1896 Cornell Big Red football team

1896 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainJoseph Beacham
Home stadiumPercy Field
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →
1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fordham   –   1 – 0 – 0
Lafayette   –   11 – 0 – 1
Princeton   –   10 – 0 – 1
Washington & Jefferson   –   8 – 0 – 1
Penn   –   14 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   13 – 1 – 0
Pittsburgh College   –   11 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   9 – 1 – 2
Villanova   –   10 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Harvard   –   7 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   5 – 3 – 0
Storrs   –   5 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 3 – 1
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 0
Army   –   3 – 2 – 1
Rutgers   –   6 – 6 – 0
Carlisle   –   5 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   2 – 2 – 2
Brown   –   4 – 5 – 1
Wesleyan   –   4 – 5 – 1
Frankin & Marshall   –   3 – 4 – 2
Geneva   –   3 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   3 – 4 – 0
Colgate   –   3 – 4 – 1
Amherst   –   3 – 6 – 1
Western Univ. Penn.   –   3 – 6 – 0
Lehigh   –   2 – 5 – 0
Tufts   –   2 – 6 – 1
Swarthmore   –   2 – 6 – 0
New Hampshire   –   1 – 4 – 0
Drexel   –   1 – 5 – 0
Massachusetts   –   0 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island   –   0 – 4 – 0

The 1896 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1896 college football season. In their first season under head coach George Sanford, the Big Red compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 162 to 82.[1][2][3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 Colgate
W 6–0
October 3 Syracuse
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 22–0
October 10 Western Reserve
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 48–0
October 17 Tufts
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 18–0
October 24 Harvard
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 4–13
October 31at Princeton Princeton, NJL 0–376,000[4]
November 7 Bucknell
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 54–0
November 14vs. Williams Buffalo, NYT 0–0
November 26at Penn
L 10–32

References

  1. ^ "How Yale Will Line Up". The Morning Record. November 19, 1896. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  2. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1895–1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "1896 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  4. ^ "Tigers Made a Hearty Meal: Cornell Was Beaten by a Score of 37 to 0". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 1, 1896. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.