1936 Cornell Big Red football team

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1936 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
1936 record3–5
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainJohn Batten
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Anselm   –   6 – 0 – 1
No. 3 Pittsburgh   –   8 – 1 – 1
No. 10 Penn   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Yale   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 13 Dartmouth   –   7 – 1 – 1
Franklin & Marshall   –   7 – 1 – 1
No. 14 Duquesne   –   8 – 2 – 0
Boston College   –   6 – 1 – 2
Boston University   –   5 – 1 – 2
No. 15 Fordham   –   5 – 1 – 2
Holy Cross   –   7 – 2 – 1
Villanova   –   7 – 2 – 1
Army   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   6 – 3 – 0
Drexel   –   6 – 3 – 0
Temple   –   6 – 3 – 2
Buffalo   –   5 – 3 – 0
Columbia   –   5 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 3 – 1
Princeton   –   4 – 2 – 2
Manhattan   –   6 – 4 – 0
La Salle   –   6 – 4 – 1
Northeastern   –   5 – 4 – 0
Bucknell   –   4 – 4 – 1
CCNY   –   4 – 4 – 0
Tufts   –   3 – 3 – 1
Harvard   –   3 – 4 – 1
Cornell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Penn State   –   3 – 5 – 0
Brown   –   3 – 7 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   2 – 6 – 0
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 6 – 0
Syracuse   –   1 – 7 – 0
Vermont   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1936 college football season. In their first season under head coach Carl Snavely, the Big Red compiled a 3–5 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 145 to 132.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Alfred
W 74–0
October 3at Yale
L 0–23
October 17Syracuse
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 20–718,000
October 24Penn State
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 13–76,000
October 31at Columbia
L 13–2028,000[3]
November 7at Princeton
L 13–4125,000[4]
November 14No. 12 Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 6–20
November 26at Penn
L 6–14
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1935–1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1936 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ McCarthy, Daniel C. (November 1, 1936). "Columbia Eleven Conquers Cornell". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. ^ "Princeton Drubs Cornell: Infuriated Tiger Crushes Cornell Under 41-13 Score". Brooklyn Times Union. November 8, 1936. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
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