2019 Cornell Big Red football team
The 2019 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by seventh-year head coach David Archer and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. They finished the season 4–6 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to tie for fourth place.
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| 2019 record | 4–6 (3–4 Ivy) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Joe Villapiano (3rd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Jared Backus (7th season) |
| Captain | George L. Holm III, Jelani Taylor |
| Home stadium | Schoellkopf Field (Capacity: 25,597) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Dartmouth + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Yale + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Big Red enters Yale Bowl on September 28, 2019
Previous season
The Big Red finished the 2018 season 3–7, 2–5 in Ivy League play to finish in seventh place.
Preseason
Preseason media poll
The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Big Red were picked to finish in seventh place.[1]
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | Yale | 119 (9) |
| 2 | Dartmouth | 111 (2) |
| 3 | Princeton | 107 (4) |
| 4 | Harvard | 93 (1) |
| 5 | Penn | 67 |
| 6 | Columbia | 61 (1) |
| 7 | Cornell | 29 |
| 8 | Brown | 24 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 21 | Noon | at Marist* | RFN | W 21–7 | 2,157 | |
| September 28 | 1:00 p.m. | at Yale | ESPN+ | L 16–27 | 5,723 | |
| October 5 | 3:00 p.m. | Georgetown* | ESPN+ | L 8–14 | 8,745 | |
| October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at Harvard | ESPN+ | L 22–35 | 7,513 | |
| October 19 | 1:30 p.m. | Colgate* |
| ESPN+ | L 20–21 | 2,970 |
| October 26 | 1:30 p.m. | Brown |
| ESPN+ | W 37–35 | 4,271 |
| November 1 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 12 Princeton |
| ESPNU | L 7-21 | 1,745 |
| November 9 | 1:30 p.m. | at Penn | ESPN+ | L 20–21 | 11,487 | |
| November 16 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 11 Dartmouth | ESPN+ | W 20–17 | 3,245 | |
| November 23 | 1:30 p.m. | Columbia |
| ESPN+ | W 35–9 | 3,744 |
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Game summaries
at Marist
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Big Red | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Red Foxes | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Yale
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Big Red | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| Bulldogs | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 27 |
Georgetown
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Hoyas | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| Big Red | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
at Harvard
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Big Red | 7 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 22 |
| Crimson | 7 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 35 |
Colgate
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Raiders | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Big Red | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
Brown
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 6 | 6 | 13 | 10 | 35 |
| Big Red | 6 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 37 |
Princeton
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 12 Tigers | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Big Red | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
at Penn
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Big Red | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| Quakers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
at Dartmouth
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Big Red | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 |
| No. 11 Big Green | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
Columbia
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Lions | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Big Red | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
References
- "Yale Named League Favorite in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". ivyleague.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
- "2019 Football Cumulative Statistics". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- "2019 Cornell Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
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