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1975 Cornell

1–⁠8 (0–⁠7 Ivy League), coached by George Seifert.

Schedule and results

Cornell in 1975, game by game: lost vs. Colgate 22–24; won at Bucknell 21–6; lost vs. Princeton 8–16; lost vs. Harvard 13–34; lost at Yale 14–20; lost vs. Columbia 19–42; lost vs. Brown 23–45; lost at Dartmouth 10–33; lost at Pennsylvania 21–27+15−23Lost 22–24 vs. Colgate-2ColgateWon 21–6 at Bucknell+15BucknellLost 8–16 vs. Princeton-8PrincetonLost 13–34 vs. Harvard-21HarvardLost 14–20 at Yale-6YaleLost 19–42 vs. Columbia-23ColumbiaLost 23–45 vs. Brown-22BrownLost 10–33 at Dartmouth-23DartmouthLost 21–27 at Pennsylvania-6Pennsylvania
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsColgateL 22–⁠2459%
Oct 4atBucknellW 21–⁠680%
Oct 11vsPrincetonL 8–⁠1649%
Oct 18vsHarvardL 13–⁠3438%
Oct 25atYaleL 14–⁠2018%
Nov 1vsColumbiaL 19–⁠4274%
Nov 8vsBrownL 23–⁠4527%
Nov 15atDartmouthL 10–⁠3321%
Nov 22atPennsylvaniaL 21–⁠2727%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Pennsylvania 27–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Ivy League.

In program history: The 99th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
1–⁠8
Conference
0–⁠7 8th in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
151–⁠247
Coach
George Seifert
Elo
1286 −142 this season
SP+ rating
-15.3 No. 114 of 132; offense No. 84, defense No. 122
SRS
−25.9 No. 136 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Don Fanelli and Steve Horrigan

1975 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Harvard6–⁠17–⁠2
Brown5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Yale5–⁠27–⁠2
Dartmouth4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Princeton3–⁠44–⁠5
Pennsylvania2–⁠53–⁠6
Columbia2–⁠52–⁠7
Cornell0–⁠71–⁠8

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