1996 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1996 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for third in the Ivy League.

1996 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
1996 record4–6 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Steve Busch
  • Chad Levitt
  • Seth Payne
  • Brian Weidel
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
1996 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 17 Dartmouth $  7 –0     10 –0  
Columbia  5 –2     8 –2  
Brown  4 –3     5 –5  
Cornell  4 –3     4 –6  
Penn  3 –4     5 –5  
Harvard  2 –5     4 –6  
Princeton  2 –5     3 –7  
Yale  1 –6     2 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

In its seventh season under head coach Jim Hofher, the team compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored 280 to 221. Steve Busch, Chad Levitt, Seth Payne and Brian Weidel were team captains.[1]

Cornell's 4–3 conference record tied for third place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red were outscored 178 to 157 by Ivy opponents.[2]

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21 Princeton
W 33–27 2OT 14,120 [3]
September 28 at Lafayette*
L 19–30 5,828 [4]
October 5 at Buffalo*
L 24–41 9,177 [5]
October 12 at Harvard
W 20–13 8,700 [6]
October 19 Colgate*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 21–31 5,943 [7]
October 26 Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 21–38 8,226 [8]
November 2 Brown
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 21–35 8,202 [9]
November 9 at Yale
W 28–20 7,655 [10]
November 16 at Columbia
L 10–24 7,055 [11]
November 23 Penn
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 24–21 5,223 [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. pp. 36–37. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. "Princeton Bows to Cornell in Ivy's First Overtime Game". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. September 22, 1996. p. C14 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Meixell, Ted (September 29, 1996). "Lafayette's Moore, Quincy Solve Cornell". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. McShea, Keith (October 7, 1996). "Bulls Turn Back Big Red, 41-24". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  6. McShea, Keith (October 14, 1996). "Levitt, CU Top Harvard". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  7. McShea, Keith (October 21, 1996). "'New' Red Raiders Overtake Cornell". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  8. McShea, Keith (October 28, 1996). "Big Red Falls Back with Loss". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
  9. McShea, Keith (November 4, 1996). "CU's Ivy Title Hopes Take a Severe Hit". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Berlet, Bruce (November 10, 1996). "Turnovers Ruin Yale's Turnaround". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E11 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. McShea, Keith (November 18, 1996). "A Heartbreaker: Injury Stops Levitt Short of Goal; CU Falls". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Juliano, Joe (November 24, 1996). "Cornell Ends Penn's Season on Sour Note". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
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