1977 Cornell

1–⁠8 (1–⁠6 Ivy League), coached by Bob Blackman.

Schedule and results

Cornell in 1977, game by game: lost at Pennsylvania 7–17; lost vs. Colgate 22–28; lost vs. Rutgers 14–30; lost vs. Harvard 7–17; lost at Brown 3–21; lost at Dartmouth 13–17; lost vs. Yale 0–28; won vs. Columbia 20–7; lost at Princeton 0–34+13−34Lost 7–17 at Pennsylvania-10PennsylvaniaLost 22–28 vs. Colgate-6ColgateLost 14–30 vs. Rutgers-16RutgersLost 7–17 vs. Harvard-10HarvardLost 3–21 at Brown-18BrownLost 13–17 at Dartmouth-4DartmouthLost 0–28 vs. Yale-28YaleWon 20–7 vs. Columbia+13ColumbiaLost 0–34 at Princeton-34Princeton
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 17atPennsylvaniaL 7–⁠1741%
Sep 24vsColgateL 22–⁠2837%
Oct 1vsRutgersL 14–⁠3032%
Oct 8vsHarvardL 7–⁠1738%
Oct 15atBrownL 3–⁠2116%
Oct 22atDartmouthL 13–⁠1715%
Oct 29vsYaleL 0–⁠2822%
Nov 5vsColumbiaW 20–⁠752%
Nov 12atPrincetonL 0–⁠3433%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Princeton 34–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 7th in the Ivy League.

In program history: The 98th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 119 on file).

Record
1–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠6 tied for 7th in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
86–⁠199
Coach
Bob Blackman
Elo
1295 −91 this season
SP+ rating
-12.1 No. 110 of 140; offense No. 131, defense No. 72
SRS
−15.9 No. 127 of 145 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Tony Anzalone and Terry Lee

1977 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Yale6–⁠17–⁠2
Brown5–⁠27–⁠2
Dartmouth4–⁠36–⁠3
Pennsylvania4–⁠35–⁠4
Harvard4–⁠34–⁠5
Princeton3–⁠43–⁠6
Columbia1–⁠62–⁠7
Cornell1–⁠61–⁠8

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