2009 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record2–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBruce Barnum (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorClayton Carlin (3rd season)
CaptainHoratio Blackman, Chris Costello
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 2008
2010 →
2009 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 20 Penn $   7 – 0     8 – 2  
Harvard   6 – 1     7 – 3  
Brown   4 – 3     6 – 4  
Columbia   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Princeton   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Yale   2 – 5     4 – 6  
Dartmouth   2 – 5     2 – 8  
Cornell   1 – 6     2 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2009 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Jim Knowles and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell finished the season 2–8 overall and 1–6 in Ivy League play to place eighth. Cornell averaged 7,176 fans per game.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 1912:30 p.m.Bucknell*
W 33–99,889[1]
September 26Noonat Yale
W 14–1217,654[2]
October 31:00 p.m.at Colgate*
L 23–457,123[3]
October 1012:30 p.m.Harvard
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 10–288,053[4]
October 1712:30 p.m.Fordham*dagger
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 27–398,231[5]
October 2412:30 p.m.Brown
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 14–345,117[6]
October 311:00 p.m.at Princeton
L 13–177,100[7]
November 712:30 p.m.at Dartmouth
L 17–20 OT3,706[8]
November 1412:30 p.m.Columbia
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 20–304,593[9]
November 211:00 p.m.at No. 24 Penn
L 0–349,018[10]

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Roster

2009 Cornell Big Red football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
WR 18 Bryan Walters Sr
TE 87 J. C. Tretter Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
S 22 Frank Morand Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. ^ Sweeney, Dan (September 21, 2009). "Cornell Crisp in Opener; Big Plays Spark Big Red Against Bucknell". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Anthony, Mike (September 27, 2009). "Bulldogs Just Can't Connect". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Sweeney, Dan (October 5, 2009). "Cornell Feeling Run Down After Rough Loss". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1B, 6B – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Sweeney, Dan (October 11, 2009). "Crimson Team of a Century". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C18 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Fordham's Skelton Guts Cornell for 6 TDs". Press & Sun Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. October 18, 2009. p. 5D – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in boxscore on same page.
  6. ^ Sweeney, Dan (October 26, 2009). "System's Nuances Befuddle Cornell; Brown Extends Big Red's Four-Game Football Skid". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1B, 5B – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Peacock's Late Score Wins It for Princeton". The Trentonian. Trenton, N.J. Associated Press. November 1, 2009. p. 23 – via NewsBank.
  8. ^ "Dartmouth Hands Cornell 6th Straight Loss". Star-Gazette. Elmira, N.Y. Associated Press. November 8, 2009. p. 6B – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 8, 2009. p. C17.
  9. ^ Sweeney, Dan (October 5, 2009). "Big Red Closes with 7 Straight Losses". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Tannenwald, Jonathan (November 22, 2009). "Quakers Clinch Ivy Title Outright". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E3 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "2009 Football Schedule". Retrieved March 11, 2016.
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