1992 Cornell Big Red football team

1992 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	7–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Jim Hofher (3rd season)
Captains	John Massy Scott Oliaro Jeff Woodring
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field
Seasons ←  1991 1993  →

1992 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Dartmouth +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Princeton +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Penn	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Cornell	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Harvard	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Yale	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Columbia	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Brown	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

The 1992 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell finished fourth in the Ivy League.

In its third season under head coach Jim Hofher, the team compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 263 to 183. Team captains were John Massy, Scott Oliaro and Jeff Woodring. ^[1]

Cornell's 4–3 conference record placed fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 165 to 120. ^[2]

Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	Princeton	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 20–22	13,000	[3]
September 26	at Lehigh *	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 29–23	6,500	[4]
October 3	at Lafayette *	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 44–33	8,500	[5]
October 10	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 31–13	13,346	[6]
October 17	at Colgate *	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY (rivalry)	W 25–7	3,500	[7]
October 24	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	W 26–16	14,500	[8]
October 31	Brown	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 16–6	6,800	[9]
November 7	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 35–14	12,510	[10]
November 14	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY (rivalry)	L 30–35	5,495	[11]
November 21	Penn	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 7–14	5,000	[12]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "Football Record Book" (PDF). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University . Retrieved July 3, 2020.
2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 34–35. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. Bruns, John (September 20, 1992). "Princeton Gets Breaks to Edge Cornell, 22-20". The Home News . New Brunswick, N.J. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
4. White, Jim (September 28, 1992). "Big Red Flies by Lehigh, 29-23". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1B, 4B – via Newspapers.com.
5. White, Jim (October 5, 1992). "Big Red Scores Early and Then Hangs On". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
6. Concannon, Joe (October 11, 1992). "Cornell Bags Big Victory". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. 59 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Benson, Frank (October 19, 1992). "Big Red Give Raiders the Gate, 25-7". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
8. Benson, Frank (October 25, 1992). "Big Red Dumps Dartmouth, 26-16". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
9. Benson, Frank (November 2, 1992). "Big Red Slips Past Brown, 16-6". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
10. Berlet, Bruce (November 8, 1992). "Zingo, Cornell Defense Are Too Much for Yale". The Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. C7 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Benson, Frank (November 16, 1992). "Columbia's Shocker Knocks Red out of Ivy Picture". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
12. Juliano, Joe (November 22, 1992). "Penn Earns 14-7 Win Over Cornell". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. E11 – via Newspapers.com.