1926 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1926 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1926 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Gil Dobie, the Big Red compiled a 6–1–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 191 to 64.[1]

1926 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Base defense6–3–2
CaptainEmerson Carey
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1925
1927 →
1926 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Lafayette  900
No. 10 Brown  901
NYU  810
No. 9 Army  711
Washington & Jefferson  711
Boston College  602
No. 10 Penn  711
Cornell  611
Princeton  511
Carnegie Tech  720
Springfield  620
Syracuse  721
Villanova  621
Colgate  522
Columbia  630
Pittsburgh  522
CCNY  530
Temple  530
Penn State  540
Tufts  440
Yale  440
Bucknell  451
Fordham  341
Harvard  350
Rutgers  360
Vermont  360
Drexel  250
Boston University  260
Lehigh  180
Franklin & Marshall  081
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25GenevaW 6–0
October 2Niagara
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 28–0
October 9Williams
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 49–0
October 16Michigan State
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 24–14
October 302:30 p.m.at ColumbiaL 9–1740,000[2][3]
November 6St. Bonaventure
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 41–0
November 13Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 24–23
November 25at PennT 10–10

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