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American college football season
The 1947 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1947 college football season . In its first season under head coach George K. James , the team compiled a 4–5 record and was outscored by a total of 161 to 126.[1]
Schedule [ ]
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 27 Lehigh W 27–012,000 [2]
October 4 at Yale L 0–1450,000 [3]
October 11 at Colgate W 27–1816,000 [4]
October 18 Navy Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY L 19–3835,500 [5]
October 25 at Princeton W 28–2134,000 [6]
November 1 No. 20 Columbia Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry ) L 0–2225,000 [7]
November 8 Syracuse Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY W 12–627,000 [8]
November 15 at Dartmouth L 13–2113,000 [9]
November 27 at No. 8 Penn L 0–2180,000 [10]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
References [ ]
^ "1947 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2019 .
^ "Cornell Derails Lehigh In James' Debut, 27-0" . Rochester Democrat and Chronicle . September 28, 1947. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com .
^ Frank Keyes (October 5, 1947). "Elis Down Cornell, 14-0 On Sustained Advances" . The Hartford Courant . p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Dana Mozley (October 12, 1947). "Cornell Whips Colgate, 27-18" . The Daily News (New York City) . p. 107 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Elliot Cushing (October 19, 1949). "Navy Overpowers Courageous Cornell Before Record 35,500 Crowd, 38 to 19" . Rochester Democrat and Chronicle . p. 1D – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Cornell Beats Princeton on Late Passes, 28-21" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 26, 1947. pp. 1S, 2S – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Lions Outrun Stubborn Cornell" . Rochester Democrat and Chronicle . November 2, 1947. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Holland Sparks Cornell To 12-6 Win" . Rochester Democrat and Chronicle . November 9, 1947. p. 2D – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Cornell Loses To Dartmouth" . The Baltimore Sun . November 16, 1947. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com . Attendance figure in "Dartmouth Nips Cornell". The Sunday Times . New Brunswick, N.J. November 16, 1947. p. 22.
^ Oliver H. Crawford (November 28, 1947). "Whole City Gives Thanks; 80,000 See Penn Triumph" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . pp. 1–2 – via Newspapers.com .
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