1919 Cornell Big Red football team

1919 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5
Head coach	John H. Rush (1st season)
Captain	Fritz Shiverick
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field

1919 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Harvard			–					9	–	0	–	1
Penn State			–					7	–	1	–	0
Swarthmore			–					7	–	1	–	0
Dartmouth			–					6	–	1	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	1	–	1
New Hampshire			–					7	–	2	–	0
Lafayette			–					6	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					6	–	2	–	0
Williams			–					6	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					8	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					6	–	2	–	1
Pittsburgh			–					6	–	2	–	1
Lehigh			–					6	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	2	–	1
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	2
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					5	–	3	–	0
Holy Cross			–					5	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					5	–	3	–	0
Yale			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	1
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					5	–	4	–	1
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	3
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Vermont			–					3	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	4	–	2
Tufts			–					2	–	5	–	0
Buffalo			–					0	–	5	–	1
Rhode Island State			–					0	–	8	–	1
Drexel			–					0	–	4	–	0

The 1919 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1919 college football season. In their first season under head coach John H. Rush, the Big Red compiled a 3–5 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 95 to 34.^[1][2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 4	Oberlin	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 9–0
October 11	Williams	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 3–0
October 18	Colgate	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 0–21
October 25	vs. Dartmouth	Polo Grounds New York, NY (rivalry)	L 0–9
November 1	Lafayette	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 2–21
November 8	Carnegie Tech	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 20–0
November 15	Penn State	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–20
November 27	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–24	25,000	[3]

References

1. "Cornell Yearly Results (1915–1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
2. "1919 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
3. "Penn Grid Team Gives Thanks By Bumping Cornell: Colorful Crowd Sees the Quakers Win Thanksgiving Day Game, 24-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 28, 1919. pp. 1, 16 – via Newspapers.com.