1991 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1991 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for fourth in the Ivy League.

1991 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	5–5 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Jim Hofher (2nd season)
Captains	Mark Broderick Greg Finnegan Scott Oliaro
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field
Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

1991 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Dartmouth $	6	–	0	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Princeton	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Harvard	4	–	2	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Yale	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Cornell	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Penn	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Brown	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

In its second season under head coach Jim Hofher, the team compiled a 5–5 record and outscored opponents 218 to 181. Mark Broderick, Greg Finnegan and Scott Oliaro were the team captains.^[1]

Cornell's 4–3 conference record tied fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 139 to 124.^[2]

The Big Red entered the year ranked 20th in the national rankings, but dropped out of the top 20 after an opening-week loss and remained unranked through the end of the season.

Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–18	12,124	[3]
September 28	Colgate*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 13–31	15,000	[4]
October 5	at Bucknell*	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 23–7	6,551	[5]
October 12	at Stanford*	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 6–56	30,347	[6]
October 19	Harvard	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 22–17	12,500	[7]
October 26	Dartmouth	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 25–31	9,526	[8]
November 2	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 20–7	6,000	[9]
November 9	Yale	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 31–6	9,000	[10]
November 16	Columbia	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 28–21	6,000	[11]
November 23	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 13–14	10,210	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

References

1. "Football Record Book" (PDF). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 34. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. Rockoff, Jonathan D. (September 22, 1991). "Roghair Guides Princeton to Win over Cornell in Ivy". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 11-E – via Newspapers.com.
4. Herzog, Brad (September 30, 1991). "Raiders Roll All Over the Big Red". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
5. Baker, Wayne (October 6, 1991). "Changes Fail to Change Result for Bucknell; Cornell Spoils BU's Homecoming". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. pp. C3, C10 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Soltau, Mark (October 13, 1991). "Stanford Throttles Cornell, But So What?". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, Calif. p. D-8 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Robbins, Liz (October 20, 1991). "Harvard Stalls Out in Second Half Again". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 65 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Herzog, Brad (October 28, 1991). "Punt Return the Big Play as Green Top the Red". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
9. Herzog, Brad (November 4, 1991). "Last-Second Win for the Big Red; Dramatic Drive Drops Brown". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
10. Berlet, Bruce (November 10, 1991). "Yale Comes Apart Again at Cornell, 31-6". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Herzog, Brad (November 18, 1991). "Big Red Struggles, but Tops Columbia". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
12. Juliano, Joe (November 24, 1991). "Penn Tops Cornell, 14-13, as Steele Ponders Future". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 11-E – via Newspapers.com.