2016 Cornell Big Red football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2016 Cornell Big Red football Cornell "C" logo.svg 100 Ivy League Ivy 4–6 2–5 David Archer 4th Roy Istvan 3rd Jared Backus 4th Miles Norris Ben Rogers Matt Sullivan Jackson Weber Schoellkopf Field The 2016 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by fourth-year head coach David Archer and play their home games at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell finished the season 4–6 overall and 2–5 in Ivy League play to tie for sixth place. Schedule The 2016 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Big Red hosted Ivy League foes Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth and Penn, and traveled to Harvard, Brown, and Columbia. As in 2015, Cornell's non-conference opponents were Bucknell and Colgate of the Patriot League, and Sacred Heart of the Northeast Conference (NEC). Homecoming coincided with the home opener against Yale on September 24. 2016 NCAA Division I FCS STATS Eastern September 17 6:00 p.m. w y y Bucknell Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA CI 24–16 4,628 September 24 3:00 p.m. w y Yale Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY ILDN 27–13 15,493 October 1 1:00 p.m. w y y Colgate Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY TWCSC rivalry 39–38 8,010 October 8 1:00 p.m. l y Harvard 22 Harvard Stadium Boston, MA OWSPN 13–29 11,509 October 15 1:30 p.m. l y Sacred Heart Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY ILDN 24–31 6,739 October 22 12:00 p.m. l y Brown Brown Stadium Providence, RI FCS 21–28 2OT 3,013 October 29 12:30 p.m. l Princeton Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY OWSPN 7–56 4,879 November 5 1:30 p.m. l Dartmouth Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY rivalry ILDN 13–17 3,783 November 12 1:00 p.m. w y Columbia Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY rivalry ILDN 42–40 5,887 November 19 12:00 p.m. l Penn Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY rivalry FCS 20–42 6,333 Cornell Big Red Schedule 2016 https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/172/season/2016 ESPN August 9, 2024 2016 Football Schedule https://cornellbigred.com/sports/football/schedule/2016-17 Cornell University Athletics August 9, 2024 Game summaries Bucknell 2016 Bucknell Bison football team background:#b31b1b; color:#ffffff;text-align:center; autocollapse Cornell vs. Bucknell – Game summary September 17 6:00 p.m. EDT Cornell 0 10 14 0 Bucknell 7 3 6 0 Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium 4,628 76 °F °C; cloudy J. Gansiejewski CI Box Score First quarter BUCK – Joey DeFloria, 1 yard run, Jack Chambers XP good, 8:38 (BUCK 7–0) Second quarter BUCK – Chambers, 21 yard field goal, 11:24 (BUCK 10–0) COR – Zach Mays, 41 yard field goal, 6:24 (BUCK 10–3) COR – Dalton Banks, 10 yard run, Mays XP good, 0:28 (TIE 10–10) Third quarter BUCK – DeFloria, 1 yard run, Chambers XP blocked, 11:29 (BUCK 16–10) COR – Banks, 1 yard run, Mays XP good, 7:05 (COR 17–16) COR – Matt Sullivan, 22 yard pass from Banks, Mays XP good, 0:16 (COR 24–16) Yale 2016 Yale Bulldogs football team background:#b31b1b; color:#ffffff;text-align:center; autocollapse Yale vs. Cornell – Game summary September 24 3:00 p.m. EDT Yale 0 3 7 3 Cornell 14 10 0 3 Schoellkopf Field 15,493 62 °F °C; mostly sunny J. Gansiejewski Ivy League Digital Network Box Score First quarter COR – J.D. PicKell, 1 yard run, Zach Mays XP good, 7:59 (COR 7–0) COR – Marshall Deutz, 10 yard pass from Dalton Banks, Mays XP good, 3:52 (COR 14–0) Second quarter YALE – Alex Galland, 38 yard field goal, 9:15 (COR 14–3) COR – Ben Rogers, 43 yard pass from Banks, Mays XP good, 8:18 (COR 21–3) COR – Mays, 37 yard field goal, 0:00 (COR 24–3) Third quarter YALE – Deshawn Salter, 3 yard run, Galland XP good, 10:08 (COR 24–10) Fourth quarter COR – Mays, 28 yard field goal, 11:06 (COR 27–10) YALE – Galland, 23 yard field goal, 4:34 (COR 27–13) Colgate 2016 Colgate Raiders football team Colgate–Cornell football rivalry background:#b31b1b; color:#ffffff;text-align:center; autocollapse Cornell vs. Colgate – Game summary October 1 1:00 p.m. EDT Cornell 0 12 21 6 Colgate 21 10 7 0 Andy Kerr Stadium 8,010 62 °F °C; overcast J. Pumphrey TWCSC Box Score First quarter COL – John Maddaluna, 93 yard pass from Jake Melville, Jonah Bowman XP good, 10:46 (COL 7–0) COL – Maddaluna, 51 yard pass from Melville, Bowman XP good, 9:02 (COL 14–0) COL – K. Washington, 9 yard run, Bowman XP good, 1:01 (COL 21–0) Second quarter COR – 4 yard safety, 13:49 (COL 21–2) COR – Zach Mays, 29 yard field goal, 3:42 (COL 21–5) COL – Maddaluna, 43 yard pass from Melville, Bowman XP good, 6:20 (COL 28–5) COR – Collin Shaw, 70 yard pass from Dalton Banks, Mays XP good, 6:02 (COL 28–12) COL – Bowman, 19 yard field goal, 0:00 (COL 31–12) Third quarter COR – Banks, 5 yard run, Mays XP good, 12:06 (COL 31–19) COL – Washington, 2 yard run, Bowman XP good, 5:11 (COL 38–19) COR – Nick Bland, 21 yard pass from Banks, Mays XP good, 3:10 (COL 38–26) COR – James Hubbard, 63 yard pass from Banks, Mays XP good, 0:13 (COL 38–33) Fourth quarter COR – Shaw, 19 yard pass from Banks, conversion failed, 0:28 (COR 39–38) Harvard 2016 Harvard Crimson football team background:#b31b1b; color:#ffffff;text-align:center; autocollapse Cornell vs. Harvard – Game summary October 8 1:00 p.m. EDT Cornell 7 0 0 6 Harvard 14 0 9 6 Harvard Stadium 11,509 70 °F °C; cloudy Charles Jebran OWSPN Box Score First quarter HAR – Anthony Firkser, 3 yard pass from Joe Viviano, Jake McIntyre XP good, 14:07 (HAR 7–0) COR – Ben Rogers, 41 yard pass from Dalton Banks, Nickolas Null XP good, 4:11 (TIE 7–7) HAR – Semar Smith, 4 yard run, McIntyre XP good, 0:00 (HAR 14–7) Third quarter HAR – Smith, 6 yard run, McIntyre XP blocked, 9:19 (HAR 20–7) HAR – McIntyre, 31 yard field goal, 2:33 (HAR 23–7) Fourth quarter HAR – Smith, 4 yard run, conversion failed, 7:28 (HAR 29–7) COR – Rogers, 29 yard pass from Banks, Null XP no good, 4:10 (HAR 29–13) Sacred Heart 2016 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team background:#b31b1b; color:#ffffff;text-align:center; autocollapse Sacred Heart vs. Cornell – Game summary October 15 1:30 p.m. EDT Sacred Heart 14 10 7 0 Cornell 7 3 7 7 Schoellkopf Field 6,739 64 °F °C; sunny, clear Tom Kichline Ivy League Digital Network Box Score First quarter COR – Jack Gellatly, 14 yard run, Nickolas Null XP good, 6:39 (COR 7–0) SHU – Nate Chavious, 22 yard run, Alec Finney XP good, 6:22 (TIE 7–7) SHU – Chavious, 13 yard run, Finney XP good, 2:33 (SHU 14–7) Second quarter SHU – Ose Imeokparia, 58 yard pass from RJ Noel, Finney XP good, 12:24 (SHU 21–7) COR – Null, 34 yard field goal, 7:19 (SHU 21–10) SHU – Finney, 36 yard field goal, 0:00 (SHU 24–10) Third quarter SHU – Andrew O'Neill, 39 yard pass from Noel, Finney XP good, 7:23 (SHU 31–10) COR – J.D. PicKell, 2 yard run, Null XP good, 2:09 (SHU 31–17) Fourth quarter COR – Dalton Banks, 1 yard run, Null XP good, 8:54 (SHU 31–24) Brown 2016 Brown Bears football team background:#b31b1b; color:#ffffff;text-align:center; autocollapse Cornell vs. Brown – Game summary October 22 Noon EDT Cornell 0 0 14 0 7 0 Brown 0 7 7 0 7 7 Brown Stadium 3,013 60 °F °C; rain showers Michael Sechris FCS Box Score Second quarter BRWN – Alex Jett, 79 yard punt return, Jake Hall XP good, 0:45 (BRWN 7–0) Third quarter BRWN – Jett, 18 yard pass from Thomas Linta, Hall XP good, 13:20 (BRWN 14–0) COR – Matt Sullivan, 9 yard pass from Dalton Banks, Nickolas Null XP good, 9:15 (BRWN 14–7) COR – Ben Rogers, 5 yard pass from Banks, Null XP good, 3:21 (TIE 14–14) Overtime COR – Marshall Deutz, 13 yard pass from Banks, Null XP good (COR 21–14) BRWN – Jette, 2 yard pass from Linta, Hall XP good (TIE 21–21) Double overtime BRWN – Johnny Pena, 1 yard run, Hall XP good (BRWN 28–21) Princeton 2016 Princeton Tigers football team background:#b31b1b; color:#ffffff;text-align:center; autocollapse Princeton vs. Cornell – Game summary October 29 12:30 p.m. EDT Princeton 14 21 14 7 Cornell 0 0 7 0 Schoellkopf Field 4,879 61 °F °C; mostly cloudy Hank Johns OWSPN Box Score First quarter PRIN – John Lovett, 3 yard run, Tavish Rice XP good, 4:19 (PRIN 7–0) PRIN – Trevor Osborne, 35 yard pass from Lovett, Rice XP good, 2:03 (PRIN 14–0) Second quarter PRIN – J. Frusciante, 2 yard pass from Lovett, Rice XP good, 14:42 (PRIN 21–0) PRIN – Lovett, 10 yard run, Rice XP good, 5:34 (PRIN 28–0) PRIN – Lovett, 7 yard pass from Chad Kanoff, Rice XP good, 2:25 (PRIN 35–0) Third quarter COR – Ben Rogers, 15 yard pass from Dalton Banks, Nickolas Null XP good, 11:03 (PRIN 35–7) PRIN – Isaiah Barnes, 95 yard pass from Lovett, Rice XP good, 10:06 (PRIN 42–7) PRIN – G. Adomitis, 6 yard pass from Lovett, Rice XP good, 0:31 (PRIN 49–7) Fourth quarter PRIN – Ryan Quigley, 50 yard run, Rice XP good, 0:55 (PRIN 56–7) Dartmouth 2016 Dartmouth Big Green football team Cornell–Dartmouth football rivalry background:#b31b1b; color:#ffffff;text-align:center; autocollapse Dartmouth vs. Cornell – Game summary November 5 1:30 p.m. EDT Dartmouth 0 3 0 14 Cornell 6 0 7 0 Schoellkopf Field 3,783 61 °F °C; mostly cloudy Steve Cadorette Ivy League Digital Network Box Score First quarter COR – Nickolas Null, 20 yard field goal, 9:24 (COR 3–0) COR – Null, 22 yard field goal, 1:06 (COR 6–0) Second quarter DART – David Smith, 32 yard field goal, 10:55 (COR 6–3) Third quarter COR – Hayes Nolte, 4 yard pass from Dalton Banks, Null XP good, 4:26 (COR 13–3) Fourth quarter DART – Miles Smith, 1 yard run, Smith XP good, 10:27 (COR 13–10) DART – Charles Mack, 7 yard pass from Jack Heneghan, Smith XP good, 6:42 (DART 17–13) Columbia 2016 Columbia Lions football team Columbia–Cornell football rivalry background:#b31b1b; color:#ffffff;text-align:center; autocollapse Cornell vs. Columbia – Game summary November 12 1:30 p.m. EDT Cornell 14 7 7 14 Columbia 14 10 3 13 Wien Stadium 5,887 49 °F °C; clear skies Karlton Derrick Ivy League Digital Network Box Score First quarter COR – Chris Walker, 27 yard run, Nickolas Null XP good, 13:25 (COR 7–0) COL – J. Wainwright, 33 yard pass from Anders Hill, Oren Milstein XP good, 11:39 (TIE 7–7) COL – Tanner Thomas, 2 yard run, Milstein XP good, 7:25 (COL 14–7) COR – Ben Rogers, 47 yard pass from Dalton Banks, Null XP good (TIE 14–14) Second quarter COL – H. Petlansky, 18 yard run, Milstein XP good, 2:31 (COL 21–14) COR – Chris Walker, 28 yard run, Null XP good, 1:32 (TIE 21–21) COL – Milstein, 44 yard field goal, 0:04 (COL 24–21) Third quarter COR – Hayes Nolte, 14 yard pass from Banks, Null XP good, 4:52 (COR 28–24) COL – Milstein, 37 yard field goal, 1:44 (COR 28–27) Fourth quarter COR – Banks, 1 yard run, Null XP good, 9:27 (COR 35–27) COL – Lynnard Rose, 13 yard pass from Hill, conversion no good, 6:26 (COR 35–33) COR – Walker, 71 yard run, Null XP good, 4:53 (COR 42–33) COL – Ronald Smith, 11 yard pass from Hill, Milstein XP good, 1:58 (COR 42–40) Penn 2016 Penn Quakers football team Cornell–Penn football rivalry background:#b31b1b; color:#ffffff;text-align:center; autocollapse Penn vs. Cornell – Game summary November 19 Noon EDT Penn 14 14 7 7 Cornell 6 7 0 7 Schoellkopf Field 6,333 56 °F °C; sunny Fox College Sports Box Score First quarter PENN – Tre Solomon, 1 yard run, Jimmy Gammill XP good, 6:52 (PENN 7–0) COR – Collin Shaw, 35 yard pass from Dalton Banks, Nicholas Null XP no good, 6:02 (PENN 7–6) PENN – C. Pearson, 22 yard pass from Alek Torgersen, Gammill XP good, 0:23 (PENN 14–6) Second quarter PENN – Torgersen, 5 yard run, Gammill XP good, 5:43 (PENN 21–6) COR – Chris Walker, 58 yard pass from Ben Rogers, Null XP good, 3:38 (PENN 21–13) PENN – Solomon, 1 yard run, Gammill XP good, 0:02 (PENN 28–13) Third quarter PENN – Nick Demes, 7 yard run, Gammill XP good, 6:51 (PENN 35–13) Fourth quarter COR – Marshall Deutz, 17 yard pass from Banks, Null XP good, 13:59 (PENN 35–20) PENN – Torgersen, 1 yard run, Gammill XP good, 4:53 (PENN 42–20) References Cornell Category:Cornell Big Red football seasons Cornell Big Red football