1941 Cornell Big Red football team
| 1941 Cornell Big Red football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 5–3 (3–2 Ivy) |
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| Offensive scheme | Single-wing |
| Captain | Peter Wolff |
| Home stadium | Schoellkopf Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Penn $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1941 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University in the Ivy League 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]
Cornell was ranked at No. 21 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[2]
The team played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.
Schedule[edit]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 4 | Syracuse* | W 6–0 | 18,000 | [3] | |||
| October 11 | at Harvard | W 7–0 | 20,000 | [4] | |||
| October 18 | at No. 7 Navy* | L 0–14 | 45,000 | [5] | |||
| October 25 | Colgate* |
| W 21–2 | [6] | |||
| November 1 | at Columbia | L 0–7 | 15,000 | [7] | |||
| November 8 | Yale |
| W 21–7 | 18,000 | [8] | ||
| November 15 | Dartmouth |
| W 33–19 | 18,000 | [9] | ||
| November 22 | at No. 13 Penn | L 0–16 | 74,000 | [10] | |||
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References[edit]
- ^ "1941 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cornell Ekes Out 6-0 Win Over Syracuse". New York Daily News. October 5, 1941. p. 92 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pass Wins for Cornell, 7-0, Over Harvard". New York Daily News. October 12, 1941. p. 97 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Navy beats Cornell". Milwaukee Sentinel. Associated Press. October 19, 1941. p. 2B.
- ^ "Cornell Conquers Colgate, 21 to 2". New York Daily News. October 26, 1941. p. 91 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Joe Trimble (November 2, 1941). "Lions Defeat Cornell, 7-0, On 54-yd Governali Run". New York Daily News. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cornell Hands Yale 5th Setback, 21-7". New York Daily News. November 9, 1941. p. 97 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cornell Is Victor Over Dartmouth". The Hartford Courant. November 16, 1941. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cy Peterman (November 23, 1941). "74,000 See Penn Beat Cornell, 16-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.