1998 Cornell Big Red football team
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 4–6 (1–6 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Defensive coordinator | Greg Gigantino (1st season) |
Captains |
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Home stadium | Schoellkopf Field |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn $ | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 5 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 4 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 1 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1998 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for second-to-last in the Ivy League.
In its first season under head coach Pete Mangurian, the team compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored 200 to 159. John Hanson and Mike Hood were team captains.[1]
Cornell's 1–6 conference record tied for seventh place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red were outscored 147 to 96 by Ivy opponents.[2]
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 19 | at Princeton![]() | L 0–6 | 27,800 | [3] | |||
September 26 | at Holy Cross* | W 17–9 | 9,140 | [4] | |||
October 3 | Buffalo* | W 34–31 | 7,692 | [5] | |||
October 10 | at Harvard | L 12–19 | 6,075 | [6] | |||
October 17 | Bucknell* |
| W 23–19 | 13,188 | [7] | ||
October 24 | Dartmouth |
| W 14–11 | 10,301 | [8] | ||
October 31 | Brown |
| L 7–20 | 10,462 | [9] | ||
November 7 | at Yale | L 21–28 | 12,595 | [10] | |||
November 14 | at Columbia | L 10–22 | 6,845 | [11] | |||
November 21 | Penn |
| L 21–35 | 4,633 | [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. 37–38. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ Finnegan, Tara (September 20, 1998). "A Grand Opening for the Tigers". Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (September 27, 1998). "Fischer and Cornell Pick Off Crusaders". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. E20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McShea, Keith (October 5, 1998). "Big Red Wins Tight Blowout". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (October 11, 1998). "Mud Bath Is Rejuvenating; Menick, Harvard Clean Up on Cornell". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cornell Comes Back Against BU". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. October 18, 1998. pp. C1, C10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McShea, Keith (October 26, 1998). "Surviving for First Ivy Win: Cornell Blocks One Field Goal, Watches Another Go Wide". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McShea, Keith (November 2, 1998). "Brought Down by Brown: Bears Outrush Cornell, 225-7, to Run Red Out of Ivy Race". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Berlet, Bruce (November 8, 1998). "Yale Moves Into Tie for Second". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E8, E9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McShea, Keith (November 15, 1998). "Tillotson Turns Tide in Red's Loss". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Juliano, Joe (November 22, 1998). "Quakers Top Big Red, Stand Alone as Ivy League Champions". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.