1994 Cornell Big Red football team
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 6–4 (3–4 Ivy) |
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Home stadium | Schoellkopf Field |
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No. 14 Penn $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1994 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for fourth in the Ivy League.
In its fifth season under head coach Jim Hofher, the team compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents 193 to 190. Team captains were Dick Emmet, Terry Golden, Mike McKean and John Vitullo.[1]
Cornell's 3–4 conference record placed it in a three-way tie for fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red were outscored 139 to 130 by Ivy opponents.[2]
Following a six-game winning streak, Cornell was briefly ranked No. 25 in the nation in Division I-AA, in the poll released October 26. The team then suffered a four-game losing streak and was not ranked any other week.
Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 17 | Princeton![]() | W 31–16 | 12,573 | [3] | |||
September 24 | at Fordham* | W 13–6 | 5,527 | [4] | |||
October 1 | Lehigh* |
| W 21–17 | 8,635 | [5] | ||
October 8 | at Harvard | W 18–13 | 12,880 | [6] | |||
October 15 | at Bucknell* | W 29–28 | 7,126 | [7] | |||
October 22 | Dartmouth |
| W 17–14 | 10,863 | [8] | ||
October 29 | Brown |
| L 3–16 | 8,294 | [9] | ||
November 5 | at Yale | L 14–24 | 12,892 | [10] | |||
November 12 | at Columbia | L 33–38 | 8,825 | [11] | |||
November 19 | No. 13 Penn |
| L 14–18 | 9,223 | [12] | ||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Football Record Book" (PDF). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 35–36. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ Bruns, John (September 18, 1994). "Cornell Thrashes Princeton". The Sunday Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. B3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Read, Dennis (September 26, 1994). "CU Stops Fordham in Final Minute". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Read, Dennis (October 3, 1994). "Red Runs Over Lehigh; Cornell 3-0 and Rolling". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (October 9, 1994). "Cornell Leaves It to Levitt; Harvard Can't Stop Big Red at Finish". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 61 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Carlin, Chris (October 17, 1994). "Late Field Goal Spoils Bison Homecoming". The Danville News. Danville, Pa. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Read, Dennis (October 24, 1994). "Pulling Out a Last-Minute CU Miracle". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Read, Dennis (October 31, 1994). "Brown Ends Cornell's Winning Streak". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Berlet, Bruce (November 6, 1994). "Yale Doesn't Give In to Cornell". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E12, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Read, Dennis (November 14, 1994). "Fumble Is Fatal for Red". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Juliano, Joe (November 20, 1994). "Penn Defeats Cornell and Saves Streak". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.