1991 Cornell Big Red football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1991 Cornell Big Red football Ivy League Ivy 5–5 4–3 Jim Hofher 2nd Mark Broderick Greg Finnegan Scott Oliaro Schoellkopf Field The 1991 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for fourth in the Ivy League. In its second season under head coach Jim Hofher, the team compiled a 5–5 record and outscored opponents 218 to 181. Mark Broderick, Greg Finnegan and Scott Oliaro were the team captains.Football Record Book Cornell University Ithaca, N.Y. July 3, 2020 https://cornellbigred.com/documents/2011/10/27/RecordBook_2011.pdf?id=4170 Cornell's 4–3 conference record tied fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 139 to 124.https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998 Ivy League Football Media Guide Year-by-Year History Ivy League Princeton, N.J. 2017 July 10, 2020 34 The Big Red entered the year ranked 20th in the national rankings, but dropped out of the top 20 after an opening-week loss and remained unranked through the end of the season. Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York. Schedule y y 1991 NCAA Division I-AA NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee September 21 @ Princeton Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ L 0-18 12,124 Roghair Guides Princeton to Win over Cornell in Ivy Jonathan D. Rockoff September 22, 1991 11-E The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58552922/1991-cornell-princeton/ September 28 Colgate<ncg> Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry) L 13-31 15,000 Raiders Roll All Over the Big Red Brad Herzog September 30, 1991 1B The Ithaca Journal Ithaca, N.Y. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58555116/1991-colgate-cornell/ October 5 @ Bucknell<ncg> Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA W 23-7 6,551 Changes Fail to Change Result for Bucknell; Cornell Spoils BU's Homecoming Wayne Baker October 6, 1991 C3, C10 The Daily Item Sunbury, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58556845/1991-bucknell-cornell/ October 12 @ Stanford<ncg> Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA L 6-56 30,347 Stanford Throttles Cornell, But So What? Mark Soltau October 13, 1991 D-8 San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, Calif. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58557972/1991-cornell-stanford/ October 19 Harvard<hc> Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY W 22-17 12,500 Harvard Stalls Out in Second Half Again Liz Robbins October 20, 1991 65 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58558656/1991-o19-ivies/ October 26 Dartmouth Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry) L 25-31 9,526 Punt Return the Big Play as Green Top the Red Brad Herzog October 28, 1991 1B The Ithaca Journal Ithaca, N.Y. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58559632/1991-cornell-dartmouth/ November 2 @ Brown Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 20-7 6,000 Last-Second Win for the Big Red; Dramatic Drive Drops Brown Brad Herzog November 4, 1991 1B The Ithaca Journal Ithaca, N.Y. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58577456/1991-brown-cornell/ November 9 Yale Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY W 31-6 9,000 Yale Comes Apart Again at Cornell, 31-6 Bruce Berlet November 10, 1991 C8 The Hartford Courant Hartford, Conn. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58578919/1991-cornell-yale/ November 16 Columbia Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry) W 28-21 6,000 Big Red Struggles, but Tops Columbia Brad Herzog November 18, 1991 1B The Ithaca Journal Ithaca, N.Y. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58589727/1991-columbia-cornell/ November 23 @ Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) L 13-14 10,210 Penn Tops Cornell, 14-13, as Steele Ponders Future Joe Juliano November 24, 1991 11-E The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58590504/1991-cornell-penn/ References Cornell Category:Cornell Big Red football seasons Cornell Big Red football