:Thinsp (2–5) |
4 | 6 | – | – | |||
| 2011 | Ivy League | 6th (3–4) |
5 | 5 | – | – | ||||
| 2010 | Ivy League | 7th (1–6) |
2 | 8 | – | – | ||||
| 2009 | Jim Knowles | Ivy League | 8th (1–6) |
2 | 8 | – | – | |||
| 2008 | Ivy League | 6thTemplate:Thinsp (2–5) |
4 | 6 | – | – | ||||
| 2007 | Ivy League | 7th (2–5) |
5 | 5 | – | – | ||||
| 2006 | Ivy League | 4thTemplate:Thinsp (3–4) |
5 | 5 | – | – | ||||
| 2005 | Ivy League | 4thTemplate:Thinsp (4–3) |
6 | 4 | – | – | ||||
| 2004 | Ivy League | 3rd (4–3) |
4 | 6 | – | – | ||||
| 2003 | Tim Pendergast | Ivy League | 8th (0–7) |
1 | 9 | – | – | |||
| 2002 | Ivy League | 5th (3–4) |
4 | 6 | – | – | ||||
| 2001 | Ivy League | 6th (2–5) |
2 | 7 | – | – | ||||
| 2000 | Pete Mangurian | Ivy League | 2nd (5–2) |
5 | 5 | – | – | |||
| 1999 | Ivy League | 3rd (5–2) |
7 | 3 | – | – | ||||
| 1998 | Ivy League | 7thTemplate:Thinsp (1–6) |
4 | 6 | – | – | ||||
| 1997 | Jim Hofher | Ivy League | 3rdTemplate:Thinsp (4–3) |
6 | 4 | – | – | |||
| 1996 | Ivy League | 3rdTemplate:Thinsp (4–3) |
4 | 6 | – | – | ||||
| 1995 | Ivy League | 2ndTemplate:Thinsp (5–2) |
6 | 4 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1994 | Ivy League | 4thTemplate:Thinsp (3–4) |
6 | 4 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1993 | Ivy League | 4thTemplate:Thinsp (3–4) |
4 | 6 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1992 | Ivy League | 4th (4–3) |
7 | 3 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1991 | Ivy League | 4thTemplate:Thinsp (4–3) |
5 | 5 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1990† | Ivy League | 1stTemplate:Thinsp (6–1) |
7 | 3 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1989 | Jack Fouts | Ivy League | 5thTemplate:Thinsp (2–5) |
4 | 6 | 0 | – | – | ||
| 1988† | Maxie Baughan | Ivy League | 1stTemplate:Thinsp (6–1) |
7 | 2 | 0 | – | – | ||
| 1987 | Ivy League | 4thTemplate:Thinsp (4–3) |
5 | 5 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1986 | Ivy League | 2nd (6–1) |
8 | 2 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1985 | Ivy League | 7th (2–5) |
3 | 7 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1984 | Ivy League | 7thTemplate:Thinsp (2–5) |
2 | 7 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1983 | Ivy League | 5th (3–3–1) |
3 | 6 | 1 | – | – | |||
| 1982 | Bob Blackman | Ivy League | 4thTemplate:Thinsp (3–4) |
4 | 6 | 0 | – | – | ||
| 1981 | Ivy League | 5thTemplate:Thinsp (2–5) |
3 | 7 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1980 | Ivy League | 2nd (5–2) |
5 | 5 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1979 | Ivy League | 3rdTemplate:Thinsp (4–3) |
5 | 4 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1978 | Ivy League | 4th (3–3–1) |
5 | 3 | 1 | – | – | |||
| 1977 | Ivy League | 8th (1–6) |
1 | 8 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1976 | George Seifert | Ivy League | 7thTemplate:Thinsp (2–5) |
2 | 7 | 0 | – | – | ||
| 1975 | Ivy League | 8th (0–7) |
1 | 8 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1974 | Jack Musick | Ivy League | 7th (1–5–1) |
3 | 5 | 1 | – | – | ||
| 1973 | Ivy League | 6th (2–5) |
3 | 5 | 1 | – | – | |||
| 1972 | Ivy League | 3rdTemplate:Thinsp (4–3) |
6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1971† | Ivy League | 1stTemplate:Thinsp (6–1) |
8 | 1 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1970 | Ivy League | 4th (4–3) |
6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1969 | Ivy League | 4th (4–3) |
4 | 5 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1968 | Ivy League | 7th (1–6) |
3 | 6 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1967 | Ivy League | 3rd (4–2–1) |
6 | 2 | 1 | – | – | |||
| 1966 | Ivy League | 4th (4–3) |
6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1965 | Tom Harp | Ivy League | 4th (3–3–1) |
4 | 3 | 2 | – | – | ||
| 1964 | Ivy League | 5thTemplate:Thinsp (3–4) |
3 | 5 | 1 | – | – | |||
| 1963 | Ivy League | 4thTemplate:Thinsp (4–3) |
5 | 4 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1962 | Ivy League | 3rdTemplate:Thinsp (4–3) |
4 | 5 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1961 | Ivy League | 6th (2–5) |
3 | 6 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1960 | George K. James | Ivy League | 7thTemplate:Thinsp (1–6) |
2 | 7 | 0 | – | – | ||
| 1959 | Ivy League | 5thTemplate:Thinsp (3–4) |
5 | 4 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1958 | Ivy League | 2ndTemplate:Thinsp (5–2) |
6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1957 | Ivy League | 4thTemplate:Thinsp (3–4) |
3 | 6 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1956 | Ivy League | 8th (1–6) |
1 | 8 | 0 | – | – | |||
| 1955 | Independent | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | – | ||||
| 1954 | Independent | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | – | ||||
| 1953 | Independent | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | – | ||||
| 1952 | Independent | 2 | 7 | 0 | – | – | ||||
| 1951 | Independent | 6 | 3 | 0 | – | – | ||||
| 1950 | Independent | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | |||||
| 1949 | Independent | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12th | |||||
| 1948 | Independent | 8 | 1 | 0 | 19th | |||||
| 1947 | Independent | 4 | 5 | 0 | – | |||||
| 1946 | Edward McKeever | Independent | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | ||||
| 1945 | Independent | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | |||||
| 1944 | Carl Snavely | Independent | 5 | 4 | 0 | – | ||||
| 1943 | Independent | 6 | 4 | 0 | – | |||||
| 1942 | Independent | 3 | 5 | 1 | – | |||||
| 1941 | Independent | 5 | 3 | 0 | – | |||||
| 1940 | Independent | 6 | 2 | 0 | 15th | |||||
| 1939 | Independent | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4th | |||||
| 1938 | Independent | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12th | |||||
| 1937 | Independent | 5 | 2 | 1 | – | |||||
| 1936 | Independent | 3 | 5 | 0 | – | |||||
| 1935 | Gil Dobie | Independent | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | ||||
| 1934 | Independent | 2 | 5 | 0 | – | |||||
| 1933 | Independent | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 1932 | Independent | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 1931 | Independent | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1930 | Independent | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 1929 | Independent | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 1928 | Independent | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| 1927 | Independent | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| 1926 | Independent | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 1925 | Independent | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 1924 | Independent | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 1923 | Independent | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1922 | Independent | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1921 | Independent | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1920 | Independent | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 1919 | John Rush | Independent | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| 1918 | Cornell did not field a football team in 1918 due to flu epidemic | |||||||||
| 1917 | Albert Sharpe | Independent | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 1916 | Independent | 6 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 1915 | Independent | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1914 | Independent | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 1913 | Independent | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 1912 | Independent | 3 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| 1911 | Daniel A. Reed | Independent | 7 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 1910 | Independent | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 1909 | George Walder | Independent | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 1908 | Henry Schoellkopf | Independent | 7 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 1907 | Independent | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 1906 | Glenn Scobey Warner | Independent | 8 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 1905 | Independent | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 1904 | Independent | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 1903 | Bill Warner | Independent | 6 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 1902 | Raymond Starbuck | Independent | 8 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 1901 | Independent | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1900 | Percy Haughton | Independent | 10 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 1899 | Independent | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 1898 | Glenn Scobey Warner | Independent | 10 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 1897 | Independent | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 1896 | Joseph Beacham | Independent | 5 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 1895 | Marshall Newell | Independent | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 1894 | Independent | 6 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 1893 | No coach | Independent | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 1892 | Independent | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1891 | Independent | 7 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 1890 | Independent | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 1889 | Independent | 7 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 1888 | Independent | 4 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 1887 | Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 652 | 536 | 33 | Regular season games (1,211) | ||||||
| References: [2][3][4] | ||||||||||
See also[]
Footnotes[]
- ↑ "College Football Gets Tie Breakers". AP. The New York Times. 16 February 1996. https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/16/sports/college-football-gets-tie-breakers.html. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ↑ "Cornell Big Red". Sports Reference. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/cornell/. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ↑ "College Football Standings: Ivy League". Fox Sports. http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/standings?season=2015&group=25. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ↑ "Cornell University - Archived Statistics". http://www.cornellbigred.com/sports/2007/8/1/FBArchiveStats.aspx?path=football. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
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