1938 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1938 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1938 college football season. In their third season under head coach Carl Snavely, the Big Red compiled a 5–1–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 110 to 55.[1][2]

1938 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 12
Record5–1–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainAl Van Ranst
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Worcester Tech     6 0 0
No. 18 Villanova     8 0 1
No. 9 Holy Cross     8 1 0
Boston College     6 1 2
No. 15 Fordham     6 1 2
No. 12 Cornell     5 1 1
Army     8 2 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh     8 2 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech     7 2 0
No. 20 Dartmouth     7 2 0
Vermont     4 2 1
Brown     5 3 0
Bucknell     5 3 0
Syracuse     5 3 0
CCNY     4 3 0
Penn     3 2 3
Manhattan     5 4 0
Harvard     4 4 0
La Salle     4 4 0
NYU     4 4 0
Boston University     3 4 1
Penn State     3 4 1
Princeton     3 4 1
Hofstra     2 3 1
Duquesne     4 6 0
Temple     3 6 1
Providence     3 5 0
Columbia     3 6 0
Massachusetts State     3 6 0
Colgate     2 5 0
Buffalo     2 6 0
Yale     2 6 0
Tufts     1 6 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1ColgateW 15–6
October 8at HarvardW 20–035,000[3]
October 15at SyracuseL 17–1925,000
October 22Penn State
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 21–67,000
October 29at ColumbiaNo. 17W 23–734,000[4]
November 12No. 5 DartmouthNo. 20
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 14–7
November 24at PennNo. 10T 0–0
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1935–1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "1938 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  3. ^ "Cornell Power Plays Flatten Harvard, 20-0". The New York Daily News. October 9, 1938. p. 38C – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 30, 1938). "Cornell's Power Subdues Columbia Easily by 23-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.