1 NCAA Football Team (Division I) a day to celebrate the 150 years
of College Football. The teams will begin with the oldest team in their
respective conference (Big Ten = Oldest Conference) until all the teams are
listed. The team helmets will go back to the early 1960’s and their current
logo will be used.
The Cornell Big Red football team represents Cornell University in
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football
Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football competition as a member of the
Ivy League. It is one of the oldest and most storied football programs in the
nation. The team has attained five national championships and has had seven
players inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
In 1869, the first intramural football on the Cornell campus took
place, although it did not resemble the modern sport and there were 40 players
per side. In 1874, the university president and founder, Andrew Dickson White,
disallowed a team of Cornell students from traveling to Cleveland, Ohio to play
a Michigan team. White said, "I refuse to let 40 of our boys travel 400
miles merely to agitate a bag of wind.” On November 12, 1887, Cornell played
its first intercollegiate game against Union College, losing 24–10. The
following year, the Cornellians record their first win by beating Palmyra,
26–0, and went on to finish the season with a 4–2 record. In 1889, Cornell
played the University of Michigan in Buffalo, NY and beat Michigan 66-0.
All-Time Record: 649-529-33 (.550)
Special thanks to:
Conference: Ivy League
Team: Cornell Big Red
Founded: 1869
1960-1966
1967-1975
1976
1977--1982
1983-2000; 2002-2007
1998-2001 Logo
2001
2002-Present Logo
2008-2009
2010-2016
2017
2018
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