The 1948 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1948 college football season. In its second season under head coach George K. James, the team compiled a 8–1 record and outscored opponents 224 to 112.[1]
| 1948 Cornell Big Red football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 19 |
| Record | 8–1 |
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| Home stadium | Schoellkopf Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Cornell | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell played its home games in Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.
Schedule edit
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 25 | NYU | W 47–6 | 14,000 | [2] | ||
| October 2 | at Navy | W 13–7 | 25,000 | [3] | ||
| October 9 | No. 18 Harvard |
| W 40–6 | 25,000 | [4] | |
| October 16 | at Syracuse | No. 13 | W 34–7 | 30,000 | [5] | |
| October 23 | No. 5 Army | No. 12 |
| L 6–27 | 35,000 | [6] |
| October 30 | at Columbia | W 20–13 | 35,000 | [7] | ||
| November 6 | Colgate |
| W 14–6 | 18,000 | [8] | |
| November 13 | Dartmouth |
| W 27–26 | 30,000 | [9] | |
| November 25 | at No. 19 Penn | W 23–14 | 78,000 | [10] | ||
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Rankings edit
| Week | |||||||||
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| Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| AP | — | 13 | 12 | — | — | — | 19 | — | 19 |
References edit
- ^ "1948 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ "Cornell Rocks NYU, 47-6; 14,000 See Big Red Splurge in 2d Half". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. September 26, 1948. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Linthicum, Jesse A. (October 3, 1948). "Navy Eleven Defeated by Cornell, 13-7". The Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Miller, Vern (October 10, 1948). "Smooth Cornell Eleven Blasts Harvard Hopes, 40-6". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Reddy, Bill (October 17, 1948). "Big Red Smothers Orange Gridders, 34 to 7". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ward, Gene (October 24, 1948). "Army Ground Attack Crushes Cornell, 27-6". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C36 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 31, 1948). "Cornell Tops Columbia, 20-13; Big Red in Front". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Pinckney, Paul (November 7, 1948). "Cornell Whips Raiders in Mud". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Strauss, Michael (November 14, 1948). "Cornell Conquers Dartmouth, 27-26". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Trimble, Joe (November 26, 1948). "Cornell Batters Penn, 23-14, to Cop Ivy Title". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C20 – via Newspapers.com.
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