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1889 Cornell

7–⁠2. The season’s Wikipedia article records 8–⁠4, over 12 games to the nine on file here.

Cornell, 1889
Photo: Thomas Hewett Waterman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Cornell in 1889, game by game: won vs. Bucknell 66–0; won vs. Lafayette 10–0; lost at Yale 6–56; won vs. Rochester (NY) 124–0; won vs. Stevens 39–4; lost vs. Yale 0–70; won vs. Michigan 66–0; won at Columbia 20–0; won vs. Lafayette 24–0+124−70Won 66–0 vs. Bucknell+66BucknellWon 10–0 vs. Lafayette+10LafayetteLost 6–56 at Yale-50YaleWon 124–0 vs. Rochester (NY)+124Rochester (NY)Won 39–4 vs. Stevens+35StevensLost 0–70 vs. Yale-70YaleWon 66–0 vs. Michigan+66MichiganWon 20–0 at Columbia+20ColumbiaWon 24–0 vs. Lafayette+24Lafayette
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 5vsBucknellW 66–⁠064%
Oct 12vsLafayetteW 10–⁠060%
Oct 15atYaleL 6–⁠5623%
Oct 19vsRochester (NY)W 124–⁠089%
Nov 2vsStevensW 39–⁠492%
Nov 9vsYaleL 0–⁠7029%
Nov 23vsMichiganW 66–⁠065%
Nov 26atColumbiaW 20–⁠073%
Nov 28vsLafayetteW 24–⁠067%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Lafayette 24–⁠0.

In program history: The 28th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Photographs from 1889

Photographs from the Library of Congress’s Prints & Photographs Division, with no known restrictions on publication. Captions as each collection catalogues them.

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1889.

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
355–⁠130
Coach
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Elo
1564 +86 this season
SP+ rating
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Recruiting class
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Captain
Daniel Upton