2019 Cornell Big Red football team

2019 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Ivy League
2019 record	4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach	David Archer (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Villapiano (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jared Backus (7th season)
Captain	George L. Holm III, Jelani Taylor
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field (Capacity: 25,597)
Uniform
Seasons ← 2018 2021 →

2019 Ivy League football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 22 Dartmouth +		6	–	1					9	–	1
No. 25 Yale +		6	–	1					9	–	1
Princeton		5	–	2					8	–	2
Penn		3	–	4					5	–	5
Cornell		3	–	4					4	–	6
Harvard		2	–	5					4	–	6
Columbia		2	–	5					3	–	7
Brown		1	–	6					2	–	8
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2019 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by seventh-year head coach David Archer and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. They finished the season 4–6 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to tie for fourth place.

Previous season[]

The Big Red finished the 2018 season 3–7, 2–5 in Ivy League play to finish in seventh place.

Preseason[]

Preseason media poll[]

The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Big Red were picked to finish in seventh place.^[1]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Yale	119 (9)
2	Dartmouth	111 (2)
3	Princeton	107 (4)
4	Harvard	93 (1)
5	Penn	67
6	Columbia	61 (1)
7	Cornell	29
8	Brown	24

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	Noon	at Marist*	Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field Poughkeepsie, NY	RFN	W 21–7	2,157
September 28	1:00 p.m.	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ESPN+	L 16–27	5,723
October 5	3:00 p.m.	Georgetown*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	ESPN+	L 8–14	8,745
October 12	1:00 p.m.	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN+	L 22–35	7,513
October 19	1:30 p.m.	Colgate*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 20–21	2,970
October 26	1:30 p.m.	Brown	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	ESPN+	W 37–35	4,271
November 1	6:00 p.m.	No. 12 Princeton	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	ESPNU	L 7-21	1,745
November 9	1:30 p.m.	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 20–21	11,487
November 16	1:30 p.m.	at No. 11 Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 20–17	3,245
November 23	1:30 p.m.	Columbia	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (Empire State Bowl)	ESPN+	W 35–9	3,744
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries[]

at Marist[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	7	7	7	0	21
Red Foxes	0	7	0	0	7

at Yale[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	0	3	7	6	16
Bulldogs	3	0	7	17	27

Georgetown[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoyas	8	0	0	6	14
Big Red	0	0	8	0	8

at Harvard[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	7	3	0	12	22
Crimson	7	21	0	7	35

Colgate[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	0	14	7	0	21
Big Red	3	7	7	3	20

Brown[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	6	6	13	10	35
Big Red	6	14	14	3	37

Princeton[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Tigers	0	14	7	0	21
Big Red	0	0	7	0	7

at Penn[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	0	7	7	6	20
Quakers	0	7	7	7	21

at Dartmouth[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	3	3	6	8	20
No. 11 Big Green	7	7	0	3	17

Columbia[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	9	0	0	9
Big Red	7	14	14	0	35

References[]