2008 Cornell Big Red football team

2008 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBruce Barnum (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorClayton Carlin (2nd season)
CaptainTommy Bleymaier, Nathan Ford, Graham Rihn
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 2007
2009 →
2008 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 15 Harvard +   6 – 1     9 – 1  
Brown +   6 – 1     7 – 3  
Penn   5 – 2     6 – 4  
Yale   4 – 3     6 – 4  
Princeton   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Cornell   2 – 5     4 – 6  
Columbia   2 – 5     2 – 8  
Dartmouth   0 – 7     0 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2008 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jim Knowles and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York. Cornell finished the season 4–6, 2–5 in Ivy League play, to finish in sixth place. Cornell averaged 7,075 fans per game.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 206:00 p.m.at Bucknell*
W 21–205,173[1]
September 271:00 p.m.Yaledagger
W 17–1413,142[2]
October 412:30 p.m.at Lehigh*
W 25–2410,460[3]
October 1112:00 p.m.at Harvard
VersusL 17–3811,263[4]
October 181:00 p.m.Colgate*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 22–388,542[5]
October 2512:30 p.m.at Brown
L 7–279,298[6]
November 11:00 p.m.Princeton
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 26–317,122[7]
November 81:00 p.m.Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 37–144,132[8]
November 1512:30 p.m.at Columbia
L 7–173,811[9]
November 221:00 p.m.Penn
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 6–232,437[10]

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References

  1. ^ Thomas, Brandon (September 22, 2008). "Blocked PAT Lifts Cornell in Opener". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Thomas, Brandon (September 28, 2008). "Big Red Washes Out Yale". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Groller, Keith (October 5, 2008). "Bitter End ... Again for Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Blaudschun, Mark (October 12, 2008). "Crimson in Thick of It". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Thomas, Brandon (October 20, 2008). "'Back to Square One': Behind Backup RB, Colgate Runs Roughshod over Big Red". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "2008 Football Schedule". Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  7. ^ Thomas, Brandon (November 3, 2008). "Big Red on Wrong End of a Wild Finish". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Thomas, Brandon (November 10, 2008). "Blocked Kicks Spur Big Red Past Dartmouth". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Knowlin's Punt Return Clinches Columbia Win over CU". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. November 17, 2008. pp. 1C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Scurria, Andrew (November 23, 2008). "Quakers Finish by Stopping Cornell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E5 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Cornell Big Red Schedule 2008". ESPN. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  12. ^ "2008 Football Schedule". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved August 9, 2024.