1948 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1948 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1948 college football season. In its second season under head coach George K. James, the team compiled a 8–1 record and outscored opponents 224 to 112.[1]

1948 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 19
1948 record8–1
Head coach
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
1948 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Army      8 0 1
No. 19 Cornell      8 1 0
Penn State      7 1 1
Buffalo      6 1 1
Villanova      8 2 1
Brown      7 2 0
Dartmouth      6 2 0
Boston College      5 2 2
Pittsburgh      6 3 0
Penn      5 3 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 3 1
Harvard      4 4 0
Princeton      4 4 0
Columbia      4 5 0
Yale      4 5 0
Tufts      3 4 1
Colgate      3 6 0
Fordham      3 6 0
NYU      3 6 0
Temple      2 6 1
Duquesne      2 7 0
Carnegie Tech      1 7 0
Hofstra      0 6 2
Bucknell      1 8 0
Syracuse      1 8 0
Drexel      0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Cornell played its home games in Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25NYUW 47–614,000[2]
October 2at NavyW 13–725,000[3]
October 9No. 18 Harvard
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 40–625,000[4]
October 16at SyracuseNo. 13W 34–730,000[5]
October 23No. 5 ArmyNo. 12
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 6–2735,000[6]
October 30at ColumbiaW 20–1335,000[7]
November 6Colgate
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 14–618,000[8]
November 13Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 27–2630,000[9]
November 25at No. 19 PennW 23–1478,000[10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1948 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  2. "Cornell Rocks NYU, 47-6; 14,000 See Big Red Splurge in 2d Half". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. September 26, 1948. p. 1D via Newspapers.com.
  3. Linthicum, Jesse A. (October 3, 1948). "Navy Eleven Defeated by Cornell, 13-7". The Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 1 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Miller, Vern (October 10, 1948). "Smooth Cornell Eleven Blasts Harvard Hopes, 40-6". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 41 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Reddy, Bill (October 17, 1948). "Big Red Smothers Orange Gridders, 34 to 7". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 16 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Ward, Gene (October 24, 1948). "Army Ground Attack Crushes Cornell, 27-6". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C36 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 31, 1948). "Cornell Tops Columbia, 20-13; Big Red in Front". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. Pinckney, Paul (November 7, 1948). "Cornell Whips Raiders in Mud". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. D1 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Strauss, Michael (November 14, 1948). "Cornell Conquers Dartmouth, 27-26". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. Trimble, Joe (November 26, 1948). "Cornell Batters Penn, 23-14, to Cop Ivy Title". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C20 via Newspapers.com.
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