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American college football season
The 1996 Cornell Big Red football team was an
American football team that represented
Cornell University during the
1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season . Cornell tied for third in the
Ivy League .
In its seventh season under head coach
Jim Hofher , the team compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored 280 to 221. Steve Busch, Chad Levitt, Seth Payne and Brian Weidel were team captains.
[1]
Cornell's 4–3 conference record tied for third place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red were outscored 178 to 157 by Ivy opponents.
[2]
Cornell played its home games at
Schoellkopf Field in
Ithaca, New York .
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 21
Princeton
W 33–27 2OT 14,120
[3]
September 28 at
Lafayette *
L 19–30 5,828
[4]
October 5 at
Buffalo *
L 24–41 9,177
[5]
October 12 at
Harvard
W 20–13 8,700
[6]
October 19
Colgate *
Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY L 21–31 5,943
[7]
October 26
Dartmouth
Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (
rivalry ) L 21–38 8,226
[8]
November 2
Brown
Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY L 21–35 8,202
[9]
November 9 at
Yale
W 28–20 7,655
[10]
November 16 at
Columbia
L 10–24 7,055
[11]
November 23
Penn
Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (
rivalry ) W 24–21 5,223
[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming
References
^
"Football Record Book" (PDF) . Ithaca, N.Y.:
Cornell University . Retrieved July 3, 2020 .
^ "Year-by-Year History".
Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF) . Princeton, N.J.:
Ivy League . 2017. pp. 36–37. Retrieved July 10, 2020 .
^
"Princeton Bows to Cornell in Ivy's First Overtime Game" .
The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa.
Associated Press . September 22, 1996. p. C14 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Meixell, Ted (September 29, 1996).
"Lafayette's Moore, Quincy Solve Cornell" .
The Morning Call . Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ McShea, Keith (October 7, 1996).
"Bulls Turn Back Big Red, 41-24" .
The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via
Newspapers.com .
^ McShea, Keith (October 14, 1996).
"Levitt, CU Top Harvard" .
The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via
Newspapers.com .
^ McShea, Keith (October 21, 1996).
" 'New' Red Raiders Overtake Cornell" .
The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via
Newspapers.com .
^ McShea, Keith (October 28, 1996).
"Big Red Falls Back with Loss" .
The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 4B – via
Newspapers.com .
^ McShea, Keith (November 4, 1996).
"CU's Ivy Title Hopes Take a Severe Hit" .
The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Berlet, Bruce (November 10, 1996).
"Turnovers Ruin Yale's Turnaround" .
The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. E11 – via
Newspapers.com .
^ McShea, Keith (November 18, 1996).
"A Heartbreaker: Injury Stops Levitt Short of Goal; CU Falls" .
The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via
Newspapers.com .
^ Juliano, Joe (November 24, 1996).
"Cornell Ends Penn's Season on Sour Note" .
The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. C15 – via
Newspapers.com .
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