2008 Cornell Big Red football team

2008 Cornell Big Red football
Conference Ivy League
2008 record 4–6 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach Jim Knowles (5th year)
Home stadium Schoellkopf Field
(Capacity: 25,597)
2008 Ivy League football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#15 Harvard $   6 1         9 1  
Brown   6 1         7 3  
Penn   5 2         6 4  
Yale   4 3         6 4  
Princeton   3 4         4 6  
Cornell   2 5         4 6  
Columbia   2 5         2 8  
Dartmouth   0 7         0 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2008 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jim Knowles and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 4–6, 2–5 in Ivy League play to finish in sixth place.

Schedule

Cornell's non-conference opponents were Bucknell, Lehigh and Colgate. Homecoming coincided with the home opener against Yale on September 27.[1]

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 20 6:00 PM at Bucknell* Christy Mathewson–Memorial StadiumLewisburg, PA W 21–20   5,173
September 27 1:00 PM Yaledagger Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY W 17–14   13,142
October 4 12:30 PM at Lehigh* Goodman StadiumBethlehem, PA W 25–24   10,460
October 11 12:00 PM at Harvard Harvard StadiumAllston, MA Versus L 17–38   11,263
October 18 1:00 PM Colgate* Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY L 22–38   8,542
October 25 12:30 PM at Brown Brown StadiumProvidence, RI L 7–27   9,298
November 1 1:00 PM Princeton Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY L 26–31   7,122
November 8 1:00 PM Dartmouth Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY W 37–14   4,132
November 15 12:30 PM at Columbia Wien StadiumManhattan, NY L 7–17   3,811
November 22 1:00 PM Penn Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY L 6–23   2,437
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

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