1996 Cornell Big Red football team
Appearance
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 4–6 (4–3 Ivy) |
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Home stadium | Schoellkopf Field |
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No. 17 Dartmouth $ | 7 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 4 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1996 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for third in the Ivy League.
In its seventh season under head coach Jim Hofher, the team compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored 280 to 221. Steve Busch, Chad Levitt, Seth Payne and Brian Weidel were team captains.[1]
Cornell's 4–3 conference record tied for third place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red were outscored 178 to 157 by Ivy opponents.[2]
Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 21 | Princeton![]() | W 33–27 2OT | 14,120 | [3] | |||
September 28 | at Lafayette* | L 19–30 | 5,828 | [4] | |||
October 5 | at Buffalo* | L 24–41 | 9,177 | [5] | |||
October 12 | at Harvard | W 20–13 | 8,700 | [6] | |||
October 19 | Colgate* |
| L 21–31 | 5,943 | [7] | ||
October 26 | Dartmouth |
| L 21–38 | 8,226 | [8] | ||
November 2 | Brown |
| L 21–35 | 8,202 | [9] | ||
November 9 | at Yale | W 28–20 | 7,655 | [10] | |||
November 16 | at Columbia | L 10–24 | 7,055 | [11] | |||
November 23 | Penn |
| W 24–21 | 5,223 | [12] | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Football Record Book" (PDF). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 36–37. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ "Princeton Bows to Cornell in Ivy's First Overtime Game". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. September 22, 1996. p. C14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Meixell, Ted (September 29, 1996). "Lafayette's Moore, Quincy Solve Cornell". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McShea, Keith (October 7, 1996). "Bulls Turn Back Big Red, 41-24". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McShea, Keith (October 14, 1996). "Levitt, CU Top Harvard". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McShea, Keith (October 21, 1996). "'New' Red Raiders Overtake Cornell". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McShea, Keith (October 28, 1996). "Big Red Falls Back with Loss". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McShea, Keith (November 4, 1996). "CU's Ivy Title Hopes Take a Severe Hit". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Berlet, Bruce (November 10, 1996). "Turnovers Ruin Yale's Turnaround". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McShea, Keith (November 18, 1996). "A Heartbreaker: Injury Stops Levitt Short of Goal; CU Falls". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Juliano, Joe (November 24, 1996). "Cornell Ends Penn's Season on Sour Note". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.