1938 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1938 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1938 college football season. In their third season under head coach Carl Snavely, the Big Red compiled a 5–1–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 110 to 55.[1][2]

1938 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 12
1938 record5–1–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainAl Van Ranst
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 18 Villanova      8 0 1
No. 9 Holy Cross      8 1 0
Boston College      6 1 2
No. 15 Fordham      6 1 2
No. 12 Cornell      5 1 1
Army      8 2 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh      8 2 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech      7 2 0
No. 20 Dartmouth      7 2 0
Brown      5 3 0
Bucknell      5 3 0
Syracuse      5 3 0
Penn      3 2 3
Manhattan      5 4 0
Harvard      4 4 0
La Salle      4 4 0
NYU      4 4 0
Penn State      3 4 1
Princeton      3 4 1
Hofstra      2 3 1
Duquesne      4 6 0
Temple      3 6 1
Columbia      3 6 0
Massachusetts State      3 6 0
Colgate      2 5 0
Buffalo      2 6 0
Yale      2 6 0
Tufts      1 6 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
October 1ColgateW 15–6
October 8at HarvardW 20–0
October 15at SyracuseL 17–19
October 22Penn State
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 21–6
October 29at ColumbiaNo. 17W 23–7
November 12No. 5 DartmouthNo. 20
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 14–7
November 24at PennNo. 10T 0–0
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Cornell Yearly Results (1935–1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. "1938 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
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