2012 Cornell Big Red football team

The 2012 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by third-year head coach Kent Austin and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell finished the season 4–6 overall and 2–5 in Ivy League play to tie for sixth.

2012 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	4–6 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach	Kent Austin (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Fela (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Kim Dameron (1st season)
Captain	Brett Buehler, Bob Bullington, Michael Hernandez, Jeff Mathews, Tre' Minor, Luke Tasker
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field

2012 Ivy League football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Penn $		6	–	1					6	–	4
Harvard		5	–	2					8	–	2
Brown		4	–	3					7	–	3
Dartmouth		4	–	3					6	–	4
Princeton		4	–	3					5	–	5
Cornell		2	–	5					4	–	6
Columbia		2	–	5					3	–	7
Yale		1	–	6					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	1:00 p.m.	at Fordham*	Coffey Field The Bronx, NY		L 27–34	6,087
September 22	1:00 p.m.	Yale	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY		W 45–6	15,333
September 29	6:00 p.m.	at Bucknell*	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA		W 15–10	3,417
October 6	1:00 p.m.	at No. 25 Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	NBCSN	L 13–45	7,112
October 13	12:30 p.m.	Monmouth*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY		W 41–38	6,189
October 20	12:30 p.m.	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI		L 14–21	4,098
October 27	12:30 p.m.	Princeton	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY		W 37–35	4,420
November 3	12:30 p.m.	Dartmouth	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)		L 28–44	4,106
November 10	12:30 p.m.	at Columbia	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY (rivalry)		L 17–34	5,620
November 17	12:30 p.m.	Penn	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)		L 28–35	3,876
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time