1941 Cornell Big Red football team

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1941 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–3 (3–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainPeter Wolff
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Penn $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Columbia 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Harvard 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Cornell 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Dartmouth 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Brown 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Princeton 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Yale 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1941 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University in the Ivy League during the 1941 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Carl Snavely, the team compiled a 5–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 88 to 65.[1]

Cornell was ranked at No. 21 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4Syracuse*
W 6–018,000[3]
October 11at Harvard
W 7–020,000[4]
October 18at No. 7
Municipal Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
    		• L 0–1445,000[5]
    October 25Colgate*
    • Schoellkopf Field
    • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
    		W 21–2[6]
    November 1at
    Baker Field
  • New York, NY (rivalry)
    		• L 0–715,000[7]
    November 8Yale
    • Schoellkopf Field
    • Ithaca, NY
    		W 21–718,000[8]
    November 15Dartmouth
    • Schoellkopf Field
    • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
    		W 33–1918,000[9]
    November 22at No. 13 Penn
    		L 0–1674,000[10]
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    References

    1. ^ "1941 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
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    5. ^ "Navy beats Cornell". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. October 19, 1941. p. 2B.
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