1949 Cornell Big Red football team

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1949 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 12
Record8–1
Head coach
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Vincent   –   10 – 0 – 0
No. 4 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   8 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Cornell   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 13 Villanova   –   8 – 1 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 1
Carnegie Tech
   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Yale   –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 1
Duquesne   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 5 – 2
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   3 – 6 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 7 – 0
Hofstra
   –   1 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   1 – 8 – 0
Harvard   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1949 college football season. In its third season under head coach George K. James, the team compiled a 8–1 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 284 to 111.[1]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Niagara
W 27–015,000[2]
October 1Colgate
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 39–2720,000[3]
October 8at HarvardNo. 17
W 33–1424,000[4]
October 15at YaleNo. 14
W 48–1445,000[5]
October 22PrincetonNo. 8
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 14–1233,500[6]
October 29ColumbiaNo. 8
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 54–025,000[7]
November 5SyracuseNo. 7
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 33–733,000[8]
November 12at
Memorial Stadium
  • Hanover, NH (rivalry)
    		• L 7–1617,000[9]
    November 24at PennNo. 20
    		W 29–2175,000[10]
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    Rankings

    See also: 1949 NCAA football rankings
    Ranking movements
    Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
    т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
    Week
    Poll12345678Final
    AP
    		1714887 (1)6 (1)1720т12

    References

    1. ^ "1949 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
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    4. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 9, 1949). "Cornell Topples Harvard by 33-14 with Strong Land and Air Attack". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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    7. ^ McGowen, Roscoe (October 30, 1949). "Alert and Powerful Cornell Rolls over Columbia by 54-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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