2016 Cornell Big Red football team
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 4–6 (2–5 Ivy) |
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Offensive coordinator | Roy Istvan (3rd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Jared Backus (4th season) |
Captain | Miles Norris, Ben Rogers, Matt Sullivan, Jackson Weber |
Home stadium | Schoellkopf Field |
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Princeton + | 6 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn + | 6 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 1 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by fourth-year head coach David Archer and play their home games at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell finished the season 4–6 overall and 2–5 in Ivy League play to tie for sixth place.
Schedule
The 2016 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Big Red hosted Ivy League foes Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth and Penn, and traveled to Harvard, Brown, and Columbia.
As in 2015, Cornell's non-conference opponents were Bucknell and Colgate of the Patriot League, and Sacred Heart of the Northeast Conference (NEC). Homecoming coincided with the home opener against Yale on September 24.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 17 | 6:00 p.m. | at Bucknell* | CI | W 24–16 | 4,628 | |
September 24 | 3:00 p.m. | Yale | ILDN | W 27–13 | 15,493 | |
October 1 | 1:00 p.m. | at Colgate* | TWCSC | W 39–38 | 8,010 | |
October 8 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 22 Harvard | OWSPN | L 13–29 | 11,509 | |
October 15 | 1:30 p.m. | Sacred Heart* |
| ILDN | L 24–31 | 6,739 |
October 22 | 12:00 p.m. | at Brown | FCS | L 21–28 2OT | 3,013 | |
October 29 | 12:30 p.m. | Princeton |
| OWSPN | L 7–56 | 4,879 |
November 5 | 1:30 p.m. | Dartmouth |
| ILDN | L 13–17 | 3,783 |
November 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at Columbia | ILDN | W 42–40 | 5,887 | |
November 19 | 12:00 p.m. | Penn |
| FCS | L 20–42 | 6,333 |
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Game summaries
Bucknell
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cornell | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
Bucknell | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
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Yale
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Yale | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
Cornell | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
- Date: September 24
- Game time: 3:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C); mostly sunny
- Game attendance: 15,493
- Referee: J. Gansiejewski
- TV: Ivy League Digital Network
- Box Score
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Colgate
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cornell | 0 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 39 |
Colgate | 21 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 38 |
- Date: October 1
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C); overcast
- Game attendance: 8,010
- Referee: J. Pumphrey
- TV: TWCSC
- Box Score
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Harvard
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cornell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
Harvard | 14 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 29 |
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Sacred Heart
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Sacred Heart | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
Cornell | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
- Date: October 15
- Game time: 1:30 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C); sunny, clear
- Game attendance: 6,739
- Referee: Tom Kichline
- TV: Ivy League Digital Network
- Box Score
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Brown
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
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Cornell | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Brown | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
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Princeton
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Princeton | 14 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 56 |
Cornell | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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Dartmouth
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Dartmouth | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
Cornell | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
- Date: November 5
- Game time: 1:30 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C); mostly cloudy
- Game attendance: 3,783
- Referee: Steve Cadorette
- TV: Ivy League Digital Network
- Box Score
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Columbia
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cornell | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
Columbia | 14 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 40 |
at Wien Stadium
- Date: November 12
- Game time: 1:30 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 49 °F (9 °C); clear skies
- Game attendance: 5,887
- Referee: Karlton Derrick
- TV: Ivy League Digital Network
- Box Score
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Penn
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Penn | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
Cornell | 6 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
- Date: November 19
- Game time: Noon EDT
- Game weather: 56 °F (13 °C); sunny
- Game attendance: 6,333
- TV: Fox College Sports
- Box Score
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