1887 Cornell Big Red football team

1887 Eastern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Yale		–		9	–	0	–	0
Penn State		–		2	–	0	–	0
Harvard		–		10	–	1	–	0
Lafayette		–		7	–	2	–	0
Princeton		–		7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh		–		4	–	3	–	0
Trinity (CT)		–		3	–	3	–	1
Penn		–		6	–	7	–	0
Wesleyan		–		4	–	5	–	0
Tufts		–		4	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts		–		2	–	3	–	0
Rutgers		–		2	–	6	–	0
Bucknell		–		0	–	2	–	0
Cornell		–		0	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		0	–	2	–	0
Vermont		–		0	–	2	–	0
Stevens		–		0	–	6	–	1

The 1887 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1887 college football season. In the first season of intercollegiate football at Cornell, the team compiled a 0–2 record, losing games to Union College (10–24) and Lehigh University (10–38).^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
November 12	Union (NY)	Ithaca, NY	L 10–24
November 24	Lehigh	Elmira, NY	L 10–38	^[2]

^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1887–1889)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
^ "Lehigh Beats Cornell". The Chicago Tribune. November 25, 1887. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.

v t Cornell Big Red football
Venues	Schoellkopf Field (1915–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Colgate Columbia Dartmouth Penn
Culture & lore	Big Red Bear "Give My Regards to Davy" Fifth Down Game
People	NFL draftees
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