Cornell Big Red football
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| First season | 1887 | ||
| Head coach |
David Archer 4th year, 8–28 (.222) |
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| Stadium | Schoellkopf Field | ||
| Seating capacity | 25,597 | ||
| Field surface | Artificial turf | ||
| Location | Ithaca, New York | ||
| Conference | Ivy League | ||
| All-time record | 646–522–33 (.552) | ||
| Claimed nat'l titles | 5 | ||
| Conference titles | 3 | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 16 | ||
| Colors | Carnelian Red and White |
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| Fight song | Give My Regards to Davy | ||
| Rivals |
Penn Quakers Dartmouth Big Green Columbia Lions |
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| Website | web.insidecornellfootball.com/bigred | ||
The Cornell Big Red football team represents Cornell University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football competition as a member of the Ivy League. It is one of the oldest and most storied football programs in the nation. The team has attained five national championships and has had seven players inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
In 1869, the first intramural football on the Cornell campus took place, although it did not resemble the modern sport and there were 40 players per side. In 1874, the university president and founder, Andrew Dickson White, disallowed a team of Cornell students from traveling to Cleveland, Ohio to play a Michigan team. White said, "I refuse to let 40 of our boys travel 400 miles merely to agitate a bag of wind." On November 12, 1887, Cornell played its first intercollegiate game against Union College, losing 24–10. The following year, the Cornellians record their first win by beating Palmyra, 26–0, and went on to finish the season with a 4–2 record. In 1889, Cornell played the University of Michigan in Buffalo, NY and beat Michigan 66-0.
In 1892, Glenn "Pop" Warner first played the game and the Cornellians finished the season having posted a 10–1 mark under "Father of Cornell football" Carl Johanson. Two years later Warner rose to become the team captain. After college, Warner began his coaching career and returned to Cornell in 1897. That year, he led the team to a 5–3–1 record. The following season, Cornell compiled a 10–2 record. Warner then moved on to coach the Carlisle Indians football team.
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