1959 Cornell Big Red football | |
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Conference | Ivy League |
1959 record | 5–4 (3–4 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Dave Feeney |
Home stadium | Schoellkopf Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1959 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1958 NCAA University Division football season. Cornell tied for fifth place in the Ivy League .
In its 13th season under head coach George K. James, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 136 to 110. Dave Feeney was the team captain. [1]
Cornell's 3–4 conference record tied for fifth place in the Ivy League. The Big Red was outscored 115 to 77 by Ivy opponents. [2]
Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 26 | at Colgate * | W 20–15 | 10,000 | [3] | |||
October 3 | Lehigh * |
| W 13–6 | 10,000 | [4] | ||
October 10 | at Harvard | W 20–16 | 15,000 | [5] | |||
October 17 | Yale |
| L 0–23 | 20,000 | [6] | ||
October 24 | at Princeton | L 0–20 | 22,000 | [7] | |||
October 31 | Columbia |
| W 13–7 | 8,500 | [8] | ||
November 7 | Brown |
| W 19–0 | 8,000 | [9] | ||
November 14 | at Dartmouth | L 12–21 | 11,000 | [10] | |||
November 26 | at Penn | L 13–28 | 23,661 | [11] | |||
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