1991 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–5 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Mark Broderick
  • Greg Finnegan
  • Scott Oliaro
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1990
1992 →
1991 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth $ 6 – 0 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Princeton 5 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Harvard 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Yale 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Cornell 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Penn 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Brown 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Columbia 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1991 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for fourth in the Ivy League.

In its second season under head coach Jim Hofher, the team compiled a 5–5 record and outscored opponents 218 to 181. Mark Broderick, Greg Finnegan and Scott Oliaro were the team captains.[1]

Cornell's 4–3 conference record tied for fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 139 to 124.[2]

The Big Red entered the year ranked 20th in the national rankings, but dropped out of the top 20 after an opening-week loss and remained unranked through the end of the season.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21 at Princeton
L 0–18 12,124 [3]
September 28 Colgate*
L 13–31 15,000 [4]
October 5 at Bucknell*
W 23–7 6,551 [5]
October 12 at Stanford*
L 6–56 30,347 [6]
October 19 Harvarddagger
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 22–17 12,500 [7]
October 26 Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 25–31 9,526 [8]
November 2 at Brown
W 20–7 6,000 [9]
November 9 Yale
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 31–6 9,000 [10]
November 16 Columbia
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 28–21 6,000 [11]
November 23 at Penn
L 13–14 10,210 [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. p. 34. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Rockoff, Jonathan D. (September 22, 1991). "Roghair Guides Princeton to Win over Cornell in Ivy". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 11-E – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Herzog, Brad (September 30, 1991). "Raiders Roll All Over the Big Red". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Baker, Wayne (October 6, 1991). "Changes Fail to Change Result for Bucknell; Cornell Spoils BU's Homecoming". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. pp. C3, C10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Soltau, Mark (October 13, 1991). "Stanford Throttles Cornell, But So What?". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, Calif. p. D-8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Robbins, Liz (October 20, 1991). "Harvard Stalls Out in Second Half Again". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 65 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Herzog, Brad (October 28, 1991). "Punt Return the Big Play as Green Top the Red". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Herzog, Brad (November 4, 1991). "Last-Second Win for the Big Red; Dramatic Drive Drops Brown". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Berlet, Bruce (November 10, 1991). "Yale Comes Apart Again at Cornell, 31-6". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Herzog, Brad (November 18, 1991). "Big Red Struggles, but Tops Columbia". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Juliano, Joe (November 24, 1991). "Penn Tops Cornell, 14-13, as Steele Ponders Future". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 11-E – via Newspapers.com.
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