1910 Cornell Big Red football team

1910 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–1
Head coach
CaptainLeGrand Simson
Home stadiumPercy Field
Seasons
← 1909
1911 →
1910 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburgh   –   9 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   9 – 0 – 1
Penn   –   9 – 1 – 1
Princeton   –   7 – 1 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   7 – 1 – 0
Ursinus   –   6 – 1 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   5 – 1 – 1
Lafayette   –   7 – 2 – 0
Army   –   6 – 2 – 0
Brown   –   7 – 2 – 1
Yale   –   6 – 2 – 2
Dartmouth   –   5 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   5 – 2 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 2 – 1
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 1
Swarthmore   –   5 – 3 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   4 – 3 – 2
Syracuse   –   5 – 4 – 1
Rutgers   –   3 – 2 – 3
Carlisle   –   8 – 6 – 0
Holy Cross   –   3 – 3 – 2
Temple   –   3 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   3 – 3 – 1
Wesleyan   –   4 – 4 – 1
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 2
NYU   –   2 – 4 – 1
Dickinson   –   3 – 7 – 0
Lehigh   –   2 – 6 – 1
Bucknell   –   2 – 6 – 0
Vermont   –   1 – 5 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   1 – 6 – 1
Boston College   –   0 – 4 – 2
Tufts   –   1 – 7 – 1
Villanova   –   0 – 4 – 2

The 1910 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1910 college football season. In their first season under head coach Daniel A. Reed, the Big Red compiled a 5–2–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 165 to 44.[1][2] Two Cornell players received honors on the 1910 College Football All-America Team: end Harold Eyrich (Walter Camp–3);[3] and tackle William Munk, Cornell (The Philadelphia Press-2).[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1 Hobart
W 50–0
October 8 RPI
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 24–0
October 15 Oberlin
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
T 0–0
October 22 Vermont
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 15–5[5]
October 29 St. Bonaventure
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 47–0
November 5at Harvard
L 5–2710,000[6]
November 12 Chicago
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 18–0
November 24at Penn
L 6–12

References

  1. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1910–1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1910 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Three Westerners Selected By Camp: Benbrook and Wells of Michigan and Walker of Minnesota Named for All-American". The Indianapolis Star. December 11, 1910.
  4. ^ "All American Team Includes Munk". The Cornell Daily Sun. November 28, 1910.
  5. ^ "Cornell comes back". The Baltimore Sun. October 23, 1910. Retrieved June 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Harvard Wins by 27-5: Cornell First to Cross Crimson's Goal Line". The Boston Globe. November 6, 1910. pp. 1, 8 – via Newspapers.com.