Cornell Big Red · Next-Season Outcome Band
Fanbase Health Index · Cornell Big Red · medium confidence
FCS Program Prestige · Cornell Big Red1890
Penn rivalry (sixth-most played)
Cornell-Penn is the sixth-most played rivalry in college football history
Cornell Big Red4-6Hope-Doping·Offseason
Cornell football is the program that Pop Warner built into a dynasty (five national titles, three undefeated seasons), and still plays the game the way he taught it — with intelligence, tradition, and pride in the sport itself.
Title DroughtSince 1990 · 35 yrs
The fanbase believes Penn holds the sixth-most played rivalry in college football history against Cornell, and that Penn has won more Ivy titles in the modern era. Cornell built the foundation of Ivy…
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Cornell football is the program that Pop Warner built into a dynasty (five national titles, three undefeated seasons), and still plays the game the way he taught it — with intelligence, tradition, and pride in the sport itself.
Big Red country waits.
Cornell Big Red · Next-Season Outcome Band
Floor / Base / Ceiling
Floor 2-10
Base 4-8
Ceiling 7-5
floor2-10Sub-.500 season. Playoff bid out of reach.
base4-8Mid-table finish. Conference title a stretch.
ceiling7-5Conference title race. Playoff bid in play.
Variance assumed at ±2 wins from last-season record. Replace with the season-path projection once preview data is built.
Recent Form · last 10 games
Mixed
Three of five. Trending up, not yet hot.
Streak L2Last 5 · 3-2Last 10 · 4-6
Community pulse
No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.
The Pulse on Cornell Big Red
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Big Red country waits.
What moved it — fall camp · last 14 days
Camp
Fall camp open — install + scrimmage cycle
ongoing
Kickoff
Season opener in 16 days
kickoff
"Go Big Red."
— Cornell Big Red fanbase · recurring line
3 mentions · awaiting signal
Fanbase Health Index · Cornell Big Red · medium confidence
Stable (46)
DecliningStableGrowingSurging
On-Field — 4-6 (40% win rate)52
Volume — 3 effective signal-N40
Player stats — 2025 season
No player stats logged for this program yet — stats appear once the season is underway.
Cornell Big Red · 2025 schedule & results4-6Balanced slateAverage opponent win rate 48% · 0 AP top-25 opponents on the schedule.
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Sep 20 | — | #197 | -3 | @UAlbany | L 10–13 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 5 | Sep 27 | #233 | #211 | +19.5 | @Yale | L 24–41 | 0-2 | 0-1 |
| 6 | Oct 4 | #234 | #233 | +1.5 | Colgate | L 21–41 | 0-3 | 0-1 |
| 7 | Oct 10 | #249 | #160 | +32.5 | @Harvard | L 10–34 | 0-4 | 0-2 |
| 8 | Oct 18 | #247 | #234 | -4 | Bucknell | W 30–20 | 1-4 | 0-2 |
| 9 | Oct 25 | #242 | #226 | +2.5 | Brown | W 30–24 | 2-4 | 1-2 |
| 10 | Nov 1 | #232 | #219 | +3.5 | Princeton | W 20–17 | 3-4 | 2-2 |
| 11 | Nov 8 | #230 | #214 | +8 | @Pennsylvania | W 39–17 | 4-4 | 3-2 |
| 12 | Nov 15 | #210 | #184 | +10 | @Dartmouth | L 14–24 | 4-5 | 3-3 |
| 13 | Nov 22 | #212 | #239 | -9.5 | Columbia | L 12–29 | 4-6 | 3-4 |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22 | Columbia | L 12–29 | — | — | — | +0.035 | 41.7% | 100.7% | |
| Nov 15 | @Dartmouth | L 14–24 | — | — | — | +0.169 | 50.8% | 91.0% | |
| Nov 8 | @Pennsylvania | W 39–17 | — | — | — | +0.524 | 66.2% | 104.6% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Nov 1 | Princeton | W 20–17 | — | — | — | +0.059 | 48.6% | 82.7% | One-score win |
| Oct 25 | Brown | W 30–24 | — | — | — | +0.111 | 45.8% | 119.6% | One-score win |
| Oct 18 | Bucknell | W 30–20 | — | — | — | +0.077 | 51.3% | 95.2% | |
| Oct 10 | @Harvard | L 10–34 | — | — | — | -0.238 | 31.0% | 122.5% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Oct 4 | Colgate | L 21–41 | — | — | — | +0.053 | 49.4% | 96.9% | Defense's roughest night |
| Sep 27 | @Yale | L 24–41 | — | — | — | -0.034 | 38.4% | 97.2% | Best defensive stand |
| Sep 20 | @UAlbany | L 10–13 | — | — | — | +0.002 | 47.5% | 79.4% | One-score loss |
| Season average (10 games) | — | — | +0.076 | 47.1% | 99.0% | ||||
Schedule mirage
How much of Cornell Big Red's number is the schedule?
Raw EPA/play through week 21 is 0.08; 37th percentile once opponent strength is stripped out, it's 0.02. The widest gap came in week 21: 0.08 raw vs. 0.02 adjusted.
Home-Field Advantage · Cornell Big Red · 2018-present
Above-Average
37% home win rate vs 34% on the road. margin runs +4.9 better at home. Schoellkopf Field seats 21,500, averaging 29% full (6,171 attendance, 8 games reported).
Home13-22Away12-23
Venue texture
56°F average kickoff temp; 28% of games had measurable precipitation; 9 mph average wind.
Based on 25 home games with weather data.
FCS Program Prestige · Cornell Big Red
National Program
All-Time Record
563-464-32
since 1887 · 118 seasons · .531 win rate
HOME
407-190-12
AWAY
155-270-20
NEUTRAL
1-4
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Ivy Standing · 2025
5th in the Ivy
Cornell Big Red sits 5th of 8 in the Ivy at 3-4. Mid-conference — moves up or down depend on rivalry results and the late-season closing run.
| # | Program | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard | 6-1 |
| 2 | Yale | 6-1 |
| 3 | Dartmouth | 4-3 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | 4-3 |
| 5 | Cornell | 3-4 |
| 6 | Brown | 2-5 |
| 7 | Princeton | 2-5 |
| 8 | Columbia | 1-6 |
Program memory
What this program never forgets
Most weeks vanish. These didn’t.
1906
Pop Warner Era
Pop Warner coaches at Cornell and builds the foundation of the program
1923
Three undefeated seasons
Gil Dobie leads Cornell to three consecutive undefeated seasons (1920–1923)
Moment of the Year · Cornell Big Red · 2025
Moment of the Year · Cornell Big Red · 2025Won 39-17 at Pennsylvania
Week 11 of 2025. A statement margin. Recruiting boards re-rendered overnight.
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