1915 Cornell Big Red football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1915 Cornell Big Red football Independent 9–0 Albert Sharpe 4th Charley Barrett Schoellkopf Field National champion (Helms, Houlgate, NCF)Co-national champion (Parke H. Davis) The 1915 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University as an independent during the 1915 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Albert Sharpe, the Big Red compiled a 9–0 record, shut out four of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 287 to 50.1915 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football March 26, 2022 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/cornell/1915-schedule.html The 1915 team was known as The Big Red Machine, defeating every opponent by more than a touchdown.1915 College Football National Championship https://tiptop25.com/champ1915.html TipTop 25 3 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20170808074454/https://tiptop25.com/champ1915.html 8 August 2017 At the end of the season the team was named as the year's champion by The New York Times.December 12, 1915 Winners of Fame In Various Fields of Amateur Sport During the Year Now Closing https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-1915-new-york-times-r/173589446/ The New York Times Sports; 1, 2, 3 Cornell's Unbeaten Football Team Cornell was later retroactively named as the national champion by NCAA-designated "major selectors" the Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and National Championship Foundation, and as a co-national champion (with Pittsburgh) by Parke H. Davis.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records The National Collegiate Athletic Association July 2020 Indianapolis January 12, 2021 November 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201101032438/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf live 112–114 Two Cornell players were consensus first-team selections on the 1915 All-American football team: quarterback Charley Barrett and end Murray Shelton.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Both of them were later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.Charley Barrett National Football Foundation March 26, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1273Murray Shelton National Football Foundation March 26, 2022 https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1275 Barrett has been called the best quarterback of the 1910s. Schedule September 28 3:00 p.m. w 1915 Gettysburg Gettysburg Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY 13–0 7,000 Football Game Figures in Movies The Ithaca Journal September 29, 1915 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98477641/football-game-figures-in-movies/ Newspapers.comRed Team Scores Two Touchdowns on Gettysburg The Ithaca Journal September 29, 1915 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98477731/red-team-scores-two-touchdowns-on/ Newspapers.comCornell Opens Football Season Tuesday The Ithaca Journal September 27, 1915 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98478784/cornell-opens-football-season-tuesday/ Newspapers.com October 2 3:00 p.m. w 1915 Oberlin Yeomen Oberlin Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY 34–7 Cornell Improves in Oberlin Game The Ithaca Journal October 4, 1915 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98477885/cornell-improves-in-oberlin-game/ Newspapers.com October 9 w 1915 Williams Ephs Williams Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY 46–6 6,000 Williams Buried By Cornell in Easy Contest The Ithaca Journal October 11, 1915 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98478175/williams-buried-by-cornell-in-easy/ Newspapers.com October 16 w Bucknell Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY 41–0 Bucknell Game No Fair Test for Cornell The Ithaca Journal October 18, 1915 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98478035/bucknell-game-no-fair-test-for-cornell/ Newspapers.com October 23 w y Harvard Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 10–0 25,000 Ithaca Wins After 25 Years of Trying The Boston Globe Melville E. Webb Jr. October 24, 1915 1, 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98477050/ithaca-wins-after-25-years-of-trying/ Newspapers.com October 30 w VPI Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY 45–0 Cornell Uses Passes With Marked Success The Ithaca Journal November 1, 1915 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98478431/cornell-uses-passes-with-marked-success/ Newspapers.comCornell Crushes Virginia 'Poly': Ithacans Keep Southerners Far Away from Their Goal Throughout Game The New York Times October 31, 1915 III-3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98477408/cornell-crushes-virginia-poly/ Newspapers.com November 6 w y Michigan Ferry Field Ann Arbor, MI 34–7 22,000 Gruesome Details of Ferry Field Tragedy Detroit Free Press November 7, 1915 21 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35415095/gruesome_details_of_ferry_field_tragedy/ Newspapers.com November 13 w Washington and Lee Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY 40–21 Cornell Strengthens Hold on 1915 Title The Ithaca Journal November 15, 1915 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98478558/cornell-strengthens-hold-on-1915-title/ Newspapers.comCornell Forced to Limit to Beat Washington & Lee Buffalo Courier November 14, 1915 79 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98477248/cornell-forced-to-limit-to-beat/ Newspapers.com November 25 w y Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA rivalry 24–9 20,000 Twenty Thousand See Cornell Win From Penn Team The Philadelphia Inquirer November 26, 1915 1, 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98476637/twenty-thousand-see-cornell-win-from/ Newspapers.com 1915 Big Red players left 400 4 Benedict, Cornell LCCN2014703078.tif Benedict Hoffman, Cornell LCCN2014703077.tif Hoffman Miller, Cornell LCCN2014703079.tif Miller Mueller, Cornell LCCN2014703081.tif Mueller References External links Video: UPenn vs Cornell Football Game, Thanksgiving Day 1915 [no sound] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0arC_1otuQQ YouTube May 10, 2017 Penn Archives 10 November 2018 Cornell Category:Cornell Big Red football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Cornell Big Red football