1936 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1936 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1936 college football season. In their first season under head coach Carl Snavely, the Big Red compiled a 3–5 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 145 to 132.^[1][2]

1936 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5
Head coach	Carl Snavely (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Captain	John Batten
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field
Seasons ← 1935 1937 →

1936 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Anselm			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	1
No. 10 Penn			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Yale			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Duquesne			–					8	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
Boston University			–					5	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					5	–	1	–	2
Holy Cross			–					7	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					7	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					6	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	3	–	2
La Salle			–					6	–	3	–	1
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	2	–	2
Saint Vincent			–					5	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	1
Manhattan			–					6	–	4	–	0
Northeastern			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
CCNY			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	1
Harvard			–					3	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	5	–	0
Westminster (PA)			–					2	–	4	–	1
Brown			–					3	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	6	–	0
Providence			–					1	–	7	–	0
Syracuse			–					1	–	7	–	0
Vermont			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Alfred	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 74–0
October 3	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–23
October 17	Syracuse	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 20–7	15,000
October 24	Penn State	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 13–7	6,000
October 31	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY (rivalry)	L 13–20	28,000	[3]
November 7	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 13–41	25,000	[4]
November 14	No. 12 Dartmouth	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 6–20
November 26	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 6–14
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Cornell Yearly Results (1935–1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
2. "1936 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
3. McCarthy, Daniel C. (November 1, 1936). "Columbia Eleven Conquers Cornell". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
4. "Princeton Drubs Cornell: Infuriated Tiger Crushes Cornell Under 41-13 Score". Brooklyn Times Union. November 8, 1936. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.