American college football season
The 1917 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University as an independent during the 1917 college football season . In their sixth season under head coach Albert Sharpe , the Big Red compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 146 to 78.[1] [2]
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source October 6 Oberlin W 22–0
October 13 Williams Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY L 10–14[3]
October 16 47th Infantry Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY L 0–6[4]
October 20 Colgate Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry ) L 0–20
October 27 Bucknell Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY W 20–0[5]
November 3 Carnegie Tech Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY W 20–0
November 10 at Michigan L 0–4216,733
November 17 Fordham Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY L 6–27
November 29 at Penn L 0–37
References
^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1915–1919)" . College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015 .
^ "1917 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results" . SR/College Football . Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015 .
^ "Cornell Loses Score 14 To 10" . The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, New York . October 13, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Imperfect Pass Gives To Army Illegal Score" . The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, New York . October 17, 1917. p. 7. Retrieved October 2, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Cornell Downs Bucknell, 20 to 0" . New York Tribune . October 28, 1917. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com .
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