2008 Cornell Big Red football team

The 2008 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jim Knowles and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York. Cornell finished the season 4–6, 2–5 in Ivy League play, to finish in sixth place.

2008 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
2008 record4–6 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBruce Barnum (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorClayton Carlin (2nd season)
CaptainTommy Bleymaier, Nathan Ford, Graham Rihn
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
(Capacity: 25,597)
2008 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 15 Harvard +  6 1     9 1  
Brown +  6 1     7 3  
Penn  5 2     6 4  
Yale  4 3     6 4  
Princeton  3 4     4 6  
Cornell  2 5     4 6  
Columbia  2 5     2 8  
Dartmouth  0 7     0 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 206:00 p.m.at Bucknell*W 21–205,173[1]
September 271:00 p.m.YaleW 17–1413,142[2]
October 412:30 p.m.at Lehigh*W 25–2410,460[3]
October 11Noonat HarvardVersusL 17–3811,263[4]
October 181:00 p.m.Colgate*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 22–388,542[5]
October 2512:30 p.m.at BrownL 7–279,298[6]
November 11:00 p.m.Princeton
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 26–317,122[7]
November 81:00 p.m.Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 37–144,132[8]
November 1512:30 p.m.at ColumbiaL 7–173,811[9]
November 221:00 p.m.Penn
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 6–232,437[10]

References

  1. Thomas, Brandon (September 22, 2008). "Blocked PAT Lifts Cornell in Opener". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1C, 2C via Newspapers.com.
  2. Thomas, Brandon (September 28, 2008). "Big Red Washes Out Yale". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1C via Newspapers.com.
  3. Groller, Keith (October 5, 2008). "Bitter End ... Again for Lehigh". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Blaudschun, Mark (October 12, 2008). "Crimson in Thick of It". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C19 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Thomas, Brandon (October 20, 2008). "'Back to Square One': Behind Backup RB, Colgate Runs Roughshod over Big Red". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1C, 2C via Newspapers.com.
  6. "2008 Football Schedule". Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  7. Thomas, Brandon (November 3, 2008). "Big Red on Wrong End of a Wild Finish". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1C, 2C via Newspapers.com.
  8. Thomas, Brandon (November 10, 2008). "Blocked Kicks Spur Big Red Past Dartmouth". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1C via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Knowlin's Punt Return Clinches Columbia Win over CU". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. November 17, 2008. pp. 1C, 2C via Newspapers.com.
  10. Scurria, Andrew (November 23, 2008). "Quakers Finish by Stopping Cornell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E5 via Newspapers.com.
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