2007 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–5 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBruce Barnum (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorClayton Carlin (1st season)
CaptainBrian McGuire, Colin Nash
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 2006
2008 →
2007 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 21 Harvard $   7 – 0     8 – 2  
No. 22 Yale   6 – 1     9 – 1  
Brown   4 – 3     5 – 5  
Penn   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Princeton   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Dartmouth   3 – 4     3 – 7  
Cornell   2 – 5     5 – 5  
Columbia   0 – 7     1 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2007 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season as member of the Ivy League. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jim Knowles and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York. Cornell finished the season 5–5 overall and 2–5 in Ivy League play. Cornell averaged 10,871 fans per game.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 157:00 p.m.Bucknell*
W 38–1410,118[1]
September 2212:30 p.m.No. 21 Yale
L 12–5115,427[2]
September 292:00 p.m.at Georgetown*
W 45–73,184[3]
October 61:00 p.m.Harvard
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 15–3210,619[4]
October 131:00 p.m.Colgate*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
TWCW 17–1412,035[5]
October 201:00 p.m.Brown
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 38–317,345[6]
October 267:00 p.m.at Princeton
ESPNUL 31–345,773[7]
November 3Noonat Dartmouth
L 31–593,711[8]
November 101:00 p.m.Columbia
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 34–143,369[9]
November 171:00 p.m.at Penn
L 9–456,838[10]

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References

  1. ^ Delaney, Brian (September 17, 2007). "Big Red Flexes Defensive Muscles". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 6B – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Hine, Tommy (September 23, 2007). "Yale Shows Dominant Traits". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Cornell Football Team Blows by Georgetown". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. October 1, 2007. pp. 6B, 7B – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Ramsay, Ethan (October 7, 2007). "Crimson Receive Star Efforts". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D15 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Thomas, Brandon (October 15, 2007). "Cornell Rides Improbable TD to Win". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Thomas, Brandon (October 22, 2007). "Randy's Dandy in Cornell Comeback". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 4B, 5B – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Big Red Comes Up 1 Rally Short". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. October 27, 2007. p. 1F – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "College Football". Asbury Park Press. Asbury Park, N.J. October 28, 2007. p. H19.
  8. ^ "Big Red Defense Surrenders 59 Points in Loss to Dartmouth". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. November 5, 2007. pp. 3B, 4B – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Thomas, Brandon (November 12, 2007). "Special Teams Spur CU Past Columbia". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 4B, 5B – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Tannenwald, Jonathan (November 18, 2007). "Penn Conquers Cornell in Finale". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E15 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "2007 Football Schedule". Retrieved March 11, 2016.
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