1934 Cornell Big Red football team

1934 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–3–2
CaptainWalt Switzer
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1933
1935 →
1934 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts   –   8 – 0 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   7 – 0 – 0
La Salle   –   7 – 0 – 1
Washington College   –   5 – 0 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 4 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Colgate   –   7 – 1 – 0
Columbia   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 5 Princeton   –   7 – 1 – 0
Duquesne   –   8 – 2 – 0
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Temple   –   7 – 1 – 2
No. 10 Syracuse   –   6 – 2 – 0
Bucknell   –   7 – 2 – 2
No. 14 Army   –   7 – 3 – 0
Northeastern   –   6 – 1 – 1
Rochester   –   5 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 3 – 0
Saint Anselm   –   6 – 3 – 0
Amherst   –   5 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 0
Yale   –   5 – 3 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   5 – 3 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 3 – 0
Providence   –   4 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   4 – 3 – 1
Boston College   –   5 – 4 – 0
Bates   –   3 – 3 – 1
Middlebury   –   3 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn State   –   4 – 4 – 0
Williams   –   4 – 4 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 5 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   4 – 5 – 0
Villanova   –   3 – 4 – 2
NYU   –   3 – 4 – 1
Boston University   –   3 – 4 – 0
Colby   –   3 – 4 – 0
Springfield   –   2 – 3 – 3
Manhattan   –   3 – 5 – 1
Harvard   –   3 – 5 – 0
Vermont   –   2 – 4 – 2
Wesleyan   –   3 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 6 – 0
Geneva   –   2 – 5 – 2
Saint Joseph's   –   2 – 5 – 1
Cornell   –   2 – 5 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 6 – 0
Norwich   –   2 – 6 – 0
Bowdoin   –   0 – 6 – 1
Lowell Textile   –   0 – 7 – 1
Rankings from Associated Press

The 1934 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1934 college football season. In their 15th season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Big Red compiled a 2–5 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 114 to 55.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29St. Lawrence
W 14–0
October 6Richmond
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 0–62,100[3]
October 13Syracuse
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 7–20
October 27at Princeton
L 0–45
November 3at Columbia
L 0–14
November 17Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 21–6
November 29at Penn
L 13–23

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. ^ "1934 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Richmond Dazes Cornell Eleven With 6-0 Setback". The Birmingham News. Birmingham, Alabama. Associated Press. October 7, 1934. p. 18. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.