1891 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
  • None
CaptainCarl Johanson
1891 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale    13 0 0
Harvard    13 1 0
Princeton    12 1 0
Tufts    7 1 0
Penn    11 2 0
Colgate    4 1 0
Army    4 1 1
Navy    5 2 0
Cornell    7 3 0
Geneva    4 2 0
Washington & Jefferson    4 2 0
Lehigh    7 4 0
Delaware    5 3 1
Rutgers    8 6 0
Brown    4 6 0
Springfield YMCA    5 8 1
Fordham    1 2 1
Syracuse    4 7 0
Massachusetts    2 5 0
Western Univ. Penn.    2 6 0
Lafayette    2 9 1
Columbia    1 5 0
Wesleyan    1 6 0

The 1891 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1891 college football season. The team compiled a 7–3 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 298 to 34.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 3 Syracuse Ithaca, NYW 68–0
October 10 Bucknell Ithaca, NYL 0–4
October 17 Stevens Ithaca, NYW 72–0
October 24 Lafayette Ithaca, NYW 30–0
November 7 Lehigh Ithaca, NYW 24–0
November 14at Princeton Princeton, NJL 0–6
November 21vs. Michigan
W 58–12
November 23at Detroit Athletic Club DetroitW 32–0
November 25at Chicago University ClubL 4–12[3]
November 28vs. Michigan
  • South Side Park
  • Chicago, IL
W 10–0

References

  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. "1891 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. "Cornell Beaten". The Indianapolis Journal. November 27, 1891. pp. 1, 3 via Newspapers.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.