1996 Cornell Big Red football team

1996 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	4–6 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Jim Hofher (7th season)
Captains	Steve Busch Chad Levitt Seth Payne Brian Weidel
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field

1996 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 17 Dartmouth $		7	–	0					10	–	0
Columbia		5	–	2					8	–	2
Brown		4	–	3					5	–	5
Cornell		4	–	3					4	–	6
Penn		3	–	4					5	–	5
Harvard		2	–	5					4	–	6
Princeton		2	–	5					3	–	7
Yale		1	–	6					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1996 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for third in the Ivy League.

In its seventh season under head coach Jim Hofher, the team compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored 280 to 221. Steve Busch, Chad Levitt, Seth Payne and Brian Weidel were team captains.^[1]

Cornell's 4–3 conference record tied for third place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red were outscored 178 to 157 by Ivy opponents.^[2]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Princeton	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 33–27 ^2OT	14,120	[3]
September 28	at Lafayette*	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 19–30	5,828	[4]
October 5	at Buffalo*	University at Buffalo Stadium Amherst, NY	L 24–41	9,177	[5]
October 12	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 20–13	8,700	[6]
October 19	Colgate*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 21–31	5,943	[7]
October 26	Dartmouth	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 21–38	8,226	[8]
November 2	Brown	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 21–35	8,202	[9]
November 9	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 28–20	7,655	[10]
November 16	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY (rivalry)	L 10–24	7,055	[11]
November 23	Penn	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 24–21	5,223	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

References

1. "Football Record Book" (PDF). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 36–37. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. "Princeton Bows to Cornell in Ivy's First Overtime Game". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. Associated Press. September 22, 1996. p. C14 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Meixell, Ted (September 29, 1996). "Lafayette's Moore, Quincy Solve Cornell". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. McShea, Keith (October 7, 1996). "Bulls Turn Back Big Red, 41-24". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
6. McShea, Keith (October 14, 1996). "Levitt, CU Top Harvard". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
7. McShea, Keith (October 21, 1996). "'New' Red Raiders Overtake Cornell". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
8. McShea, Keith (October 28, 1996). "Big Red Falls Back with Loss". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
9. McShea, Keith (November 4, 1996). "CU's Ivy Title Hopes Take a Severe Hit". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
10. Berlet, Bruce (November 10, 1996). "Turnovers Ruin Yale's Turnaround". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E11 – via Newspapers.com.
11. McShea, Keith (November 18, 1996). "A Heartbreaker: Injury Stops Levitt Short of Goal; CU Falls". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
12. Juliano, Joe (November 24, 1996). "Cornell Ends Penn's Season on Sour Note". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.