1891 Cornell Big Red football
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1891 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   13 – 0 – 0
Harvard   –   13 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   12 – 1 – 0
Tufts   –   7 – 1 – 0
Penn   –   11 – 2 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 1 – 0
Army   –   4 – 1 – 1
Navy   –   5 – 2 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 3 – 0
Geneva   –   4 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   4 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   7 – 4 – 0
Delaware   –   5 – 3 – 1
Rutgers   –   8 – 6 – 0
Brown   –   4 – 6 – 0
Springfield YMCA   –   5 – 8 – 1
Fordham   –   1 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 7 – 0
Massachusetts   –   2 – 5 – 0
Western Univ. Penn.   –   2 – 6 – 0
Lafayette   –   2 – 9 – 1
Columbia   –   1 – 5 – 0
Wesleyan   –   1 – 6 – 0

The 1891 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1891 college football season. The team compiled a 7–3 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 298 to 34.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3 Syracuse Ithaca, NYW 68–0
October 10 Bucknell Ithaca, NYL 0–4
October 17 Stevens Ithaca, NYW 72–0
October 24 Lafayette Ithaca, NYW 30–0
November 7 Lehigh Ithaca, NYW 24–0
November 14at Princeton Princeton, NJL 0–6
November 21vs. Michigan
W 58–12
November 23at Detroit Athletic Club DetroitW 32–0
November 25at Chicago University Club
L 4–12[3]
November 28vs. Michigan
  • South Side Park
  • Chicago, IL
W 10–0

References

  1. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1890–1894)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1891 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Cornell Beaten". The Indianapolis Journal. November 27, 1891. pp. 1, 3 – via Newspapers.com.
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