1951 Cornell Big Red football team

1951 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	George K. James (5th season)
Captain	Vic Pujo
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field

1951 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Bucknell			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 6 Princeton			–					9	–	0	–	0
Susquehanna			–					6	–	0	–	0
Trenton State			–					6	–	0	–	0
Northeastern			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 19 Holy Cross			–					8	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					6	–	2	–	0
Hofstra			–					6	–	2	–	1
Cornell			–					6	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Boston University			–					6	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
Villanova			–					5	–	3	–	0
Fordham			–					5	–	4	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					5	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	4	–	0
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth			–					4	–	5	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	5	–	1
Boston College			–					3	–	6	–	0
Yale			–					2	–	5	–	2
Pittsburgh			–					3	–	7	–	0
Geneva			–					2	–	5	–	0
Army			–					2	–	7	–	0
Brown			–					2	–	7	–	0
NYU			–					1	–	7	–	0
Tufts			–					0	–	7	–	2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University as an independent during the 1951 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach George K. James, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored its opponents 207 to 139. Vic Pujo was the team captain.^[1]

Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Syracuse	No. 20	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 21–14	25,000	[2]
October 6	at Colgate		Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY (rivalry)	W 41–18	12,000	[3]
October 13	Harvard	No. 17	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 42–6	20,000	[4]
October 20	at Yale	No. 14	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 27–0	30,000	[5]
October 27	at No. 8 Princeton	No. 12	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 15–53	49,000	[6]
November 3	Columbia		Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 20–21	21,000	[7]
November 10	Michigan		Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 20–7	35,300	[8]
November 17	at Dartmouth		Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	W 21–13	14,000	[9]
November 24	at Penn		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–7	40,000	[10]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Football Record Book" (PDF). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
2. "Merz Registers Three Touchdowns to Lead Cornell to Victory over Syracuse". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 30, 1951. p. S4.
3. Slattery, Jack (October 7, 1951). "12,000 See Cornell Rout Colgate, 41-18". The Sunday Press. Binghamton, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
4. McGowen, Roscoe (October 14, 1951). "Cornell Puts Harvard to Rout, Scoring Third Triumph in Row at Ithaca". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S3.
5. Danzig, Allison (October 21, 1951). "Big Red Air Drive Trims Ellis, 27 to 0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
6. Danzig, Allison (October 28, 1951). "Princeton Routs Cornell, 53-15; 18 in Row for Tiger". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
7. McGowen, Roscoe (November 4, 1951). "Columbia Tops Cornell, 21-20; Big Red Push Fails". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
8. Danzig, Allison (November 11, 1951). "Cornell Tops Michigan, 20-7; Big Red Rebounds". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
9. McGowen, Roscoe (November 18, 1951). "Cornell Conquers Dartmouth, 21-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
10. Danzig, Allison (November 25, 1951). "Penn Tops Cornell, 7-0; Quakers Hit Hard". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.