Misplaced Pages

1985 Cornell Big Red football team

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
American college football season

1985 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record3–7 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Stuart Mitchell
  • John Tagliaferri
  • Dave Van Metre
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons← 19841986 →
1985 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn $ 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Harvard 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Princeton 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Brown 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Yale 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Cornell 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Columbia 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1985 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell finished second-to-last in the Ivy League.

In its third season under head coach Maxie Baughan, the team compiled a 3–7 record and was outscored 178 to 157. Stuart Mitchell, John Tagliaferri and Dave Van Metre were the team captains. The second win of the year, at Yale on November 9, was the 500th victory in the history of Cornell football.

Cornell's 2–5 conference record placed seventh in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 127 to 108.

Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21 at Penn L 6–10 21,027
September 28 Colgate*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 20–21 12,300
October 5 Lafayette*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 3–17 10,008
October 12 Harvard
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 17–20 15,300
October 19 at Brown L 0–22 9,800
October 26 Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 17–20 16,000
November 2 at Bucknell* W 26–13 2,260
November 9 at Yale W 20–14 19,029
November 16 Columbia
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 21–8 1,000
November 23 at Princeton L 27–33 8,917
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

References

  1. "Football Record Book" (PDF). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. ^ Apple, Ginny (November 10, 1985). "A Storybook Ending Is Fumbled". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E7 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 31. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  4. Van Sickle, Kenny (September 23, 1985). "Big Red's Penn Loss a Big Letdown". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Bernstein, Viv (September 29, 1985). "Interception Saves Colgate, 21-20". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Meixell, Ted (October 6, 1985). "McIntyre Rallies Lafayette 17-3". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Concannon, Joe (October 13, 1985). "Harvard, Steinberg Kick Cornell, 20-17". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Pave, Martin (October 20, 1985). "Ingerslev Gives Brown Footing". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Van Sickle, Kenny (October 27, 1985). "Cornell Falls Short Again". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Van Sickle, Kenny (November 4, 1985). "Big Red Football Squad Finally Notches a 'W'". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Van Sickle, Kenny (November 18, 1985). "Red Rips Lions Under the Lights". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Esterman, Sue (November 24, 1985). "Tigers Defeat Cornell". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
Cornell Big Red football
Venues
Bowls & rivalries
Culture & lore
People
Seasons
National championship seasons in bold
Categories: