1917 Cornell Big Red football
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Record3–6
Head coach
CaptainArthur Hoffman
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
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1917 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Pittsburgh   –   10 – 0 – 0
Williams   –   7 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   3 – 0 – 0
Princeton   –   2 – 0 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 1 – 1
Army   –   7 – 1 – 0
Rutgers   –   7 – 1 – 1
Penn   –   9 – 2 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 2 – 0
Fordham   –   7 – 2 – 0
Lehigh   –   7 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 2 – 0
Swarthmore   –   6 – 2 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   7 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 1 – 3
New Hampshire   –   3 – 2 – 2
Dartmouth   –   5 – 3 – 0
Geneva   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   4 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 2 – 3
Tufts   –   3 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 1
Lafayette   –   3 – 5 – 0
Holy Cross   –   3 – 4 – 0
Rhode Island State   –   2 – 4 – 2
Carlisle   –   3 – 6 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 4 – 0
Delaware   –   2 – 5 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   0 – 3 – 2
Temple   –   0 – 6 – 1

The 1917 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University as an independent during the 1917 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Albert Sharpe, the Big Red compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 146 to 78.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6 Oberlin
W 22–0
October 13 Williams
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 10–14[3]
October 16 47th Infantry
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 0–6[4]
October 20 Colgate
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 0–20
October 27 Bucknell
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 20–0[5]
November 3 Carnegie Tech
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 20–0
November 10at Michigan
L 0–4216,733
November 17 Fordham
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 6–27
November 29at Penn
L 0–37

References

  1. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1915–1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1917 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Cornell Loses Score 14 To 10". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, New York. October 13, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Imperfect Pass Gives To Army Illegal Score". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, New York. October 17, 1917. p. 7. Retrieved October 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Cornell Downs Bucknell, 20 to 0". New York Tribune. October 28, 1917. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.


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