1896 Cornell Big Red football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1896 Cornell Big Red football Independent 5–3–1 George Sanford 1st Joseph Beacham Percy Field The 1896 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1896 college football season. In their first season under head coach George Sanford, the Big Red compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 162 to 82.How Yale Will Line Up https://books.google.com/books?id=Ulw1AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA3&dq 18 March 2024 The Morning Record November 19, 1896 Schedule y y y September 26 Colgate Percy Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry) W 6-0 October 3 Syracuse Percy Field Ithaca, NY W 22-0 October 10 1896 Western Reserve Western Reserve Percy Field Ithaca, NY W 48-0 October 17 1896 Tufts Jumbos Tufts Percy Field Ithaca, NY W 18-0 October 24 Harvard Percy Field Ithaca, NY L 4-13 October 31 at Princeton Princeton, NJ L 0-37 6,000 Tigers Made a Hearty Meal: Cornell Was Beaten by a Score of 37 to 0 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle November 1, 1896 1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98347974/tigers-made-a-hearty-meal-cornell-was/ Newspapers.com November 7 Bucknell Percy Field Ithaca, NY W 54-0 Bucknell Is Snowed Under https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-times/163275114/ The Times Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 8, 1896 8 January 17, 2025 Newspapers.com November 14 2:30 p.m. vs Williams Buffalo Athletic Field Buffalo, NY T 0-0 5,000 A Tie Game.—Neither Side Scored in the Williams-Cornell Contest https://www.newspapers.com/article/buffalo-post/200409256/ The Buffalo Commercial Buffalo, New York November 15, 1896 1 June 27, 2026 Newspapers.com Cornell 0, Williams 0!.—Third Successive Tie Game Between The Ithacans and Berkshire Boys https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news/200409162/ The Buffalo Sunday News Buffalo, New York November 15, 1896 1, 8 June 27, 2026 Newspapers.com November 26 at Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) L 10-32 1896 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football December 10, 2015 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/cornell/1896-schedule.html References Cornell Category:Cornell Big Red football seasons Cornell Big Red football