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.
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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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Schedule
editThe 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).[1] Homecoming coincided with the home opener against Yale on September 24.[2]
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 | Noon | 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 | Noon | Penn |
| FCS | L 20–42 | 6,333 |
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Game summaries
editBucknell
editPeriod | 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
editPeriod | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Yale | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
Cornell | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
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Colgate
editPeriod | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cornell | 0 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 39 |
Colgate | 21 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 38 |
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Harvard
editPeriod | 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
editPeriod | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Sacred Heart | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
Cornell | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
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Brown
editPeriod | 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
editPeriod | 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
editPeriod | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Dartmouth | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
Cornell | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
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Columbia
editPeriod | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cornell | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
Columbia | 14 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 40 |
at Wien Stadium
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Penn
editPeriod | 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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References
edit- ^ "Cornell University - 2016 Football Schedule". Retrieved March 11, 2016.
- ^ "Homecoming 2016". Cornell University. Retrieved March 11, 2016.