1990 Cornell Big Red football team

1990 Cornell Big Red football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	7–3 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Jim Hofher (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Chuck Driesbach (1st season)
Captain	Chris Cochrane, Rob Ryder, Paul Tully
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field

1990 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 17 Dartmouth +	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Cornell +	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Yale	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Harvard	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Penn	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Princeton	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Brown	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1990 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Ivy League. The Big Red were led by first-year head coach Jim Hofher and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. The Big Red finished the season 7–3 overall and 6–1 in Ivy League play to win Cornell's third Ivy League championship, sharing the title with Dartmouth.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	Princeton	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 17–14	14,000	[2]
September 22	at Colgate*	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY (rivalry)	L 24–59	5,805	[3]
September 29	Bucknell*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 21–42	7,500	[4]
October 6	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 20–17	16,300	[5]
October 13	at Lafayette*	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	W 38–16	9,852	[6]
October 20	Dartmouth	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 6–11	12,000	[7]
October 27	Brown	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 34–7	16,000	[8]
November 3	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 41–31	16,576	[9]
November 10	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY (rivalry)	W 41–0	860	[10]
November 17	Penn	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 21–15	12,000	[11]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "1990 Football Schedule". Cornell Athletics. Archived from the original on October 12, 2017. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
2. Benson, Frank (September 17, 1990). "Big Red Holds On to Outlast Princeton". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Benson, Frank (September 24, 1990). "'Gate Closes on Red, as the Raiders Roll". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Benson, Frank (October 1, 1990). "Biston Stampede Buries Cornell, 42-21". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Concannon, Joe (October 7, 1990). "Harvard Sacked by Cornell". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 66 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Meixell, Ted (October 14, 1990). "Lafayette 'Horrible' in 38-16 Defeat". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Herzog, Brad (October 22, 1990). "Dartmouth Dodges a Last-Second Cornell Bullet". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Herzog, Brad (October 29, 1990). "Big Red Beats Up on Brown, 34-7". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Berlet, Bruce (November 4, 1990). "Oliaro, Cornell Top Yale". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. C9, C11 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Herzog, Brad (November 12, 1990). "Big Red Buries Columbia, 41-0". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Juliano, Joe (November 18, 1990). "Quakers Defeated by Cornell, 21-15, as Late Drive Stalls". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 12-E – via Newspapers.com.