1894 Cornell Big Red football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1894 Cornell Big Red football Independent 6–4–1 Marshall Newell 1st Pop Warner Percy Field The 1894 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1894 college football season. In their first season under head coach Marshall Newell, the Big Red compiled a 6–4–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 178 to 58. Pop Warner was the team's captain. Schedule September 26 w Syracuse Percy Field Ithaca, NY 39–0 Foot-ball Season Is Opened; Cornell Wins Its First Game, Syracuse Being The Loser https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-times/162923817/ The Times Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 27, 1894 2 January 12, 2025 Newspapers.com October 6 w 1894 Union Garnet Union (NY) Percy Field Ithaca, NY 37–0 October 13 w Lafayette Percy Field Ithaca, NY 24–0 October 20 l y Princeton Manhattan Field New York, NY 4–12 5,000 The Princetons Won: The Cornell Team Put Up a Good Game, but Were Outplayed; The Score 12 to 4 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle October 21, 1894 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98374642/the-princetons-won-the-cornell-team/ Newspapers.com October 27 l y Harvard Manhattan Field New York, NY 12–22 8,000 It Was Work: Cornell Put 12 Against Harvard's 22 Boston Globe October 28, 1894 1 https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-post-oct-28-1894-p-1/ NewspaperArchiveBlocked Punts Enabled Cornell to Score Against Harvard: Men From Ithaca Put Up a Very Foxy Game The Boston Globe October 28, 1894 1 https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-28-1894-p-1/ NewspaperArchive November 3 w Michigan Percy Field Ithaca, NY 22–0 1,000 November 6 w y Crescent Athletic Club Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY 22–0 3,000 Cornell, 22; Crescent, 0. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49084372/the-baltimore-sun/ The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland November 7, 1894 6 April 19, 2020 Newspapers.com November 10 t y Williams Ridgefield grounds Albany, NY 0–0 2,000–3,000 Cornell And Williams.—The Ithaca Eleven Failed to Score at Ridgefield https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle/200351414/ Democrat and Chronicle Rochester, New York November 11, 1894 1 June 26, 2026 Newspapers.com Cornell-Williams, 0-0. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49083559/the-buffalo-sunday-morning-news/ The Buffalo News Buffalo, New York November 11, 1894 2 April 19, 2020 Newspapers.com November 17 l y Penn Philadelphia, PA rivalry 0–6 November 24 2:30 p.m. l y Michigan Detroit Athletic Club Field Detroit, MI 4–12 4,000 November 29 w Lehigh Percy Field Ithaca, NY 10–6 1894 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football December 10, 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/cornell/1894-schedule.html Game summaries Michigan On November 24, Cornell lost to Michigan, 12–4.Michigan-Cornell Game Logansport Journal 1894-11-25 The result was the first victory by a Michigan football team against one of the elite Eastern football teams, and "the Michigan men went wild" as blue and yellow were "all the colors that could be seen."Joy in Michigan University Logansport Daily Pharos 1894-11-26 The Detroit Free Press filled its front page with a lengthy account of the game under the headline, "GLORIOUS!", and proclaimed the start of "halcyon days at the university" and opined that "the day of logy teams, slow signalling and dumb playing at the university are but pages in history now."GLORIOUS! Michigan Victorious on the Gridiron Field; Defeating Cornell by Honest and Hard Playing Detroit Free Press November 25, 1894 1 The Free Press predicted that the victory would mark a turning point in the popularity of football in the West, such that "it will become the only acknowledged game of the fall, and its devotees will outnumber those of any other game." The University of Michigan yearbook, The Palladium, wrote: "The enthusiasm of that day at Detroit transformed our foot ball team from the practically 'backwoods' organization that they were to skillful, scientific players of the great American game of foot ball. Let the good work go on."The Palladium, Vol. 37 (pages unnumbered). References Cornell Category:Cornell Big Red football seasons Cornell Big Red football