1927 Cornell Big Red football team

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1927 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
1927 record3–3–2
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–3–2
CaptainHarold Hoekelman
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1926
1928 →
1927 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tufts   –   8 – 0 – 0
Army   –   9 – 1 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   7 – 0 – 2
Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 1
Temple   –   7 – 1 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 1 – 0
NYU   –   7 – 1 – 2
Princeton   –   6 – 1 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 1 – 0
Penn State   –   6 – 2 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 2 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 2 – 2
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 1
Colgate   –   4 – 2 – 3
CCNY   –   4 – 2 – 2
Lafayette   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn   –   6 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   5 – 3 – 2
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 4 – 1
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
Rutgers   –   4 – 4 – 0
Cornell   –   3 – 3 – 2
Boston University   –   3 – 4 – 1
Drexel   –   3 – 5 – 1
Fordham   –   3 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 6 – 1
Vermont   –   2 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   1 – 7 – 1
Lehigh   –   1 – 7 – 1

The 1927 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1927 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Big Red compiled a 3–3–2 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 136 to 121.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Clarkson
W 41–02,000[3]
October 1Niagara
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 19–6
October 8Richmond
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 53–07,000[4]
October 22at Princeton
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 10–21
October 29Columbia
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
T 0–0
November 5St. Bonaventure
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
T 6–6
November 12at Dartmouth
L 7–53
November 24at Penn
L 0–35

References[]

  1. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1925–1929)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1927 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Cornell Defeats Clarkson Tech in Opening Game 41 to 0". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, New York. September 26, 1927. p. 11. Retrieved September 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. ^ "Cornell Easily Defeats Richmond Eleven by Score of 53 to 0". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, New York. October 10, 1927. p. 10. Retrieved September 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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