Cornell Big Red
IvyIthaca, NYSchoellkopf Field
2026: 3–2 (1–1 Ivy). Last: beat Lehigh 48–38 at home. Next: at Brown, Saturday, Oct 24, noon ET.
- L 7–20at Colgate
- W 38–25Yale
- W 35–14at Georgetown
- L 29–41Harvard
- W 48–38Lehigh
- Oct 24at Brown
- Oct 31at Princeton
- Nov 7Pennsylvania
- Nov 14Dartmouth
- Nov 21at Columbia
Cornell has played football since at least 1887 and is 566–466–32 in the 1,064 games on record. Cornell claims five national championships (1915, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1939). Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 4, in 1939. They have won three Ivy League titles (the last in 1990), counting shared titles. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 12 players and 5 coaches from Cornell. Gilmour Dobie (1920–1935) won more games here than any other coach: 82. The most-played rival is Pennsylvania: 110 meetings, Pennsylvania leads 65–40–5. This season, they’re 3–2.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 666–568–34 official; 566–466–32 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 0–0 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 4 of 42 ranked
- Elo now
- 1336
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 42 · Composite No. 30 in FCS, Oct 17; up 9 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 3 last in 1990
- Seasons
- 119 since 1887, 1,064 games
Identity
- Fight song
- Give My Regards to Davy
2026 season 3–2
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | at Colgate | L 7–20 | 38% |
| Sep 26 | vs Yale | W 38–25 | 31% |
| Oct 3 | at Georgetown | W 35–14 | 54% |
| Oct 10 | vs Harvard | L 29–41 | 37% |
| Oct 17 | vs Lehigh | W 48–38 | 26% |
| Oct 24 | at Brown | Preview | 50% |
| Oct 31 | at Princeton | Preview | 40% |
| Nov 7 | vs Pennsylvania | Preview | 61% |
| Nov 14 | vs Dartmouth | Preview | 58% |
| Nov 21 | at Columbia | Preview | 47% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
On the 2026 team
- Garrett Bass-Sulpizio1,087 passing yards, 6 TD (leads Cornell in passing yards)
- Tommy MacPherson37 tackles, 1 sack, 3 INT (leads Cornell in tackles)
- Jordan Triplett271 rushing yards, 4 TD (leads Cornell in rushing yards)
- Johnny Williamson33 tackles, 2 sacks
- Tyler Gibson30 tackles, 2 INT
- Brendan Lee18 catches, 265 yards, 1 TD (leads Cornell in receiving yards)
Program greats See all
Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Cornell.
Ed MarinaroHall of Fame, 1991
Bill WarnerHall of Fame, 1971
Charley BarrettHall of Fame, 1958- Nick DrahosHall of Fame, 1981
- Eddie KawHall of Fame, 1954
George PfannHall of Fame, 1957- Murray SheltonHall of Fame, 1973
- John E. O’HearnHall of Fame, 1972
- Clint WyckoffHall of Fame, 1970
Winchester OsgoodHall of Fame, 1970- Brud HollandHall of Fame, 1965
- Frank SundstromHall of Fame, 1978
Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
Program strength since 1887
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
 Bob Blackman | 1977–1981 | 19–27–1 |
| George Seifert | 1975–1976 | 3–15 |
| Jack Musick | 1966–1974 | 45–33–3 |
 Tom Harp | 1961–1965 | 19–23–3 |
| George James | 1947–1960 | 66–58–2 |
 Ed McKeever | 1946 | 5–3–1 |
 Carl Snavely | 1936–1940 | 27–10–2 |
 Gilmour Dobie | 1920–1935 | 82–36–7 |
| John H. Rush | 1919 | 3–5 |
| Albert Sharpe | 1912–1917 | 34–21–1 |
 Daniel Reed | 1910–1911 | 12–5–1 |
| George Walder | 1909 | 3–4–1 |
| Henry Schoellkopf | 1907–1908 | 15–3–1 |
 Pop Warner | 1897–1906 | 36–13–3 |
| Bill Warner | 1903 | 6–3–1 |
| Raymond Starbuck | 1901–1902 | 19–4 |
 Percy Haughton | 1899–1900 | 17–5 |
| Joseph Beacham | 1896 | 5–3–1 |
| Marshall Newell | 1894–1895 | 9–8–2 |
| Carl Johanson | 1892–1893 | 13–7–1 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Pennsylvania
40–65–5 in 110
- 2015 L 21–34
- 2016 L 20–42
- 2017 L 22–29
- 2018 L 7–20
- 2019 L 20–21
- 2021 W 15–12
- 2022 L 21–28
- 2023 L 8–23
- 2024 L 49–67
- 2025 W 39–17
Won the last one; holds the Trustees’ Cup.
Next: Nov 7
- Columbia
52–36–3 in 91
- 2015 W 3–0
- 2016 W 42–40
- 2017 L 8–18
- 2018 L 21–24
- 2019 W 35–9
- 2021 L 26–34
- 2022 L 22–45
- 2023 L 14–29
- 2024 L 9–17
- 2025 L 12–29
Lost the last five.
Next: Nov 21
- Colgate
48–39–3 in 90
- 2016 W 39–38
- 2017 L 7–21
- 2018 L 0–31
- 2019 L 20–21
- 2021 W 34–20
- 2022 W 34–31
- 2023 L 25–35
- 2024 L 24–41
- 2025 L 21–41
- 2026 L 7–20
Lost the last four.
| Opponent | Games | COR record |
|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 110 | 40–65–5 |
| Columbia | 91 | 52–36–3 |
| Colgate | 90 | 48–39–3 |
| Dartmouth | 87 | 32–54–1 |
| Princeton | 86 | 30–54–2 |
| Harvard | 69 | 21–47–1 |
| Yale | 67 | 20–45–2 |
| Brown | 50 | 23–26–1 |
Rivals the program names: Colgate, Columbia, Dartmouth.
The trophy it holds: Trustees’ Cup (Pennsylvania, since 2025). Who holds each comes from the games on file; the trophies from Wikipedia.
Every opponent (89)
Every program Cornell has played, A to Z, with Cornell’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- 47th Infantry 0–1
- Albright 2–0
- Alfred 3–0
- Allegheny 1–0
- Amherst 1–1
- Army 2–3
- Bowdoin 1–0
- Brown 23–26–1
- Bucknell 39–10
- Buffalo 3–0–1
- Canisius 1–0
- Carlisle 3–2
- Carnegie Mellon 3–0
- Chicago 1–2–2
- Chicago A.C. 1–1
- Cincinnati 0–1
- Clarkson 5–0
- Colgate 48–39–3
- Columbia 52–36–3
- Crescent A.C. 1–0
- Dartmouth 32–54–1
- Delaware 0–2
- Detroit A.C. 1–0
- Dickinson 1–0
- Fordham 1–4
- Franklin & Marshall 2–0
- Geneva 1–0
- Georgetown 3–2
- Gettysburg 3–0
- Hamilton 8–0
- Hampden Sydney 3–0
- Harvard 21–47–1
- Haverford 1–0
- Hobart 6–0
- Holy Cross 3–0
- Johns Hopkins 1–0
- Lafayette 9–5–1
- Lehigh 16–4–2
- Manhattan A.C. 1–0
- Marist 1–0
- Massachusetts 1–0
- Michigan 12–6
- Michigan State 1–0
- MIT 1–0
- Monmouth 1–1
- Navy 1–9
- New Hampshire 1–0
- New London Submarine Base 1–0
- New York University 2–0
- Niagara 13–0
- Oberlin 13–1–1
- Ohio State 2–0
- Palmyra 1–0
- Penn State 7–4–2
- Pennsylvania 40–65–5
- Pittsburgh 4–2
- Princeton 30–54–2
- Rensselaer 2–0
- Rice 0–2
- Richmond 4–1
- Rochester (NY) 9–0
- Rutgers 5–6
- Sacred Heart 1–2
- Sampson NTS 2–0
- Springfield 1–0
- St. Bonaventure 7–0–2
- St. Lawrence 2–1
- Stanford 0–1
- Stevens 2–0
- Susquehanna 3–0
- Swarthmore 2–1
- Syracuse 23–11
- Syracuse A.C. 1–0
- Towson 0–1
- Trinity (CT) 3–0
- Tufts 2–2
- UAlbany 1–2
- Union (NY) 8–0
- Ursinus 2–0
- Vermont 5–0
- Virginia Tech 1–0
- VMI 1–1
- Wagner 1–1
- Washington & Jefferson 4–0
- Washington and Lee 1–0
- Wesleyan (CT) 0–1
- Western Reserve 5–1
- Williams 13–5–3
- Yale 20–45–2
Conference titles
3, counting shared titles- Ivy League 3
- 1971 (shared), 1988 (shared), 1990 (shared)
As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1887–1917 and 1919–1955
- Ivy League 1982–2019 and since 2021
Cornell’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
National award winners
All awards| 1971 | Ed Marinaro RB | Maxwell |
Consensus All-Americans 19
Led the nation 4
| 1971 | Ed Marinaro rushing yards (1,881 yds), points per game (16.44) |
| 1964 | Bob Baker kickoff return average (35.1) |
| 1963 | Gary Wood kickoff return yards (618 yds), kickoff return average (32.5) |
| 1945 | Al Dekdebrun passing yards (1,227 yds) |
The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.
Heisman runners-up and finalists
The votes| 1971 | Ed Marinaro RB | 2nd |
Second to fifth in the vote, from each season’s Wikipedia article.
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 12
- Coaches
- 5
| 1991 | Ed Marinaro RB |
| 1987 | Bob Blackman coach here, 1977–1981 |
| 1981 | Nick Drahos OT/E |
| 1978 | Frank Sundstrom OT |
| 1973 | Murray Shelton E |
| 1972 | John E. O’Hearn E |
| 1971 | Bill Warner OG |
| 1970 | Clint Wyckoff QB |
| 1970 | Winchester Osgood RB |
| 1965 | Brud Holland E |
| 1965 | Carl Snavely coach here, 1936–1940 |
| 1958 | Charley Barrett QB |
| 1957 | George Pfann QB |
| 1954 | Eddie Kaw RB |
| 1951 | Gil Dobie coach, career 1906–1938 |
| 1951 | Percy Haughton coach here, 1899–1900 |
| 1951 | Pop Warner coach here, 1897–1906 |
In the draft
By college- NFL picks, rounds 1–7
- 6 since 1947
- First-round picks
- 0
- AAFC picks
- 1 1949
The school
Cornell University- Enrollment
- 26,793 16,128 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Ithaca, New York
- Public or private
- Private nonprofit; Research 1
- Founded
- 1865
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $104,043 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Old photographs
Hoffman, CornellPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication 
Benedict, CornellPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication 
Miller, CornellPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication 
Mueller, CornellPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication 
Eckley, CornellPhoto: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection, no known restrictions on publication
From the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. The records don’t give these a season; those they date are on their seasons’ pages.
On the newsreel
- PRINCETON
- PRINCETON MAULS CORNELL
- CORNELL CRUSHES YALE
- THE PIGSKIN PARADE — ARMY CRUSHES CORNELL, 27-6
- ELI'S 17, CORNELL 6
- NAVY TOPS CONRNELL, 14-0
- PENN OVERTAKES CORNELL, 22-20
- CORNELL BOWS ON 5TH DOWN RULING
- CORNELL TRIPS OHIO STATE, 21-7
- CORNELL CRUSHES SYRACUSE, 33-6
And 8 more
- CORNELL TROUNCES ARMY, 45-0
- GRIDIRON THRILLS OF THE WEEK
- CORNELL ROUTS DARTMOUTH
- CORNELL TOPS OHIO STATE
- CORNELL TROUNCES PRINCETON
- GRID HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK
- NEW STARS RISE IN GRID SKY
- GRID RIVALS FIGHT IT OUT
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Season by season
National championsShaded: national title seasons, No. 1 in the final AP poll or claimed by Cornell (5 claimed).
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1336 | ||||
| 2025 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 1250 | ||||
| 2024 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 1263 | ||||
| 2023 | 3–7 | 2–5 | 1163 | ||||
| 2022 | 5–5 | 2–5 | 1230 | ||||
| 2021 | 2–8 | 1–6 | 1191 | ||||
| 2019 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 1266 | ||||
| 2018 | 3–7 | 2–5 | 1205 | ||||
| 2017 | 3–7 | 3–4 | 1157 | ||||
| 2016 | 4–6 | 2–5 | 1153 | ||||
| 2015 | 1–9 | 1–6 | 1085 | ||||
| 2014 | 1–9 | 1–6 | 1079 | ||||
| 2013 | 3–7 | 2–5 | 1167 | ||||
| 2012 | 4–6 | 2–5 | 1206 | ||||
| 2011 | 5–5 | 3–4 | 1248 | ||||
| 2010 | 2–8 | 1–6 | 1106 | ||||
| 2009 | 2–8 | 1–6 | 1132 | ||||
| 2008 | 4–6 | 2–5 | 1190 | ||||
| 2007 | 5–5 | 2–5 | 1260 | ||||
| 2006 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 1312 | ||||
| 2005 | 6–4 | 4–3 | 1341 | ||||
| 2004 | 4–6 | 4–3 | 1209 | ||||
| 2003 | 1–9 | 0–7 | 1141 | ||||
| 1991 | 0–1 | 1336 | |||||
| 1983 | 0–1 | 1380 |
Every season back to 1887 (94 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 3–7 | 2–5 | Bob Blackman | 1357 | -21.1 | ||
| 1980 | 5–5 | 5–2 | Bob Blackman | 1466 | -1.6 | ||
| 1979 | 5–4 | 4–3 | Bob Blackman | 1466 | 6.0 | ||
| 1978 | 5–3–1 | 3–3–1 | Bob Blackman | 1435 | -2.7 | ||
| 1977 | 1–8 | 1–6 | Bob Blackman | 1295 | -12.1 | ||
| 1976 | 2–7 | 2–5 | George Seifert | 1329 | -4.7 | ||
| 1975 | 1–8 | 0–7 | George Seifert | 1286 | -15.3 | ||
| 1974 | 3–5–1 | 1–5–1 | Jack Musick | 1392 | -10.6 | ||
| 1973 | 3–5–1 | 2–5 | Jack Musick | 1459 | 4.6 | ||
| 1972 | 6–3 | 4–3 | Jack Musick | 1563 | 7.1 | ||
| 1971 | 8–1 | 6–1 | Jack Musick | 1617 | 11.9 | ||
| 1970 | 6–3 | 4–3 | Jack Musick | 1512 | 4.8 | ||
| 1969 | 4–5 | 4–3 | Jack Musick | 1475 | |||
| 1968 | 3–6 | 1–6 | Jack Musick | 1444 | |||
| 1967 | 6–2–1 | 4–2–1 | Jack Musick | 1582 | |||
| 1966 | 6–3 | 4–3 | Jack Musick | 1532 | |||
| 1965 | 4–3–2 | 3–3–1 | Tom Harp | 1510 | |||
| 1964 | 3–5–1 | 3–4 | Tom Harp | 1494 | |||
| 1963 | 5–4 | 4–3 | Tom Harp | 1437 | |||
| 1962 | 4–5 | 4–3 | Tom Harp | 1397 | |||
| 1961 | 3–6 | 2–5 | Tom Harp | 1387 | |||
| 1960 | 2–7 | 1–6 | George James | 1340 | |||
| 1959 | 5–4 | 3–4 | George James | 1459 | |||
| 1958 | 6–3 | 5–2 | George James | 1504 | |||
| 1957 | 3–6 | 3–4 | George James | 1393 | |||
| 1956 | 1–8 | 1–6 | George James | 1364 | |||
| 1955 | 5–4 | George James | 1510 | ||||
| 1954 | 5–4 | George James | 1560 | ||||
| 1953 | 4–3–2 | George James | 1486 | ||||
| 1952 | 2–7 | George James | 1455 | ||||
| 1951 | 6–3 | 20 | George James | 1637 | |||
| 1950 | 7–2 | 9 | George James | 1664 | |||
| 1949 | 8–1 | 17 | 12 | George James | 1652 | ||
| 1948 | 8–1 | 19 | George James | 1584 | |||
| 1947 | 4–5 | George James | 1400 | ||||
| 1946 | 5–3–1 | Ed McKeever | 1399 | ||||
| 1945 | 5–4 | 1368 | |||||
| 1944 | 5–4 | 1391 | |||||
| 1943 | 6–4 | 1420 | |||||
| 1942 | 3–5–1 | 1415 | |||||
| 1941 | 5–3 | 1614 | |||||
| 1940 | 6–2 | 1 | 15 | Carl Snavely | 1697 | ||
| 1939 | 8–0 | 12 | 4 | Carl Snavely | 1728 | ||
| 1938 | 5–1–1 | 12 | Carl Snavely | 1627 | |||
| 1937 | 5–2–1 | 19 | Carl Snavely | 1543 | |||
| 1936 | 3–5 | Carl Snavely | 1381 | ||||
| 1935 | 0–6–1 | Gilmour Dobie | 1324 | ||||
| 1934 | 2–5 | Gilmour Dobie | 1450 | ||||
| 1933 | 4–3 | Gilmour Dobie | 1545 | ||||
| 1932 | 5–2–1 | Gilmour Dobie | 1560 | ||||
| 1931 | 7–1 | Gilmour Dobie | 1589 | ||||
| 1930 | 6–2 | Gilmour Dobie | 1536 | ||||
| 1929 | 6–2 | Gilmour Dobie | 1495 | ||||
| 1928 | 3–3–2 | Gilmour Dobie | 1433 | ||||
| 1927 | 3–3–2 | Gilmour Dobie | 1472 | ||||
| 1926 | 6–1–1 | Gilmour Dobie | 1548 | ||||
| 1925 | 6–2 | Gilmour Dobie | 1544 | ||||
| 1924 | 4–4 | Gilmour Dobie | 1533 | ||||
| 1923 | 8–0 | Gilmour Dobie | 1697 | ||||
| 1922 | 8–0 | Gilmour Dobie | 1658 | ||||
| 1921 | 8–0 | Gilmour Dobie | 1624 | ||||
| 1920 | 6–2 | Gilmour Dobie | 1474 | ||||
| 1919 | 3–5 | John H. Rush | 1348 | ||||
| 1917 | 3–6 | Albert Sharpe | 1414 | ||||
| 1916 | 6–2 | Albert Sharpe | 1599 | ||||
| 1915 | 9–0 | Albert Sharpe | 1711 | ||||
| 1914 | 8–2 | Albert Sharpe | 1619 | ||||
| 1913 | 5–4–1 | Albert Sharpe | 1464 | ||||
| 1912 | 3–7 | Albert Sharpe | 1367 | ||||
| 1911 | 7–3 | Daniel Reed | 1540 | ||||
| 1910 | 5–2–1 | Daniel Reed | 1530 | ||||
| 1909 | 3–4–1 | George Walder | 1513 | ||||
| 1908 | 7–1–1 | Henry Schoellkopf | 1622 | ||||
| 1907 | 8–2 | Henry Schoellkopf | 1637 | ||||
| 1906 | 8–1–2 | Pop Warner | 1619 | ||||
| 1905 | 6–4 | Pop Warner | 1508 | ||||
| 1904 | 7–3 | Pop Warner | 1531 | ||||
| 1903 | 6–3–1 | Bill Warner | 1539 | ||||
| 1902 | 8–3 | Raymond Starbuck | 1635 | ||||
| 1901 | 11–1 | Raymond Starbuck | 1689 | ||||
| 1900 | 10–2 | Percy Haughton | 1614 | ||||
| 1899 | 7–3 | Percy Haughton | 1606 | ||||
| 1898 | 10–2 | Pop Warner | 1619 | ||||
| 1897 | 5–3–1 | Pop Warner | 1544 | ||||
| 1896 | 5–3–1 | Joseph Beacham | 1517 | ||||
| 1895 | 3–4–1 | Marshall Newell | 1481 | ||||
| 1894 | 6–4–1 | Marshall Newell | 1521 | ||||
| 1893 | 3–6–1 | Carl Johanson | 1453 | ||||
| 1892 | 10–1 | Carl Johanson | 1659 | ||||
| 1891 | 7–3 | 1566 | |||||
| 1890 | 8–4 | 1530 | |||||
| 1889 | 7–2 | 1564 | |||||
| 1888 | 4–2 | 1467 | |||||
| 1887few games on file | 0–1 | 1434 |
Officially 666–568–34 since 1887 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 566–466–32 (1,064 of its 1,268 games are on file). Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1918, 1982, 1984–90, 1992–2002, 2020: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.