1982 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1982 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for fourth place in the Ivy League.

1982 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
1982 record4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Steve Duca
  • Dan Suren
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
1982 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Harvard + 5 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Penn + 5 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Dartmouth + 5 –2 –0  5 –5 –0
Princeton 3 –4 –0  3 –7 –0
Yale 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Brown 3 –4 –0  5 –5 –0
Cornell 3 –4 –0  4 –6 –0
Columbia 1 –6 –0  1 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

In its sixth and final season under head coach Bob Blackman, the team compiled a 4–6 record but outscored opponents 211 to 202. Team captains were Steve Duca and Dan Suren.[1]

Cornell's 3–4 conference record earned it part of a four-way tie for fourth place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 165 to 164.[2]

This was Cornell's first year in Division I-AA, after having competed in the top-level Division I-A and its predecessors since 1887.

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18 Princeton
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 36–41 11,118 [3]
September 25 No. 9 Colgate*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 6–21 13,013 [4]
October 2 Boston University*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 6–17 10,000 [5]
October 9 at Harvard
L 13–25 8,000 [6]
October 16 Brown
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 19–38 10,250 [7]
October 23 Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 13–14 5,700 [8]
October 30 Merchant Marine*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 34–0 3,300 [9]
November 6 at Yale
W 26–20 18,000 [10]
November 13 at Columbia
W 35–26 4,150 [11]
November 20 No. 17 Penn
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 23–0 9,500 [12]

References
  1. "Football Record Book" (PDF). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 30. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. "Cornell Comes Up Short, 41-36". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. September 19, 1982. p. 4D – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Fox, John W. (September 26, 1982). "Soph QB Leads Colgate". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. pp. 4C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Cryan, Chris (October 3, 1982). "Not Exciting, but -- BU Gets Past Cornell". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 79 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Harvard Reigns, Blows off Cornell". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 10, 1982. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Cryan, Chris (October 17, 1982). "Brown Gets Back in Ivy Race". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Van Sickle, Kenny (October 24, 1982). "Winless Cornell Falls Short Once Again". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Hungry Cornell Consumes Div. II Foe". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. October 31, 1982. pp. 7C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Concannon, Joe (November 7, 1982). "Cornell Puts Lid on Yale". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Cornell 35, Columbia 26". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 14, 1982. p. 50 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Logan, Joe (November 21, 1982). "Penn Falls to Cornell, Settles for Third of Title". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 1-E – via Newspapers.com.
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