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Schoellkopf Field

Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, NY, home of Cornell. Capacity 21,500. Opened October 9, 1915.

Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, NY
Schoellkopf Field, Ithaca, NYPhoto: Alex Sergeev, (www.asergeev.com) Originally uploaded by en:User:Cornell010, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
21,500
Opened
1915
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
844 ft
Home team
Cornell
Cornell here
48–⁠67 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: Cornell is 257–⁠161–⁠14 in home games from the 1915 season on. Our source names a game’s stadium only from 2001, so that count takes every earlier home game not marked neutral and may include a few played elsewhere.

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2003 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Schoellkopf Field by season, 2003 to 20260k5k10k15k20k25k2003: 6,050 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,5682004: 7,820 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,1682005: 7,669 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,7232006: 5,007 a game over 6 games; biggest 9,1422007: 8,697 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,0352008: 7,075 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,1422009: 7,177 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,8892010: 6,878 a game over 5 games; biggest 16,0262011: 7,145 a game over 5 games; biggest 14,0322012: 6,785 a game over 5 games; biggest 15,3332013: 7,002 a game over 5 games; biggest 15,4422014: 6,647 a game over 5 games; biggest 14,3332015: 8,125 a game over 5 games; biggest 16,0572016: 7,445 a game over 5 games; biggest 15,4932017: 6,793 a game over 5 games; biggest 13,5142018: 7,016 a game over 4 games; biggest 12,8012019: 4,295 a game over 5 games; biggest 8,7452021: 4,708 a game over 4 games; biggest 12,5552022: 7,546 a game over 4 games; biggest 14,8212023: 5,509 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,5252024: 5,918 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,4442025: 5,415 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,1422026: 8,980 a game over 2 games; biggest 12,54220032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

16,057Bucknell at Cornell2015
16,026Yale at Cornell2010
15,493Yale at Cornell2016
15,442Bucknell at Cornell2013
15,333Yale at Cornell2012

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Snow at kickoff

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Snow on game day

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database). Game days: the day’s high and snowfall at the NOAA station nearest the stadium, for Cornell’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Opened
October 9, 1915
Surface over the years
Artificial turf

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Schoellkopf Field.

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 160 by 190 meters (540 by 630 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Cornell 48, Lehigh 38
Oct 10, 2026Harvard 41, Cornell 29
Sep 26, 2026Cornell 38, Yale 25
Nov 22, 2025Columbia 29, Cornell 12
Nov 1, 2025Cornell 20, Princeton 17
Oct 25, 2025Cornell 30, Brown 24
Oct 18, 2025Cornell 30, Bucknell 20
Oct 4, 2025Colgate 41, Cornell 21
Nov 16, 2024Cornell 39, Dartmouth 22
Nov 9, 2024Pennsylvania 67, Cornell 49
Oct 11, 2024Harvard 38, Cornell 20
Oct 5, 2024UAlbany 31, Cornell 10