1931 Cornell Big Red football team

1931 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–3–2
CaptainCristobal Martinez-Zorrilla
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1930
1932 →
1931 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Bucknell   –   6 – 0 – 3
Colgate   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 1 – 0
Drexel   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 7 Harvard   –   7 – 1 – 0
Temple   –   8 – 1 – 1
Columbia   –   7 – 1 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   7 – 1 – 1
Syracuse   –   7 – 1 – 1
Fordham   –   6 – 1 – 2
No. 8 Yale   –   5 – 1 – 2
Army   –   8 – 2 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   6 – 2 – 0
Manhattan   –   4 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   7 – 3 – 0
Providence   –   7 – 3 – 0
Penn   –   6 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   6 – 3 – 1
Boston College   –   6 – 4 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   6 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 2 – 2
Villanova   –   4 – 3 – 2
La Salle   –   4 – 4 – 0
Duquesne   –   3 – 5 – 3
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 1
St. John's   –   3 – 5 – 1
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
Boston University   –   2 – 7 – 0
Penn State   –   2 – 8 – 0
Princeton   –   1 – 7 – 0
Vermont   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

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]

The traditional Thanksgiving game against Penn attracted a 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

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 26Clarkson
W 68–0
October 3Niagara
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 37–6
October 10Richmond
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 27–0[4]
October 17Princeton
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 33–0
October 31Columbia
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 13–0[5]
November 7Alfred
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 54–0
November 14at Dartmouth
L 0–14
November 26at Penn
W 7–0

References

  1. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1930–1934)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1931 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "U. of P. Defeated by Cornell, 7-0, Before 70,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 27, 1931. pp. 1, 22. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
  4. ^ "Ferraro is high scorer for Cornell". Democrat and Chronicle. October 11, 1931. Retrieved November 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Marshall Hunt (November 1, 1931). "Cornell Bags Lou's Lions: Columbia Loses Place Among Undefeatables". New York Daily News. p. 84 – via Newspapers.com.