The 2018 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Big Red hosted Ivy League foes Yale , Harvard , Penn , and Dartmouth , and traveled to Brown , Princeton , and Columbia .
In 2018, Cornell's non-conference opponents were Delaware of the Colonial Athletic Association , Sacred Heart of the Northeast Conference , and Colgate of the Patriot League . Homecoming coincided with the home opener against Yale on September 22.
Cornell's 66–0 loss to Princeton on October 27 was its worst defeat since a 77–0 defeat by Harvard in 1890 , 128 years earlier.[ 1]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 15 3:30 p.m. at Delaware * BHAA L 10–2714,511
September 22 3:00 p.m. Yale ESPN+ L 24–3012,801
September 29 1:30 p.m. Sacred Heart * Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY ESPN+ W 43–243,620
October 6 1:30 p.m. Harvard Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY ESPN+ W 28–248,040
October 13 12:00 p.m. at No. 20 Colgate * PL Net L 0–313,112
October 20 1:00 p.m. at Brown ESPN+ W 34–163,886
October 27 1:00 p.m. at No. 19 Princeton ESPN+ L 0–664,200
6:00 p.m. Penn Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry ) ESPNU L 7–201,056
November 10 1:30 p.m. No. 25 Dartmouth Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry ) ESPN+ L 24–353,604
November 17 1:00 p.m. at Columbia ESPN+ L 21–244,651
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
3
0
0
7
10
Fightin' Blue Hens
7
7
0
13
27
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
14
3
6
7
30
Big Red
14
0
0
10
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Pioneers
3
7
7
7
24
Big Red
16
20
7
0
43
1
2
3
4
Total
Crimson
7
0
10
7
24
Big Red
0
7
7
14
28
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
0
0
0
0
0
No. 20 Raiders
7
3
14
7
31
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
0
14
7
13
34
Bears
0
10
0
6
16
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
0
0
0
0
0
No. 19 Tigers
21
24
7
14
66
1
2
3
4
Total
Quakers
0
3
7
10
20
Big Red
0
7
0
0
7
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 25 Big Green
21
0
14
0
35
Big Red
0
17
0
7
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
0
7
0
14
21
Lions
10
0
0
14
24