2018 Cornell Big Red football team

2018 Cornell Big Red football
2018 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	3–7 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach	David Archer (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Joe Villapiano (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Jared Backus (6th season)
Captains	J. Edward Keating; Reis Seggebruch;
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field
Uniform

2018 Ivy League football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
No. 11 Princeton $	7	–	0	10	–	0
No. 18 Dartmouth	6	–	1	9	–	1
Harvard	4	–	3	6	–	4
Yale	3	–	4	5	–	5
Penn	3	–	4	6	–	4
Columbia	3	–	4	6	–	4
	2	–	5	3	–	7
Brown	0	–	7	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

Cornell players in their "away" uniforms

Cornell vs Columbia Lions at Wien Stadium, November 17

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. Homecoming coincided with the home opener against Yale on September 22.

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.^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	3:30 p.m.	at Delaware*	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	BHAA	L 10–27	14,511
September 22	3:00 p.m.	Yale	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	ESPN+	L 24–30	12,801
September 29	1:30 p.m.	Sacred Heart*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	ESPN+	W 43–24	3,620
October 6	1:30 p.m.	Harvard	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	ESPN+	W 28–24	8,040
October 13	12:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Colgate*	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY (rivalry)	PL Net	L 0–31	3,112
October 20	1:00 p.m.	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	ESPN+	W 34–16	3,886
October 27	1:00 p.m.	at No. 19 Princeton	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	ESPN+	L 0–66	4,200
November 2	6:00 p.m.	Penn	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 7–20	1,056
November 10	1:30 p.m.	No. 25 Dartmouth	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 24–35	3,604
November 17	1:00 p.m.	at Columbia	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 21–24	4,651
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	3	0	0	7	10
Fightin' Blue Hens	7	7	0	13	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	14	3	6	7	30
Big Red	14	0	0	10	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pioneers	3	7	7	7	24
Big Red	16	20	7	0	43

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	7	0	10	7	24
Big Red	0	7	7	14	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	0	0	0	0	0
No. 20 Raiders	7	3	14	7	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	0	14	7	13	34
Bears	0	10	0	6	16

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	0	0	0	0	0
No. 19 Tigers	21	24	7	14	66

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	0	3	7	10	20
Big Red	0	7	0	0	7

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 25 Big Green	21	0	14	0	35
Big Red	0	17	0	7	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	0	7	0	14	21
Lions	10	0	0	14	24

^ Zachary Silver, Raphy Gendler (October 27, 2018). "Football Embarrassed by Princeton, 66-0, for Worst Loss in 128 Years". Cornell Daily Sun. Retrieved October 29, 2018. The last time Cornell suffered a loss this demoralizing was Nov. 1, 1890 — a 77-0 thrashing at the hands of Harvard.
^ "Cornell Big Red Schedule 2018". ESPN. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
^ "2018 Football Schedule". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved August 9, 2024.

Cornell Big Red football
Venues	Schoellkopf Field (1915–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colgate Columbia Dartmouth Penn
Culture & lore	Big Red Bear "Give My Regards to Davy" Fifth Down Game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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