1887 Cornell Big Red football team

1887 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–2
Head coach	None
Captain	James H. Sheldon

1887 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					9	–	0	–	0
Penn State			–					2	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					10	–	1	–	0
Lafayette			–					7	–	2	–	0
Princeton			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					4	–	3	–	0
Williams			–					3	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	7	–	0
Wesleyan			–					4	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					2	–	6	–	0
Bucknell			–					0	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					0	–	2	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					0	–	2	–	0
Vermont			–					0	–	2	–	0

The 1887 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1887 college football season. In the first season of intercollegiate football at Cornell, the team compiled a 0–2 record, losing games to Union College (10–24) and Lehigh University (10–38).^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
November 12	Union (NY)	Ithaca, NY	L 10–24
November 24	vs. Lehigh	Elmira, NY	L 10–38	[2]

References

1. "Cornell Yearly Results (1887–1889)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
2. "Lehigh Beats Cornell". The Chicago Tribune. November 25, 1887. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.