1992 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1992 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell finished fourth in the Ivy League.

1992 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
1992 record7–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • John Massy
  • Scott Oliaro
  • Jeff Woodring
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
1992 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Dartmouth + 6 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
Princeton + 6 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
Penn 5 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Cornell 4 –3 –0  7 –3 –0
Harvard 3 –4 –0  3 –7 –0
Yale 2 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
Columbia 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Brown 0 –7 –0  0 –10 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

In its third season under head coach Jim Hofher, the team compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 263 to 183. Team captains were John Massy, Scott Oliaro and Jeff Woodring.[1]

Cornell's 4–3 conference record placed fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 165 to 120.[2]

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19 Princeton
L 20–22 13,000 [3]
September 26 at Lehigh*
W 29–23 6,500 [4]
October 3 at Lafayette*
W 44–33 8,500 [5]
October 10 at Harvard
W 31–13 13,346 [6]
October 17 at Colgate*
W 25–7 3,500 [7]
October 24 at Dartmouth
W 26–16 14,500 [8]
October 31 Brown
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 16–6 6,800 [9]
November 7 at Yale
W 35–14 12,510 [10]
November 14 at Columbia
L 30–35 5,495 [11]
November 21 Penn
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 7–14 5,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

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. pp. 34–35. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Bruns, John (September 20, 1992). "Princeton Gets Breaks to Edge Cornell, 22-20". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. White, Jim (September 28, 1992). "Big Red Flies by Lehigh, 29-23". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1B, 4B – via Newspapers.com.
  5. White, Jim (October 5, 1992). "Big Red Scores Early and Then Hangs On". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Concannon, Joe (October 11, 1992). "Cornell Bags Big Victory". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 59 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Benson, Frank (October 19, 1992). "Big Red Give Raiders the Gate, 25-7". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Benson, Frank (October 25, 1992). "Big Red Dumps Dartmouth, 26-16". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Benson, Frank (November 2, 1992). "Big Red Slips Past Brown, 16-6". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Berlet, Bruce (November 8, 1992). "Zingo, Cornell Defense Are Too Much for Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Benson, Frank (November 16, 1992). "Columbia's Shocker Knocks Red out of Ivy Picture". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Juliano, Joe (November 22, 1992). "Penn Earns 14-7 Win Over Cornell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E11 – via Newspapers.com.
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