1896 Cornell Big Red football team

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1896 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
1896 record5–3–1
Head coach
CaptainJoseph Beacham
Home stadiumPercy Field
Seasons
← 1895
1897 →
1896 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fordham     1 0 0
Lafayette     11 0 1
Princeton     10 0 1
Washington & Jefferson     8 0 1
Penn     14 1 0
Yale     13 1 0
Pittsburgh College     11 2 0
Buffalo     8 1 2
Villanova     10 4 0
Bucknell     5 2 1
Harvard     7 4 0
Boston College     5 3 0
Storrs     5 3 0
Cornell     5 3 1
Syracuse     5 3 2
Temple     3 2 0
Army     3 2 1
Rutgers     6 6 0
Carlisle     5 5 0
Holy Cross     2 2 2
Brown     4 5 1
Wesleyan     4 5 1
Frankin & Marshall     3 4 2
Geneva     3 4 0
Penn State     3 4 0
Colgate     3 4 1
Amherst     3 6 1
Western Univ. Penn.     3 6 0
Lehigh     2 5 0
Tufts     2 6 1
Swarthmore     2 6 0
New Hampshire     1 4 0
Drexel     1 5 0
Massachusetts     0 4 0
Rhode Island     0 4 0

The 1896 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1896 college football season. In their first season under head coach Joseph Beacham, the Big Red compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 162 to 82.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 26 Colgate
W 6–0
October 3 Syracuse
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 22–0
October 10 Western Reserve
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 48–0
October 17 Tufts
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 18–0
October 24 Harvard
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 4–13
October 31at Princeton Princeton, NJL 0–37
November 7 Bucknell
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 54–0
November 14vs. Williams Buffalo, NYT 0–0
November 26at Penn L 10–32

References[]

  1. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1895–1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1896 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
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