1977 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1977 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Cornell tied for last in the Ivy League.

1977 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record1–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Tony Anzalone
  • Terry Lee
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1976
1978 →
1977 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale $610720
Brown520720
Harvard430450
Penn430540
Dartmouth430630
Princeton340360
Cornell160180
Columbia160270
  • $ – Conference champion

In its first season under head coach Bob Blackman, the team compiled a 1–8 record and was outscored 199 to 86. Tony Anzalone and Terry Lee were the team captains.[1]

Cornell's 1–6 conference record tied for seventh place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red were outscored 107 to 50 by Ivy opponents.[2]

Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17 at PennL 7–17 15,886 [3]
September 24 Colgate*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 22–28 6,500 [4]
October 1 Rutgers*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 14–30 3,500 [5]
October 8 Harvard
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 7–17 8,000 [6]
October 15 at BrownL 3–21 9,500 [7]
October 22 at DartmouthL 13–17 15,000 [8]
October 29 Yale
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 0–28 13,000 [9]
November 5 Columbia
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 20–7 5,000 [10]
November 12 at PrincetonL 0–34 8,677 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

References