1971 Cornell Big Red football
Ivy League co-champion
ConferenceIvy League
Record8–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Tom Albright
  • Bill Ellis
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
1971 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Dartmouth + 6 –1 –08 –1 –0
Cornell + 6 –1 –08 –1 –0
Columbia 5 –2 –06 –3 –0
Harvard 4 –3 –05 –4 –0
Yale 3 –4 –04 –5 –0
Princeton 3 –4 –04 –5 –0
Penn 1 –6 –02 –7 –0
Brown 0 –7 –00 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1971 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 1971 NCAA University Division football season as a member of the Ivy League. The Big Red were led by sixth-year head coach Jack Musick and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. The Big Red finished the season 8–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to win Cornell's first-ever Ivy League championship, sharing the title with Dartmouth, the only team to defeat the 1971 Big Red.[1][2]

The team was led offensively by future NFL running back Ed Marinaro; during the 1971 season, Marinaro capped his college football career by setting a national collegiate record for career rushing yards at 4,715, which stood until being broken in 1976 by Tony Dorsett of the Pittsburgh Panthers.[3] Marinaro won first team All-American honors and finished in a close second in voting for the Heisman Trophy.[4] On October 30, 1971, Cornell saw its largest home football crowd in the post-1970 era with 23,000 in attendance at Schoellkopf Field (which had a capacity of 25,597) for the day's rivalry match-up against Columbia.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Colgate*
W 38–2016,500[5]
October 2at Rutgers*
W 31–1715,000[6]
October 9Princeton
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 19–822,500[7]
October 16Harvard
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 21–1620,000[8]
October 23at Yale
W 31–1035,168[9]
October 30Columbia
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 24–2123,000[10]
November 6Brown
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 21–715,000[11]
November 13at Dartmouth
L 14–2420,816[12]
November 20at Penn
W 41–1343,687[13]
  • *Non-conference game

Roster

1971 Cornell Big Red football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 10 Barrett Rosser Jr
HB 12 John Moresko Sr
QB 14 Clifford Henry Sr
OE 17 Dana Williams So
QB 18 Mark Allen So
HB 19 Ronald Mower Sr
FB 36 Robert Joehl Jr
FB 39 Samuel Costa So
HB 40 Thomas Albright (C) Sr
HB 41 Douglas Herron Sr
HB 42 Richard Russo So
HB 44 Ed Marinaro Sr
FB 46 Mark Piscitelli Jr
OE 47 John Corrigan So
C 50 Paul Hanley Jr
OT 52 Joseph Wasilewski So
C 53 James White Jr
G 54 James Popielinski So
OT 56 Mark Newton So
C 59 Mike Knuff So
OT 60 Pat Knuff So
G 63 Anthony Orel Sr
G 64 Edward Shay Sr
OT 65 Michael Fleming Jr
G 70 Michael Phillips So
G 71 Randy Shayler Sr
OT 74 Philip Genetos So
OT 75 Craig Lambert Sr
G 77 Alfred Van Ranst So
OT 79 John Cushing Sr
OE 80 Willis Bradley So
WR 81 Geoge Milosevic Jr
OE 82 Keith Daub Jr
OE 85 Gary Henderson So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 20 Larry Sherman Jr
LB 22 Kenneth Grace Jr
DE 24 Lamont Garnett So
DB 25 Peter Knight Jr
DB 26 James Theodorakos Jr
DB 27 Steven Lahr So
DB 32 Robert Fleming Sr
DB 33 Thomas Rowlands Sr
LB 35 John Bozich Jr
DB 37 Allen Matuszczak Sr
LB 38 Jon Tracosas So
DB 43 Donald Jean Sr
DB 48 Kevin Earl So
DB 49 Danny Smith Sr
DG 55 Charles Pettit So
LB 57 Ray Van Sweringen Jr
LB 58 Robert Lally So
DT 61 Thomas Guba Sr
DG 66 Richard Miller Sr
DT 67 Thomas Rakowski Sr
DG 68 David Fear So
DE 69 George Runger So
DT 72 Daniel Lombardo So
DT 73 Reginald Nichols Jr
DT 78 Michael O'Hagan So
DT 84 Richard Fauntleroy Sr
DE 86 William Ellis (C) Sr
DE 88 Bruce Bozich So
DE 89 Russell LaVoy So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 13 John Killian Sr
K 16 Howard Fries So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Richard Litchard
  • Terry Mallett
  • Paul Pawlak
  • Carmen Piccone
  • William Spencer
  • Ted Thoren
  • Robert Valesente
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. ↑ "1971 Cornell Big Red Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ "1971 Football Schedule". Cornell Athletics. Archived from the original on October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Jack Musick, 52, Guided Cornell's Football Team To Ivy Crown in 1971". The New York Times. November 29, 1977. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Over A Century of Tradition" (PDF). Cornell Football Association. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  5. ↑ Van Sickle, Kenny (September 27, 1971). "Colgate Defeated: Cornell Goes Back to Marinaro Country". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Van Sickle, Kenny (October 4, 1971). "Cornell Grinds Out Win over Rutgers". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ McGowen, Deane (October 10, 1971). "Cornell Turns Back Princeton; Big Red Triumphs, 19-8". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ↑ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 17, 1971). "Cornell Subdues Harvard by 21-16". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. ↑ Wallace, William N. (October 24, 1971). "Cornell Tops Yale, 31-10; Marinaro Excels". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ↑ White, Gordon S. Jr. (October 31, 1971). "Marinaro Breaks Record as Cornell Wins, 24-21; Columbia Foiled". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ↑ Werden, Lincoln A. (November 7, 1971). "Cornell Tops Ivy by Beating Brown". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  12. ↑ Amdur, Neil (November 14, 1971). "Dartmouth Tops Cornell, 24-14; Ivy Lead Shared". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  13. ↑ White, Gordon S. Jr. (November 21, 1971). "Cornell and Dartmouth Win and Share Ivy Title; Penn 41-13 Loser". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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