1990 Cornell Big Red football team

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1990 Cornell Big Red football
Cornell "C" logo.svg
Ivy League co-champion
ConferenceIvy League
1990 record7–3 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorChuck Driesbach (1st season)
CaptainChris Cochrane, Rob Ryder, Paul Tully
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1989
1991 →
1990 Ivy League football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Dartmouth + 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Cornell + 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Yale 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Harvard 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Penn 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Princeton 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Brown 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Columbia 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1990 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Ivy League. The Big Red were led by first-year head coach Jim Hofher and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. The Big Red finished the season 7–3 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to win Cornell's third Ivy League championship, sharing the title with Dartmouth.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15Princeton
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 17–1414,000[2]
September 22at Colgate*
  • Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY (rivalry)
L 24–595,805[3]
September 29Bucknell*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 21–427,500[4]
October 6at Harvard
W 20–1716,300[5]
October 13at Lafayette*
W 38–169,852[6]
October 20Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 6–1112,000[7]
October 27Brown
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 34–716,000[8]
November 3at Yale
  • Yale Bowl
  • New Haven, CT
W 41–3116,576[9]
November 10at Columbia
W 41–0860[10]
November 17Penn
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 21–1512,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "1990 Football Schedule". Cornell Athletics. Archived from the original on October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  2. ^ Benson, Frank (September 17, 1990). "Big Red Holds On to Outlast Princeton". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Benson, Frank (September 24, 1990). "'Gate Closes on Red, as the Raiders Roll". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Benson, Frank (October 1, 1990). "Biston Stampede Buries Cornell, 42-21". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Concannon, Joe (October 7, 1990). "Harvard Sacked by Cornell". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 66 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Meixell, Ted (October 14, 1990). "Lafayette 'Horrible' in 38-16 Defeat". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Herzog, Brad (October 22, 1990). "Dartmouth Dodges a Last-Second Cornell Bullet". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Herzog, Brad (October 29, 1990). "Big Red Beats Up on Brown, 34-7". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Berlet, Bruce (November 4, 1990). "Oliaro, Cornell Top Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. C9, C11 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Herzog, Brad (November 12, 1990). "Big Red Buries Columbia, 41-0". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Juliano, Joe (November 18, 1990). "Quakers Defeated by Cornell, 21-15, as Late Drive Stalls". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 12-E – via Newspapers.com.
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