1911 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1911 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1911 college football season. In their second season under head coach Daniel A. Reed, the Big Red compiled a 7–3 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 101 to 52.[1][2] Tackle William Edward Munk was selected by Walter Camp as a second-team player, and by Baseball Magazine as a first-team player, on the 1911 College Football All-America Team.[3][4]

1911 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
CaptainWilliam Munk
Home stadiumPercy Field
Seasons
← 1910
1912 →
1911 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn State     8 0 1
Carlisle     11 1 0
Princeton     8 0 2
Trinity (CT)     6 0 2
Temple     6 1 0
Army     6 1 1
Swarthmore     6 1 1
Dartmouth     8 2 0
Lafayette     8 2 0
Yale     7 2 1
Harvard     6 2 1
Cornell     7 3 0
Rhode Island State     5 2 1
Brown     7 3 1
Bucknell     6 3 1
Penn     7 4 0
Pittsburgh     4 3 1
Washington & Jefferson     6 4 0
Syracuse     5 3 2
Dickinson     4 4 0
Lehigh     5 5 1
Rutgers     4 4 1
Dickinson     4 4 0
St. Bonaventure     2 2 0
Carnegie Tech     4 5 0
Holy Cross     4 5 0
Tufts     3 4 0
Vermont     3 5 0
NYU     1 3 3
Colgate     3 6 0
Franklin & Marshall     3 6 0
Geneva     1 6 1
Villanova     0 5 1
Boston College     0 7 0

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 23 Allegheny
W 35–0
September 30 Colgate
W 6–0[5]
October 7 Oberlin
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 15–3
October 14 Penn State
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 0–5[6]
October 21 Washington & Jefferson
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 6–0
October 28 Pittsburgh
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 9–3[7]
November 4 Williams
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 15–14
November 11 Michigan
  • Percy Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 6–0
November 18at ChicagoL 0–6
November 30at PennL 9–21

References

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  1. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1910–1914)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1911 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Walter Camp Picks All-American Team: Unquestioned Football Authority of Country Selects Best Men". The Lexington Herald. December 10, 1911.
  4. ^ "The All-America Football Eleven: The Stars of the Gridiron for 1911" (PDF). Baseball Magazine. 1912. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 10, 2010.
  5. ^ "Ed. Butler Wins Game for Cornell Eleven: Clever Brooklyn Player Kicks 2 Field Goals in Contest Against Colgate". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 1, 1911. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Cornell Loses To Penn State: Keystone Football Players Vanquish Ithacans on Home Ground, 5 to 0". The New York Times. October 15, 1911. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Pitt Loses Hard Game to Cornell". The Pittsburg Press. October 29, 1911. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.