2008 Cornell Big Red football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2008 Cornell Big Red football Ivy League Ivy 4–6 2–5 Jim Knowles 5th Bruce Barnum 2nd Pistol Clayton Carlin 2nd 4–3 Tommy Bleymaier Nathan Ford Graham Rihn Schoellkopf Field The 2008 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jim Knowles and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York. Cornell finished the season 4–6, 2–5 in Ivy League play, to finish in sixth place. Cornell averaged 7,075 fans per game. Schedule Eastern September 20 6:00 p.m. w y y Bucknell Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA 21–20 5,173 Blocked PAT Lifts Cornell in Opener Brandon Thomas September 22, 2008 1C, 2C The Ithaca Journal Ithaca, N.Y. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63816147/2008-bucknell-cornell/ September 27 1:00 p.m. w y Yale Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY 17–14 13,142 Big Red Washes Out Yale Brandon Thomas September 28, 2008 1C The Ithaca Journal Ithaca, N.Y. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63823673/2008-cornell-yale/ October 4 12:30 p.m. w y y Lehigh Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA 25–24 10,460 Bitter End ... Again for Lehigh Keith Groller October 5, 2008 C1 The Morning Call Allentown, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63841088/2008-cornell-lehigh/ October 11 12:00 p.m. l y Harvard Harvard Stadium Boston, MA Versus 17–38 11,263 Crimson in Thick of It Mark Blaudschun October 12, 2008 C19 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63841861/2008-cornell-harvard/ October 18 1:00 p.m. l y Colgate Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY rivalry 22–38 8,542 'Back to Square One': Behind Backup RB, Colgate Runs Roughshod over Big Red Brandon Thomas October 20, 2008 1C, 2C The Ithaca Journal Ithaca, N.Y. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63850615/2008-colgate-cornell/ October 25 12:30 p.m. l y Brown Brown Stadium Providence, RI 7–27 9,298 2008 Football Schedule http://www.cornellbigred.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=425 March 11, 2016 November 1 1:00 p.m. l Princeton Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY 26–31 7,122 Big Red on Wrong End of a Wild Finish Brandon Thomas November 3, 2008 1C, 2C The Ithaca Journal Ithaca, N.Y. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63904393/2008-cornell-princeton/ November 8 1:00 p.m. w Dartmouth Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY rivalry 37–14 4,132 Blocked Kicks Spur Big Red Past Dartmouth Brandon Thomas November 10, 2008 1C The Ithaca Journal Ithaca, N.Y. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63906082/2008-cornell-dartmouth/ November 15 12:30 p.m. l y Columbia Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY rivalry 7–17 3,811 Knowlin's Punt Return Clinches Columbia Win over CU November 17, 2008 1C, 2C The Ithaca Journal Ithaca, N.Y. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63907071/2008-columbia-cornell/ November 22 1:00 p.m. l Penn Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY rivalry 6–23 2,437 Quakers Finish by Stopping Cornell Andrew Scurria November 23, 2008 E5 The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63921386/2008-cornell-penn/ Cornell Big Red Schedule 2008 https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/172/season/2008 ESPN August 9, 2024 2008 Football Schedule https://cornellbigred.com/sports/football/schedule/2008-09 Cornell University Athletics August 9, 2024 References Cornell Category:Cornell Big Red football seasons Cornell Big Red football