1926 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–3–2
CaptainEmerson Carey
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
1926 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Lafayette   –  9 –0 –0
No. 10 Brown   –  9 –0 –1
NYU   –  8 –1 –0
No. 9 Army   –  7 –1 –1
Washington & Jefferson   –  7 –1 –1
Boston College   –  6 –0 –2
No. 10 Penn   –  7 –1 –1
Cornell   –  6 –1 –1
Princeton   –  5 –1 –1
Carnegie Tech   –  7 –2 –0
Springfield   –  6 –2 –0
Syracuse   –  7 –2 –1
Villanova   –  6 –2 –1
Colgate   –  5 –2 –2
Columbia   –  6 –3 –0
Pittsburgh   –  5 –2 –2
CCNY   –  5 –3 –0
Temple   –  5 –3 –0
Penn State   –  5 –4 –0
Tufts   –  4 –4 –0
Yale   –  4 –4 –0
Bucknell   –  4 –5 –1
Fordham   –  3 –4 –1
Harvard   –  3 –5 –0
Rutgers   –  3 –6 –0
Vermont   –  3 –6 –0
Drexel   –  2 –5 –0
Boston University   –  2 –6 –0
Lehigh   –  1 –8 –0
Franklin & Marshall   –  0 –8 –1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1926 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1926 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Big Red compiled a 6–1–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 191 to 64.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Geneva
W 6–0
October 2Niagara
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 28–0
October 9Williams
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 49–0
October 16Michigan State
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 24–14
October 302:30 p.m.at Columbia
L 9–1740,000[2][3]
November 6St. Bonaventure
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 41–0
November 13Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 24–23
November 25at Penn
T 10–10

References

  1. ↑ "1926 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Football Columbia vs. Cornell". Daily News. New York, New York. October 30, 1926. p. 122. Retrieved September 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ↑ Lovett, C. A. (October 31, 1926). "Dobie Was Right—Lions By 17 To 9!". Daily News. New York, New York. p. 43. Retrieved September 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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