1969 Cornell

4–⁠5 (4–⁠3 Ivy League), coached by Jack Musick.

Schedule and results

Cornell in 1969, game by game: lost vs. Colgate 24–28; lost at Rutgers 7–21; lost vs. Princeton 17–24; won vs. Harvard 41–24; lost at Yale 0–17; won vs. Columbia 10–3; won vs. Brown 14–7; lost at Dartmouth 7–24; won at Pennsylvania 28–14+17−17Lost 24–28 vs. Colgate-4ColgateLost 7–21 at Rutgers-14RutgersLost 17–24 vs. Princeton-7PrincetonWon 41–24 vs. Harvard+17HarvardLost 0–17 at Yale-17YaleWon 10–3 vs. Columbia+7ColumbiaWon 14–7 vs. Brown+7BrownLost 7–24 at Dartmouth-17DartmouthWon 28–14 at Pennsylvania+14Pennsylvania
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsColgateL 24–⁠2869%
Oct 4atRutgersL 7–⁠2129%
Oct 11vsPrincetonL 17–⁠2444%
Oct 18vsHarvardW 41–⁠2433%
Oct 25atYaleL 0–⁠1721%
Nov 1vsColumbiaW 10–⁠377%
Nov 8vsBrownW 14–⁠777%
Nov 15atDartmouthL 7–⁠2418%
Nov 22atPennsylvaniaW 28–⁠1445%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Pennsylvania 28–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Ivy League.

In program history: The 57th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

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 1969.

Record
4–⁠5
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
148–⁠162
Coach
Jack Musick
Elo
1475 +12 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−21.0 No. 112 of 122 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Dennis Huff and Theo Jacobs

1969 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Dartmouth6–⁠18–⁠1
Yale6–⁠17–⁠2
Princeton6–⁠16–⁠3
Cornell4–⁠34–⁠5
Pennsylvania2–⁠54–⁠5
Harvard2–⁠53–⁠6
Brown1–⁠62–⁠7
Columbia1–⁠61–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.