1982 Cornell Big Red football team

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1982 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Steve Duca
  • Dan Suren
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1981
1983 →
1982 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Harvard + 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Penn + 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Dartmouth + 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Princeton 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Yale 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Brown 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Cornell 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Columbia 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1982 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for fourth place in the Ivy League.

In its sixth and final season under head coach Bob Blackman, the team compiled a 4–6 record but outscored opponents 211 to 202. Team captains were Steve Duca and Dan Suren.[1]

Cornell's 3–4 conference record earned it part of a four-way tie for fourth place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 165 to 164.[2]

This was Cornell's first year in Division I-AA, after having competed in the top-level Division I-A and its predecessors since 1887.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18 Princeton
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 36–41 11,118 [3]
September 25 No. 9 Colgate*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 6–21 13,013 [4]
October 2 Boston University*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 6–17 10,000 [5]
October 9 at Harvard
L 13–25 8,000 [6]
October 16 Brown
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 19–38 10,250 [7]
October 23 Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 13–14 5,700 [8]
October 30
Merchant Marine
*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 34–0 3,300 [9]
November 6 at Yale
W 26–20 18,000 [10]
November 13 at Columbia
W 35–26 4,150 [11]
November 20 No. 17 Penn
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 23–0 9,500 [12]

References

  1. ^ "Football Record Book" (PDF). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 30. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
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