1995 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1995 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for second in the Ivy League.

1995 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
1995 record6–4 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Greg Bloedorn
  • Doug Knopp
  • John Vitullo
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
1995 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Princeton $ 5 –1 –1  8 –1 –1
Penn 5 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Cornell 5 –2 –0  6 –4 –0
Dartmouth 4 –2 –1  7 –2 –1
Columbia 3 –4 –0  3 –6 –1
Brown 2 –5 –0  5 –5 –0
Yale 2 –5 –0  3 –7 –0
Harvard 1 –6 –0  2 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

In its sixth season under head coach Jim Hofher, the team compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents 261 to 222. Greg Bloedorn, Doug Knopp and John Vitullo were the team captains.[1]

Cornell's 5–2 conference record tied for second in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 203 to 159.[2]

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16 at Princeton
L 22–24 7,039 [3]
September 23 Holy Cross*
W 28–19 11,033 [4]
September 30 at Dartmouth
W 24–19 8,030 [5]
October 7 Harvard
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 28–27 8,500 [6]
October 14 Bucknell*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 7–10 4,919 [7]
October 21 at Lehigh*
L 23–24 7,553 [8]
October 28 at Brown
W 38–28 2,574 [9]
November 4 Yale
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 38–10 9,148 [10]
November 11 Columbia
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 35–14 5,673 [11]
November 18 at Penn
L 18–37 12,118 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

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. 36. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Bruns, John (September 17, 1995). "Nakielny Passes Princeton to Victory". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. B5 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Read, Dennis (September 25, 1995). "Big Red Roars to Its First Victory; Pulls Away From Holy Cross for 28-49 Homecoming Triumph". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Read, Dennis (October 2, 1995). "Fourth-Down Toughness Lifts Red". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Concannon, Joe (October 8, 1995). "More Heartbreak for Harvard in Loss to Cornell". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 67 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Read, Dennis (October 15, 1995). "Red Comes Up Short Against Bison". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Blockus, Gary R. (October 22, 1995). "Finally, a Win on Same Day: Abdullah's Record Day Lifts Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Read, Dennis (October 30, 1995). "Cornell Piles Up Offense in Victory". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Trecker, Jerry (November 5, 1995). "Cornell Does the Legwork to Put Away Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. D7, D9 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Read, Dennis (November 13, 1995). "Ivy Crown is One Victory Away; Cornell Beats Columbia, Moves Into First-Place Tie". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Juliano, Joe (November 19, 1995). "Penn Blasts Cornell, 37-18, in Season Finale". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
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