Cornell Big Red

4-62025 record

Ivy · Schoellkopf Field · 21,500 · 5,414 avg in 2025

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetat Colgate · our model 22% Cornell Big Red · a number, not a pick

Openerat Colgate · Sat Sep 19 · 1 pm ET · Andy Kerr Stadium · series 48-38-3, lost the last 3

Updated Tue Sep 15 · preseason

FCS Program Prestige · Cornell Big Red

National Program

National Program — sustained top-25 expectations across cycles.

T1Regional
T2Mid-Major
T3Power
T4National
T5Blue Blood
T6Dynasty
T7All-Time

All-time record · Cornell Big Red

Cornell Big Red has won 53% of its games since 1887 — 67% at home, 35% on the road.

563-464-32 all-time · 118 seasons · 1887–2025

Home 407-190-12
Away 155-270-20
Neutral 1-4
69% 1880s
63% 1890s
72% 1900s
60% 1910s
72% 1920s
59% 1930s
62% 1940s
49% 1950s
44% 1960s
44% 1970s
38% 1980s
1 g 1990s
39% 2000s
30% 2010s
36% 2020s

Program memory

What this program never forgets

Most weeks vanish. These didn’t.

1890

Penn rivalry (sixth-most played)

Cornell-Penn is the sixth-most played rivalry in college football history

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

Won 39-17 at Pennsylvania

Week 11 of 2025. Won as a 8-point underdog — the result the market didn't see coming.

Decisive MarginUpset · was a 8-point underdog

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ConferenceWhere this team sits in this season's conference standings.

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.

#ProgramRecord
1Harvard6-1
2Yale6-1
3Dartmouth4-3
4Pennsylvania4-3
5Cornell3-4
6Brown2-5
7Princeton2-5
8Columbia1-6
Coaching historyEvery hire and departure on record, not just the current era.

Coaching history

  • Bob Blackman departs19-27-1, 5 seasons
  • Hired Bob Blackman1977
  • Tom Harp departs19-23-3, 5 seasons
  • Hired Tom Harp1961
  • George James departs66-58-2, 14 seasons
  • Hired George James1947
  • Ed McKeever departs5-3-1, 1 season
  • Hired Ed McKeever1946
Cultural identityWhat college football loses if this program didn't exist.
CFB Zeitgeist · team-pages synth v1.0 “Go Big Red.”
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