1971 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1971 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 1971 college football season as a member of the Ivy League. The Big Red were led by sixth-year head coach Jack Musick and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. The Big Red finished the season 8–1 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to win Cornell's first-ever Ivy League championship, sharing the title with Dartmouth, the only team to defeat the 1971 Big Red.[1][2]

1971 Cornell Big Red football
Ivy League co-champion
ConferenceIvy League
1971 record8–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainTom Albright, Bill Ellis
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
1971 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Dartmouth + 6 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
Cornell + 6 –1 –0  8 –1 –0
Columbia 5 –2 –0  6 –3 –0
Harvard 4 –3 –0  5 –4 –0
Yale 3 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Princeton 3 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
Penn 1 –6 –0  2 –7 –0
Brown 0 –7 –0  0 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The team was led offensively by future NFL running back Ed Marinaro; during the 1971 season, Marinaro capped his college football career by setting a national collegiate record for career rushing yards at 4,715, which stood until being broken in 1976 by Tony Dorsett of the Pittsburgh Panthers.[3] Marinaro won first team All-American honors and finished in a close second in voting for the Heisman Trophy.[4] On October 30, 1971, Cornell saw its largest home football crowd in the post-1970 era with 23,000 in attendance at Schoellkopf Field (which had a capacity of 25,597) for the day's rivalry match-up against Columbia.[4]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Colgate*
W 38–2016,500[5]
October 2at Rutgers*
W 31–1715,000[6]
October 9Princeton
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 19–822,500[7]
October 16Harvard
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 21–1620,000[8]
October 23at Yale
W 31–1035,168[9]
October 30Columbia
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 24–2123,000[10]
November 6Brown
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 21–715,000[11]
November 13at Dartmouth
L 14–2420,816[12]
November 20at Penn
W 41–1343,687[13]
  • *Non-conference game

Roster
1971 Cornell Big Red football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 10 Barrett Rosser Jr
HB 12 John Moresko Sr
RB 44 Ed Marinaro Sr
WR 81 Geoge Milosevic Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 86 William Ellis Sr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 13 John Killian Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

References
  1. "1971 Cornell Big Red Stats". Sports Reference. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  2. "1971 Football Schedule". Cornell Athletics. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  3. "Jack Musick, 52, Guided Cornell's Football Team To Ivy Crown in 1971". The New York Times. 29 November 1977. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  4. "Over A Century of Tradition" (PDF). Cornell Football Association. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  5. "Marinaro Paces Cornell Victory". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 26, 1971. p. S4.
  6. "Marinaro Sparks Cornell; 4 Scores Against Rutgers". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 3, 1971. p. S1.
  7. McGowen, Deane (October 10, 1971). "Cornell Turns Back Princeton; Big Red Triumphs, 19-8". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. Werden, Lincoln A. (October 17, 1971). "Cornell Subdues Harvard by 21-16". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  9. Wallace, William N. (October 24, 1971). "Cornell Tops Yale, 31-10; Marinaro Excels". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. White, Gordon S., Jr. (October 31, 1971). "Marinaro Breaks Record as Cornell Wins, 24-21; Columbia Foiled". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. Werden, Lincoln A. (November 7, 1971). "Cornell Tops Ivy by Beating Brown". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  12. Amdur, Neil (November 14, 1971). "Dartmouth Tops Cornell, 24-14; Ivy Lead Shared". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  13. White, Gordon S., Jr. (November 21, 1971). "Cornell and Dartmouth Win and Share Ivy Title; Penn 41-13 Loser". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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