1892 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1892 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1892 college football season. The team compiled a 10–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 432 to 54. Its sole loss was by a 20–14 score against Harvard.[1][2]

1892 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–1
Head coach
CaptainCarl Johanson
Home stadiumPercy Field
Seasons
← 1891
1893 →
1892 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     13 0 0
Washington & Jefferson     4 0 0
Colgate     3 0 0
Penn     15 1 0
Cornell     10 1 0
Harvard     10 1 0
Princeton     12 2 0
Penn State     5 1 0
Tufts     8 2 0
Navy     5 2 0
Army     3 1 1
Swarthmore     7 3 0
Western Univ. Penn.     4 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     4 3 0
Brown     4 4 2
Bucknell     2 2 0
Fordham     2 2 0
Geneva     3 3 0
Stevens     1 1 0
Massachusetts     4 6 2
Rutgers     3 5 1
Lafayette     5 7 0
Lehigh     3 6 0
Delaware     1 2 2
Wesleyan     1 7 1
Drexel     0 1 0
NYU     0 1 0
Syracuse     0 8 1

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Syracuse Athletic ClubSyracuse, NYW 16–0
October 1Syracuse
W 58–0
October 8Bucknell
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 54–0
October 15Dickinson
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 58–0
October 22at LehighBethlehem, PAW 76–0
October 29vs. WilliamsAlbany, NYW 24–121,000[3]
November 5vs. HarvardL 14–20[4]
November 8Michigan
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 44–01,200
November 12MIT
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 44–12
November 18at Manhattan Athletic ClubW 16–0
November 22vs. MichiganW 30–103,000–3,500

References edit

  1. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1890–1894)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1892 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Cornell-Williams at Football". The Buffalo News. Buffalo, New York. October 30, 1892. p. 1. Retrieved April 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com  .
  4. ^ "Many Surprises: Harvard Defeats Cornell by Only Six Points; Ithacans Score Three Times on Hampden Park". The Boston Globe. November 6, 1892. p. 4 – via NewspaperArchive.