1943 Cornell Big Red football team

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1943 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
CaptainMeredith Cushing
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1942
1944 →
1943 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Boston College   –   4 – 0 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   7 – 1 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 1 – 0
Rochester   –   6 – 1 – 0
No. 11 Army   –   7 – 2 – 1
Holy Cross   –   6 – 2 – 0
Tufts   –   6 – 2 – 0
No. 20 Penn   –   6 – 2 – 1
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Cornell   –   6 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   2 – 2 – 1
Yale   –   4 – 5 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 5 – 0
Temple   –   2 – 6 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 3 – 1
Princeton   –   1 – 6 – 0
Carnegie Tech
   –   0 – 4 – 1
Columbia   –   0 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University as an independent during the 1943 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Carl Snavely, the team compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents 158–138. The team captain was Meredith "Bud" Cushing.[1]

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Cornell ranked 57th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 81.7.[2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18 Bucknell
W 7–6 5,000 [3]
September 25 Sampson NTS
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 27–13 6,000 [4][5]
October 2 vs. Navy
L 7–46 32,546 [6]
October 30 at Princeton
W 30–0 5,000 [7]
October 16 Holy Cross
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 20–7 5,000 [8]
October 23 vs. Colgate
L 7–20 [1]
October 30 Columbia
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 33–6 3,500 [9]
November 6 Penn State
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 13–0 6,617 [1]
November 13 vs. No. 18 Dartmouth
L 0–20 23,000 [10]
November 25 at No. 18 Penn
L 14–20 60,000 [11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ a b c "Football Record Book" (PDF). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
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  3. ^ "Cornell Is Victor over Bucknell, 7-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 19, 1943. p. S1.
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  6. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 3, 1943). "Swift Navy Attack Sinks Cornell, 46-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 10, 1943). "Long Dashes by Maceyko and Blose Feature as Cornell Topples Princeton Eleven, 30-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ Richardson, William D. (October 17, 1943). "Maceyko Star for Ithacans as Holy Cross Bows by 20-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ^ Kelley, Robert F. (October 31, 1943). "Lions Downed, 33-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 14, 1943). "Dartmouth Trips Cornell by 20 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 26, 1943). "60,000 See Favored Penn Defeat Cornell After Trailing for Three Quarters". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 30.
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