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1904 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Captain James Lynah
Home stadiumPercy Field
Seasons
←  1903
1905 →
1904 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn     12 0 0
Western U. of Penn.     10 0 0
Dartmouth     7 0 1
Yale     10 1 0
Amherst     9 1 0
Colgate     8 1 1
Carlisle     10 2 0
Lafayette     8 2 0
Princeton     8 2 0
Army     7 2 0
Fordham     4 1 1
Harvard     7 2 1
Dickinson     8 3 1
Columbia     7 3 0
Cornell     7 3 0
Villanova     4 2 1
Syracuse     6 3 0
Swarthmore     6 3 0
Washington & Jefferson     5 3 1
Penn State     6 4 0
Temple     3 2 0
Brown     6 5 0
Bucknell     3 3 0
Springfield Training School     4 4 1
NYU     3 6 0
Holy Cross     2 5 2
Wesleyan     3 7 0
Geneva     1 4 2
Vermont     1 5 2
New Hampshire     2 5 0
Rutgers     1 6 2
Tufts     2 9 1
Lehigh     1 8 0
Frankin & Marshall     0 10 0

The 1904 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1904 college football season. In their third, non-consecutive season under head coach Pop Warner, the Big Red compiled a 7–3 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 226 to 92. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Colgate
W 17–0 [3]
October 1 Rochester
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 29–6
October 5 Hobart
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 24–0
October 8 Hamilton
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 34–0
October 15 Bucknell
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 24–12
October 22 Franklin & Marshall
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 36–5
October 29 Princeton
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 6–18
November 5 Lehigh
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 50–5
November 12at ColumbiaL 6–128,000 [4]
November 24at PennL 0–34> 20,000 [5]

References

  1. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1900–1904)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1904 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Colgate Easy For Cornell: Ithacans Showed Up Weakest at Center". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. September 29, 1904. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Columbia Victor Over Cornell Team". The New York Times. November 13, 1904. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Pennsy Triumphs Over Cornell, 34 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 25, 1904. pp. 1, 11 – via Newspapers.com.