2019 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Villapiano (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorJared Backus (7th season)
CaptainGeorge L. Holm III, Jelani Taylor
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Uniform
Seasons
← 2018
2021 →
2019 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 22 Dartmouth +   6 – 1     9 – 1  
No. 25 Yale +   6 – 1     9 – 1  
Princeton   5 – 2     8 – 2  
Penn   3 – 4     5 – 5  
Cornell   3 – 4     4 – 6  
Harvard   2 – 5     4 – 6  
Columbia   2 – 5     3 – 7  
Brown   1 – 6     2 – 8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from STATS Poll
Big Red enters Yale Bowl on September 28, 2019

The 2019 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by seventh-year head coach David Archer and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. They finished the season 4–6 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to tie for fourth place. Cornell averaged 4,295 fans per game in 2019.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Big Red were picked to finish in seventh place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 Yale 119 (9)
2 Dartmouth 111 (2)
3 Princeton 107 (4)
4 Harvard 93 (1)
5 Penn 67
6 Columbia 61 (1)
7 Cornell 29
8 Brown 24

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 21Noonat Marist*
RFNW 21–72,157
September 281:00 p.m.at Yale
ESPN+L 16–275,723
October 53:00 p.m.Georgetown*dagger
ESPN+L 8–148,745
October 121:00 p.m.at Harvard
ESPN+L 22–357,513
October 191:30 p.m.Colgate*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
ESPN+L 20–212,970
October 261:30 p.m.Brown
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
ESPN+W 37–354,271
November 16:00 p.m. No. 12 Princeton
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
ESPNUL 7-211,745
November 91:30 p.m.at Penn
ESPN+L 20–2111,487
November 161:30 p.m.at No. 11 Dartmouth
ESPN+W 20–173,245
November 231:30 p.m.Columbia
ESPN+W 35–93,744
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2][3]

Game summaries

At Marist

1 2 3 4 Total
Big Red 7 7 7 0 21
Red Foxes 0 7 0 0 7

See also: 2019 Marist Red Foxes football team

At Yale

1 2 3 4 Total
Big Red 0 3 7 6 16
Bulldogs 3 0 7 17 27

See also: 2019 Yale Bulldogs football team

Georgetown

1 2 3 4 Total
Hoyas 8 0 0 6 14
Big Red 0 0 8 0 8

See also: 2019 Georgetown Hoyas football team

At Harvard

1 2 3 4 Total
Big Red 7 3 0 12 22
Crimson 7 21 0 7 35

See also: 2019 Harvard Crimson football team

Colgate

1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0 14 7 0 21
Big Red 3 7 7 3 20

See also: 2019 Colgate Raiders football team

Brown

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 6 6 13 10 35
Big Red 6 14 14 3 37

See also: 2019 Brown Bears football team

Princeton

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 Tigers 0 14 7 0 21
Big Red 0 0 7 0 7

See also: 2019 Princeton Tigers football team

At Penn

1 2 3 4 Total
Big Red 0 7 7 6 20
Quakers 0 7 7 7 21

See also: 2019 Penn Quakers football team

At Dartmouth

1 2 3 4 Total
Big Red 3 3 6 8 20
No. 11 Big Green 7 7 0 3 17

See also: 2019 Dartmouth Big Green football team

Columbia

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0 9 0 0 9
Big Red 7 14 14 0 35

See also: 2019 Columbia Lions football team

References

  1. ^ "Yale Named League Favorite in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". ivyleague.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 Football Cumulative Statistics". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "2019 Cornell Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
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