2018 Cornell Big Red football team
The 2018 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by sixth-year head coach David Archer and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell finished the season 3–7 overall 2–5 in Ivy League play to place seventh.
| 2018 Cornell Big Red football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| 2018 record | 3–7 (2–5 Ivy) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Joe Villapiano (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Jared Backus (6th season) |
| Captain | J. Edward Keating, Reis Seggebruch |
| Home stadium | Schoellkopf Field (Capacity: 25,597) |
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| No. 11 Princeton $ | 7 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Dartmouth | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 3 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 0 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous season
The Big Red finished the 2017 season 3–7, 3–4 in Ivy League play, to finish tied for fifth place.
Schedule
The 2018 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Big Red hosted Ivy League foes Yale, Harvard, Penn, and Dartmouth, and traveled to Brown, Princeton, and Columbia.
In 2018, Cornell's non-conference opponents were Delaware of the Colonial Athletic Association, Sacred Heart of the Northeast Conference, and Colgate of the Patriot League.[1] Homecoming coincided with the home opener against Yale on September 22.[2]
Cornell's 66–0 loss to Princeton on October 27 was its worst defeat since a 77–0 defeat by Harvard in 1890, 128 years earlier.[3]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 15 | 3:30 p.m. | at Delaware* | BHAA | L 10–27 | 14,511 | |
| September 22 | 3:00 p.m. | Yale | ESPN+ | L 24–30 | 12,801 | |
| September 29 | 1:30 p.m. | Sacred Heart* |
| ESPN+ | W 43–24 | 3,620 |
| October 6 | 1:30 p.m. | Harvard |
| ESPN+ | W 28–24 | 8,040 |
| October 13 | Noon | at No. 20 Colgate* | PL Net | L 0–31 | 3,112 | |
| October 20 | 1:00 p.m. | at Brown | ESPN+ | W 34–16 | 3,886 | |
| October 27 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 19 Princeton | ESPN+ | L 0–66 | 4,200 | |
| November 2 | 6:00 p.m. | Penn |
| ESPNU | L 7–20 | 1,056 |
| November 10 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 25 Dartmouth |
| ESPN+ | L 24–35 | 3,604 |
| November 17 | 1:00 p.m. | at Columbia | ESPN+ | L 21–24 | 4,651 | |
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Game summaries
at Delaware
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Big Red | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Fightin' Blue Hens | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 27 |
Yale
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bulldogs | 14 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| Big Red | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
Sacred Heart
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Pioneers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Big Red | 16 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 43 |
Harvard
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Crimson | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| Big Red | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
at Colgate
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Big Red | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 20 Raiders | 7 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
at Brown
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Big Red | 0 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| Bears | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
at Princeton
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Big Red | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 19 Tigers | 21 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 66 |
Penn
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Quakers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| Big Red | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Dartmouth
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 25 Big Green | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| Big Red | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
at Columbia
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Big Red | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Lions | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
References
- "2018 Football Schedule". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
- "Homecoming". Cornell University. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
- Zachary Silver, Raphy Gendler (27 October 2018). "Football Embarrassed by Princeton, 66-0, for Worst Loss in 128 Years". Cornell Daily Sun. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
The last time Cornell suffered a loss this demoralizing was Nov. 1, 1890 — a 77-0 thrashing at the hands of Harvard.