1952 Cornell Big Red football team

1952 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7
Head coach
CaptainBill Whelan
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rochester   –   8 – 0 – 0
Hofstra   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 19 Princeton   –   8 – 1 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   7 – 1 – 0
Villanova   –   7 – 1 – 1
Holy Cross   –   8 – 2 – 0
Yale   –   7 – 2 – 0
Penn State   –   7 – 2 – 1
No. 14 Syracuse   –   7 – 3 – 0
Bucknell   –   6 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   6 – 3 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   6 – 3 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   4 – 3 – 0
Harvard   –   5 – 4 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 4 – 1
Penn   –   4 – 3 – 2
Army   –   4 – 4 – 1
Boston College   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Drexel   –   3 – 4 – 0
Fordham   –   2 – 5 – 1
NYU   –   2 – 5 – 1
Columbia   –   2 – 6 – 1
Brown   –   2 – 7 – 0
Cornell   –   2 – 7 – 0
Dartmouth   –   2 – 7 – 0
Temple   –   2 – 7 – 1
Buffalo   –   1 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University as an independent during the 1952 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach George K. James, the team compiled a 2–7 record and was outscored 195 to 68. Bill Whelan was the team captain.[1]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 Colgate
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 7–14 14,000 [2]
October 4 Navy
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 7–31 25,000 [3]
October 11 at Syracuse
L 6–26 23,000 [4]
October 18 at Yale
L 0–13 31,000 [5]
October 25 Princeton
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 0–27 28,000 [6]
November 1 at Columbia
W 21–14 22,000 [7]
November 8 at Michigan
L 7–49 51,102 [8]
November 15 Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 13–7 14,000 [9]
November 27 at Penn
L 7–14 40,000 [10]

References

  1. ^ "Football Record Book" (PDF). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. ^ Warner, Dave (September 28, 1952). "Raiders Upset Cornell, 14-7; Owens Scores on 100-Yard Run". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, N.Y. p. 1D – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (October 5, 1952). "Alert Middies Trip Cornell by 31 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. ^ Strauss, Michael (October 12, 1952). "Orange Long Runs Beat Cornell, 26-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ Strauss, Michael (October 19, 1952). "Swift Eli Thrusts Trip Cornell, 13-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Effrat, Louis (October 26, 1952). "Tigers Vanquish Cornell by 27-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 2, 1952). "Cornell Trips Columbia, 21-14; Big Red Stops Lion". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ Middlesworth, Hal (November 9, 1952). "Cornell Pays Penalty for Upset, 49-7". The Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Mich. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Cornell Vanquishes Dartmouth, 13 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 16, 1952. p. S1.
  10. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 28, 1952). "Penn Takes Ivy Honors by Halting Stubborn Cornell". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 29.