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1949 Cornell Big Red football team

1949 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 12
Record8–1
Head coach
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1948
1950 →
1949 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Saint Vincent   –   10 – 0 – 0
No. 4 Army   –   9 – 0 – 0
Trinity (CT)   –   8 – 0 – 0
Brown   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Cornell   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 13 Villanova   –   8 – 1 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 2 – 0
Dartmouth   –   6 – 2 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Princeton   –   6 – 3 – 0
Fordham   –   5 – 3 – 0
Tufts   –   5 – 3 – 1
Carnegie Tech   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   5 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Yale   –   4 – 4 – 0
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   4 – 5 – 0
Drexel   –   3 – 3 – 1
Duquesne   –   3 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   2 – 5 – 2
CCNY   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   3 – 6 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 7 – 0
Hofstra   –   1 – 5 – 1
Colgate   –   1 – 8 – 0
Harvard   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1949 college football season. In its third season under head coach George K. James, the team compiled a 8–1 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 284 to 111.[1]

Cornell played its home games in Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Niagara
W 27–015,000[2]
October 1Colgate
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 39–2720,000[3]
October 8at HarvardNo. 17
W 33–1424,000[4]
October 15at YaleNo. 14
W 48–1445,000[5]
October 22PrincetonNo. 8
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 14–1233,500[6]
October 29ColumbiaNo. 8
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 54–025,000[7]
November 5SyracuseNo. 7
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 33–733,000[8]
November 12at DartmouthNo. 6
L 7–1617,000[9]
November 24at PennNo. 20
W 29–2175,000[10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1949 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP1714887 (1)6 (1)1720т12

References

  1. ^ "1949 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  2. ^ Slattery, Jack (September 25, 1949). "Cornell Subdues Niagara, 27-0, Displaying Power in 2d Half". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Slattery, Jack (October 2, 1949). "Cornell's Smooth-Functioning Ground Attack Topples Colgate's Raiders in Thriller, 39-27". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 2D – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Nichols, Joseph C. (October 9, 1949). "Cornell Topples Harvard by 33-14 with Strong Land and Air Attack". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ Mozley, Dana (October 16, 1949). "Yale at Its Bulldog Best, but Big Red Romps, 48-14". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 108 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Cushing, Elliot (October 23, 1949). "Big Red Subdues Tough Tiger, 14-12, to Stay Unbeaten". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ McGowen, Roscoe (October 30, 1949). "Alert and Powerful Cornell Rolls over Columbia by 54-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ Reddy, Bill (November 6, 1949). "Cornell Drubs Syracuse, 33-7, for Seventh Win". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Roberts, Ernie (November 13, 1949). "Dartmouth Blasts Cornell from Undefeated Perch, 16-7". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Trimble, Joe (November 25, 1949). "Cornell Feasts on Penn Miscues to Win, 29-21". Daily News. New York, N.Y. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.


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