1998 Cornell Big Red football team

1998 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorGreg Gigantino (1st season)
Captains
  • John Hanson
  • Mike Hood
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1997
1999 →
1998 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Penn $   6 – 1     8 – 2  
Brown   5 – 2     7 – 3  
Yale   5 – 2     6 – 4  
Princeton   4 – 3     5 – 5  
Columbia   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Harvard   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Cornell   1 – 6     4 – 6  
Dartmouth   1 – 6     2 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1998 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for second-to-last in the Ivy League.

In its first season under head coach Pete Mangurian, the team compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored 200 to 159. John Hanson and Mike Hood were team captains.[1]

Cornell's 1–6 conference record tied for seventh place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red were outscored 147 to 96 by Ivy opponents.[2]

Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 at Princetondagger
L 0–6 27,800 [3]
September 26 at Holy Cross*
W 17–9 9,140 [4]
October 3 Buffalo*
W 34–31 7,692 [5]
October 10 at Harvard
L 12–19 6,075 [6]
October 17 Bucknell*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 23–19 13,188 [7]
October 24 Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 14–11 10,301 [8]
October 31 Brown
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 7–20 10,462 [9]
November 7 at Yale
L 21–28 12,595 [10]
November 14 at Columbia
L 10–22 6,845 [11]
November 21 Penn
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 21–35 4,633 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "Football Record Book" (PDF). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 37–38. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Finnegan, Tara (September 20, 1998). "A Grand Opening for the Tigers". Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Concannon, Joe (September 27, 1998). "Fischer and Cornell Pick Off Crusaders". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. E20 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ McShea, Keith (October 5, 1998). "Big Red Wins Tight Blowout". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Concannon, Joe (October 11, 1998). "Mud Bath Is Rejuvenating; Menick, Harvard Clean Up on Cornell". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Cornell Comes Back Against BU". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. October 18, 1998. pp. C1, C10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ McShea, Keith (October 26, 1998). "Surviving for First Ivy Win: Cornell Blocks One Field Goal, Watches Another Go Wide". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ McShea, Keith (November 2, 1998). "Brought Down by Brown: Bears Outrush Cornell, 225-7, to Run Red Out of Ivy Race". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Berlet, Bruce (November 8, 1998). "Yale Moves Into Tie for Second". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E8, E9 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ McShea, Keith (November 15, 1998). "Tillotson Turns Tide in Red's Loss". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Juliano, Joe (November 22, 1998). "Quakers Top Big Red, Stand Alone as Ivy League Champions". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.