1892 Cornell Big Red football team

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1892 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–1
Head coach
CaptainCarl Johanson
Home stadiumPercy Field
Seasons
← 1891
1893 →
1892 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     13 0 0
Washington & Jefferson     4 0 0
Colgate     3 0 0
Penn     15 1 0
Cornell     10 1 0
Harvard     10 1 0
Princeton     12 2 0
Penn State     5 1 0
Tufts     8 2 0
Navy     5 2 0
Army     3 1 1
Swarthmore     7 3 0
Western Univ. Penn.     4 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     4 3 0
Brown     4 4 2
Bucknell     2 2 0
Fordham     2 2 0
Geneva     3 3 0
Stevens     1 1 0
Massachusetts     4 6 2
Rutgers     3 5 1
Lafayette     5 7 0
Lehigh     3 6 0
Delaware     1 2 2
Wesleyan     1 7 1
Drexel     0 1 0
NYU     0 1 0
Syracuse     0 8 1

The 1892 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1892 college football season. The team compiled a 10–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 432 to 54. Its sole loss was by a 20–14 score against Harvard.[1][2]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Syracuse Athletic ClubSyracuse, NYW 16–0
October 1Syracuse
W 58–0
October 8Bucknell
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 54–0
October 15Dickinson
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 58–0
October 22at LehighBethlehem, PAW 76–0
October 29vs. WilliamsAlbany, NYW 24–121,000[3]
November 5vs. HarvardL 14–20[4]
November 8Michigan
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 44–01,200
November 12MIT
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 44–12
November 18at Manhattan Athletic ClubW 16–0
November 22vs. MichiganW 30–103,000–3,500

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1890–1894)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1892 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Cornell-Williams at Football". The Buffalo News. Buffalo, New York. October 30, 1892. p. 1. Retrieved April 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "Many Surprises: Harvard Defeats Cornell by Only Six Points; Ithacans Score Three Times on Hampden Park". The Boston Globe. November 6, 1892. p. 4 – via NewspaperArchive.