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1990 Cornell Big Red football
Ivy League co-champion
ConferenceIvy League
Record7–3 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorChuck Driesbach (1st season)
CaptainChris Cochrane, Rob Ryder, Paul Tully
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons← 19891991 →
1990 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Dartmouth + 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Cornell + 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Yale 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Harvard 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Penn 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Princeton 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Brown 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Columbia 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1990 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Ivy League. The Big Red were led by first-year head coach Jim Hofher and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. The Big Red finished the season 7–3 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to win Cornell's third Ivy League championship, sharing the title with Dartmouth.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15PrincetonW 17–1414,000
September 22at Colgate*L 24–595,805
September 29Bucknell*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 21–427,500
October 6at HarvardW 20–1716,300
October 13at Lafayette*W 38–169,852
October 20Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 6–1112,000
October 27Brown
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 34–716,000
November 3at YaleW 41–3116,576
November 10at ColumbiaW 41–0860
November 17Penn
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 21–1512,000
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1990 Football Schedule". Cornell Athletics. Archived from the original on October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
  2. Benson, Frank (September 17, 1990). "Big Red Holds On to Outlast Princeton". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Benson, Frank (September 24, 1990). "'Gate Closes on Red, as the Raiders Roll". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Benson, Frank (October 1, 1990). "Biston Stampede Buries Cornell, 42-21". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Concannon, Joe (October 7, 1990). "Harvard Sacked by Cornell". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 66 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Meixell, Ted (October 14, 1990). "Lafayette 'Horrible' in 38-16 Defeat". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Herzog, Brad (October 22, 1990). "Dartmouth Dodges a Last-Second Cornell Bullet". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Herzog, Brad (October 29, 1990). "Big Red Beats Up on Brown, 34-7". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Berlet, Bruce (November 4, 1990). "Oliaro, Cornell Top Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. C9, C11 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Herzog, Brad (November 12, 1990). "Big Red Buries Columbia, 41-0". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Juliano, Joe (November 18, 1990). "Quakers Defeated by Cornell, 21-15, as Late Drive Stalls". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 12-E – via Newspapers.com.
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