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American college football season
Cornell players in their "away" uniforms
The 2018 Cornell Big Red football team represented
Cornell University in the
2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the
Ivy League . They were led by sixth-year head coach
David Archer and played their home games at
Schoellkopf Field . Cornell finished the season 3–7 overall 2–5 in Ivy League play to place seventh. Cornell averaged 6,601 fans per game.
Schedule
The 2018 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Big Red hosted Ivy League foes
Yale ,
Harvard ,
Penn , and
Dartmouth , and traveled to
Brown ,
Princeton , and
Columbia .
In 2018, Cornell's non-conference opponents were
Delaware of the
Colonial Athletic Association ,
Sacred Heart of the
Northeast Conference , and
Colgate of the
Patriot League .
[1]
Homecoming coincided with the home opener against Yale on September 22.
[2]
Cornell's 66–0 loss to
Princeton on October 27 was its worst defeat since a 77–0
defeat by Harvard in 1890 , 128 years earlier.
[3]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 15 3:30 p.m. at
Delaware *
BHAA L 10–2714,511
September 22 3:00 p.m.
Yale
ESPN+ L 24–3012,801
September 29 1:30 p.m.
Sacred Heart * Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY ESPN+ W 43–243,620
October 6 1:30 p.m.
Harvard Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY ESPN+ W 28–248,040
October 13 Noon at No. 20
Colgate *
PL Net L 0–313,112
October 20 1:00 p.m. at
Brown ESPN+ W 34–163,886
October 27 1:00 p.m. at No. 19
Princeton ESPN+ L 0–664,200
6:00 p.m.
Penn Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (
rivalry )
ESPNU L 7–201,056
November 10 1:30 p.m. No. 25
Dartmouth Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (
rivalry ) ESPN+ L 24–353,604
November 17 1:00 p.m. at
Columbia ESPN+ L 21–244,651
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from
STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in
Eastern time
Game summaries
At Delaware
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
3
0
0
7
10
Fightin' Blue Hens
7
7
0
13
27
Yale
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
14
3
6
7
30
Big Red
14
0
0
10
24
Sacred Heart
1
2
3
4
Total
Pioneers
3
7
7
7
24
Big Red
16
20
7
0
43
Harvard
1
2
3
4
Total
Crimson
7
0
10
7
24
Big Red
0
7
7
14
28
At Colgate
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
0
0
0
0
0
No. 20 Raiders
7
3
14
7
31
At Brown
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
0
14
7
13
34
Bears
0
10
0
6
16
At Princeton
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
0
0
0
0
0
No. 19 Tigers
21
24
7
14
66
Penn
1
2
3
4
Total
Quakers
0
3
7
10
20
Big Red
0
7
0
0
7
Dartmouth
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 25 Big Green
21
0
14
0
35
Big Red
0
17
0
7
24
At Columbia
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
0
7
0
14
21
Lions
10
0
0
14
24
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