1904 Cornell Big Red football team

1904 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
CaptainJames Lynah
Home stadiumPercy Field
1904 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn   –   12 – 0 – 0
Western U. of Penn.   –   10 – 0 – 0
Dartmouth   –   7 – 0 – 1
Yale   –   10 – 1 – 0
Amherst   –   9 – 1 – 0
Colgate   –   8 – 1 – 1
Carlisle   –   10 – 2 – 0
Lafayette   –   8 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   8 – 2 – 0
Army   –   7 – 2 – 0
Fordham   –   4 – 1 – 1
Harvard   –   7 – 2 – 1
Dickinson   –   8 – 3 – 1
Columbia   –   7 – 3 – 0
Cornell   –   7 – 3 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 2 – 1
Syracuse   –   6 – 3 – 0
Swarthmore   –   6 – 3 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   5 – 3 – 1
Penn State   –   6 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   3 – 2 – 0
Brown   –   6 – 5 – 0
Bucknell   –   3 – 3 – 0
Springfield Training School   –   4 – 4 – 1
NYU   –   3 – 6 – 0
Holy Cross   –   2 – 5 – 2
Wesleyan   –   3 – 7 – 0
Geneva   –   1 – 4 – 2
Vermont   –   1 – 5 – 2
New Hampshire   –   2 – 5 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 6 – 2
Tufts   –   2 – 9 – 1
Lehigh   –   1 – 8 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   0 – 10 – 0

The 1904 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1904 college football season. In their third, non-consecutive season under head coach Pop Warner, the Big Red compiled a 7–3 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 226 to 92.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Colgate
W 17–0 [3]
October 1 Rochester
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 29–6
October 5 Hobart
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 24–0
October 8 Hamilton
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 34–0
October 15 Bucknell
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 24–12 [4]
October 22 Franklin & Marshall
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 36–5
October 29 Princeton
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 6–18
November 5 Lehigh
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 50–5
November 12at ColumbiaL 6–128,000[5]
November 24at PennL 0–34> 20,000[6]

References

  1. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1900–1904)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1904 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Colgate Easy For Cornell: Ithacans Showed Up Weakest at Center". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. September 29, 1904. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Cornell, 24; Bucknell, 12". The New York Times. New York, New York. October 16, 1904. p. 19. Retrieved January 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Columbia Victor Over Cornell Team". The New York Times. November 13, 1904. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Pennsy Triumphs Over Cornell, 34 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 25, 1904. pp. 1, 11 – via Newspapers.com.