2018 Cornell Big Red football team

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2018 Cornell Big Red football
Cornell "C" logo.svg
ConferenceIvy League
2018 record3–7 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Villapiano (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorJared Backus (6th season)
CaptainJ. Edward Keating, Reis Seggebruch
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
(Capacity: 25,597)
Uniform
Cornell big red football unif.png
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 Princeton $   7 0     10 0  
No. 18 Dartmouth   6 1     9 1  
Harvard   4 3     6 4  
Yale   3 4     5 5  
Penn   3 4     6 4  
Columbia   3 4     6 4  
Cornell   2 5     3 7  
Brown   0 7     1 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2018 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by sixth-year head coach David Archer and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell finished the season 3–7 overall 2–5 in Ivy League play to place seventh.

Previous season[]

The Big Red finished the 2017 season 3–7, 3–4 in Ivy League play, to finish tied for fifth place.

Cornell vs Columbia at Wien Stadium, November 17, 2018

Schedule[]

The 2018 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Big Red hosted Ivy League foes Yale, Harvard, Penn, and Dartmouth, and traveled to Brown, Princeton, and Columbia.

In 2018, Cornell's non-conference opponents were Delaware of the Colonial Athletic Association, Sacred Heart of the Northeast Conference, and Colgate of the Patriot League.[1] Homecoming coincided with the home opener against Yale on September 22.[2]

Cornell's 66–0 loss to Princeton on October 27 was its worst defeat since a 77–0 defeat by Harvard in 1890, 128 years earlier.[3]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 153:30 p.m.at Delaware*BHAAL 10–2714,511
September 223:00 p.m.YaledaggerESPN+L 24–3012,801
September 291:30 p.m.Sacred Heart*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
ESPN+W 43–243,620
October 61:30 p.m.Harvard
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
ESPN+W 28–248,040
October 13Noonat No. 20 Colgate*PL NetL 0–313,112
October 201:00 p.m.at Brown
ESPN+W 34–163,886
October 271:00 p.m.at No. 19 PrincetonESPN+L 0–664,200
November 26:00 p.m.Penn
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
ESPNUL 7–201,056
November 101:30 p.m.No. 25 Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
ESPN+L 24–353,604
November 171:00 p.m.at ColumbiaESPN+L 21–244,651
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries[]

at Delaware[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Big Red 3 0 0 7 10
Fightin' Blue Hens 7 7 0 13 27

Yale[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 14 3 6 7 30
Big Red 14 0 0 10 24

Sacred Heart[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Pioneers 3 7 7 7 24
Big Red 16 20 7 0 43

Harvard[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Crimson 7 0 10 7 24
Big Red 0 7 7 14 28

at Colgate[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Big Red 0 0 0 0 0
No. 20 Raiders 7 3 14 7 31

at Brown[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Big Red 0 14 7 13 34
Bears 0 10 0 6 16

at Princeton[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Big Red 0 0 0 0 0
No. 19 Tigers 21 24 7 14 66

Penn[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Quakers 0 3 7 10 20
Big Red 0 7 0 0 7

Dartmouth[]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 25 Big Green 21 0 14 0 35
Big Red 0 17 0 7 24

at Columbia[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Big Red 0 7 0 14 21
Lions 10 0 0 14 24

References[]

  1. ^ "2018 Football Schedule". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  2. ^ "Homecoming". Cornell University. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
  3. ^ Zachary Silver, Raphy Gendler (27 October 2018). "Football Embarrassed by Princeton, 66-0, for Worst Loss in 128 Years". Cornell Daily Sun. Retrieved 29 October 2018. The last time Cornell suffered a loss this demoralizing was Nov. 1, 1890 — a 77-0 thrashing at the hands of Harvard.
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