1941 Cornell Big Red football team

1941 Eastern college football independents records
	Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Carl Snavely, the team compiled a 5–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 88 to 65.^[1] The team played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Syracuse	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 6–0	18,000	^[2]
October 11	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 7–0	20,000	^[3]
October 18	at No. 7 Navy	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 0–14	45,000	^[4]
October 25	Colgate	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 21–2		^[5]
November 1	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY (rivalry)	L 0–7	15,000	^[6]
November 8	Yale	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 21–7	18,000	^[7]
November 15	Dartmouth	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 33–19	18,000	^[8]
November 22	at No. 13 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–16	74,000	^[9]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1941 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
^ "Cornell Ekes Out 6-0 Win Over Syracuse". New York Daily News. October 5, 1941. p. 92 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Pass Wins for Cornell, 7-0, Over Harvard". New York Daily News. October 12, 1941. p. 97 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Navy beats Cornell". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. October 19, 1941. p. 2B.
^ "Cornell Conquers Colgate, 21 to 2". New York Daily News. October 26, 1941. p. 91 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Joe Trimble (November 2, 1941). "Lions Defeat Cornell, 7-0, On 54-yd Governali Run". New York Daily News. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Cornell Hands Yale 5th Setback, 21-7". New York Daily News. November 9, 1941. p. 97 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Cornell Is Victor Over Dartmouth". The Hartford Courant. November 16, 1941. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Cy Peterman (November 23, 1941). "74,000 See Penn Beat Cornell, 16-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – 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
Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
National championship seasons in bold

1941 Eastern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 8 Duquesne		–		8	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Fordham		–		8	–	1	–	0
No. 15 Penn		–		7	–	1	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		5	–	1	–	1
Penn State		–		7	–	2	–	0
Temple		–		7	–	2	–	0
Hofstra		–		5	–	2	–	0
Boston College		–		7	–	3	–	0
Harvard		–		5	–	2	–	1
Syracuse		–		5	–	2	–	1
Bucknell		–		6	–	3	–	0
Drexel Tech		–		4	–	2	–	1
Boston University		–		5	–	3	–	0
Cornell		–		5	–	3	–	0
Tufts		–		5	–	3	–	0
Army		–		5	–	3	–	1
Brown		–		5	–	4	–	0
Dartmouth		–		5	–	4	–	0
CCNY		–		4	–	4	–	0
Villanova		–		4	–	4	–	0
Manhattan		–		4	–	4	–	1
Holy Cross		–		4	–	4	–	2
Colgate		–		3	–	3	–	2
Buffalo		–		3	–	4	–	1
Massachusetts State		–		3	–	4	–	1
Columbia		–		3	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		3	–	6	–	0
Princeton		–		2	–	6	–	0
Vermont		–		2	–	6	–	0
NYU		–		2	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		1	–	7	–	0
Yale		–		1	–	7	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll