American college football season
Cornell players in their "away" uniforms
The 2018 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League . They were led by sixth-year head coach David Archer and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field . Cornell finished the season 3–7 overall 2–5 in Ivy League play to place seventh. Cornell averaged 6,601 fans per game.
Schedule [ edit ] The 2018 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Big Red hosted Ivy League foes Yale , Harvard , Penn , and Dartmouth , and traveled to Brown , Princeton , and Columbia .
In 2018, Cornell's non-conference opponents were Delaware of the Colonial Athletic Association , Sacred Heart of the Northeast Conference , and Colgate of the Patriot League .[1] Homecoming coincided with the home opener against Yale on September 22.[2]
Cornell's 66–0 loss to Princeton on October 27 was its worst defeat since a 77–0 defeat by Harvard in 1890 , 128 years earlier.[3]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 15 3:30 p.m. at Delaware * BHAA L 10–2714,511 September 22 3:00 p.m. Yale ESPN+ L 24–3012,801 September 29 1:30 p.m. Sacred Heart * Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY ESPN+ W 43–243,620 October 6 1:30 p.m. Harvard Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY ESPN+ W 28–248,040 October 13 Noon at No. 20 Colgate * PL Net L 0–313,112 October 20 1:00 p.m. at Brown ESPN+ W 34–163,886 October 27 1:00 p.m. at No. 19 Princeton ESPN+ L 0–664,200 6:00 p.m. Penn Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry ) ESPNU L 7–201,056 November 10 1:30 p.m. No. 25 Dartmouth Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry ) ESPN+ L 24–353,604 November 17 1:00 p.m. at Columbia ESPN+ L 21–244,651 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Game summaries [ edit ] At Delaware [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Big Red 3 0 0 7 10 Fightin' Blue Hens 7 7 0 13 27
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 14 3 6 7 30 Big Red 14 0 0 10 24
Sacred Heart [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Pioneers 3 7 7 7 24 Big Red 16 20 7 0 43
Harvard [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Crimson 7 0 10 7 24 Big Red 0 7 7 14 28
At Colgate [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Big Red 0 0 0 0 0 No. 20 Raiders 7 3 14 7 31
At Brown [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Big Red 0 14 7 13 34 Bears 0 10 0 6 16
At Princeton [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Big Red 0 0 0 0 0 No. 19 Tigers 21 24 7 14 66
1 2 3 4 Total Quakers 0 3 7 10 20 Big Red 0 7 0 0 7
Dartmouth [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 25 Big Green 21 0 14 0 35 Big Red 0 17 0 7 24
At Columbia [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Big Red 0 7 0 14 21 Lions 10 0 0 14 24
References [ edit ]
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