1941 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1941 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Carl Snavely, the team compiled a 5–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 88 to 65.[1] The team played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

1941 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
1941 record5–3
Head coachCarl Snavely (6th season)
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainPeter Wolff
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
1941 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Duquesne      8 0 0
No. 6 Fordham      8 1 0
No. 15 Penn      7 1 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 1 1
Penn State      7 2 0
Temple      7 2 0
Harvard      5 2 1
Syracuse      5 2 1
Boston College      7 3 0
Hofstra      5 2 0
Drexel Tech      4 2 1
Boston University      5 3 0
Cornell      5 3 0
Tufts      5 3 0
Army      5 3 1
Brown      5 4 0
Dartmouth      5 4 0
Villanova      4 4 0
Manhattan      4 4 1
Holy Cross      4 4 2
Colgate      3 3 2
Buffalo      3 4 1
Massachusetts State      3 4 1
Columbia      3 5 0
Pittsburgh      3 6 0
Princeton      2 6 0
NYU      2 7 0
Carnegie Tech      1 7 0
Yale      1 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4SyracuseW 6–018,000[2]
October 11at HarvardW 7–020,000[3]
October 18at No. 7 Navy
L 0–1445,000[4]
October 25Colgate
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 21–2[5]
November 1at Columbia
L 0–715,000[6]
November 8Yale
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 21–718,000[7]
November 15Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 33–1918,000[8]
November 22at No. 13 PennL 0–1674,000[9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1941 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  2. "Cornell Ekes Out 6-0 Win Over Syracuse". New York Daily News. October 5, 1941. p. 92 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Pass Wins for Cornell, 7-0, Over Harvard". New York Daily News. October 12, 1941. p. 97 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Navy beats Cornell". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. October 19, 1941. p. 2B.
  5. "Cornell Conquers Colgate, 21 to 2". New York Daily News. October 26, 1941. p. 91 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Joe Trimble (November 2, 1941). "Lions Defeat Cornell, 7-0, On 54-yd Governali Run". New York Daily News. p. 86 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Cornell Hands Yale 5th Setback, 21-7". New York Daily News. November 9, 1941. p. 97 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Cornell Is Victor Over Dartmouth". The Hartford Courant. November 16, 1941. p. IV-1 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Cy Peterman (November 23, 1941). "74,000 See Penn Beat Cornell, 16-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S via Newspapers.com.
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