1997 Cornell Big Red football team

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1997 Cornell Big Red football
Conference Ivy League
Record6–4 [a] (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Chris Allen
  • Justin Bird
  • Scott Carroll
  • Eric Krawczyk
  • Rich Sheerin
Home stadium Schoellkopf Field
Seasons
  1996
1998  
1997 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Harvard $  7 0   9 1  
Dartmouth  6 1   8 2  
Brown  4 3   7 3  
Cornell  4 3   6 4  
Princeton  3 4   6 4  
Columbia  3 4   4 6  
Yale  1 6   2 8  
Penn *  0 7   1 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • * Standings reflect Penn's forfeit of five conference wins due to use of an ineligible player

The 1997 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for third in the Ivy League.

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In its eighth and final season under head coach Jim Hofher, the team compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents 269 to 261. Chris Allen, Justin Bird, Scott Carroll, Eric Krawczyk and Rich Sheerin were the team captains. [1]

Despite a 4–3 conference record that tied for third in the Ivy League standings, the Big Red were outscored by Ivy opponents, 170 to 145. [2] Cornell originally finished in a tie for fourth place, but after the season ended, third-place Penn forfeited all of its league wins, dropping to last place and allowing Brown and Cornell to move up to third.

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Princeton W 14–10 7,127 [3]
September 27 Colgate Dagger-14-plain.png*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 38–44 OT 11,700 [4]
October 4 at Dartmouth L 20–24 6,641 [5]
October 11 Harvard
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 9–34 5,287 [6]
October 18 Lafayette *
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 41–34 2OT 4,812 [7]
October 25 at Fordham *W 45–13 878 [8]
November 1 at Brown L 12–37 2,557 [9]
November 8 Yale
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 37–10 3,995 [10]
November 15 Columbia
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 33–22 1,158 [11]
November 22 at Penn W 20–33 [a] 5,918 [12] [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

Note

^  a: In January 1998, Penn agreed to forfeit its Ivy League wins from 1997 after star defensive tackle Mitch Marrow was declared ineligible as a part-time student. [13] Cornell's [1] and Penn's [14] record books regard their 1997 meeting, a 33–20 Penn victory on the field, as a Cornell win, as do the 1997 win–loss records and season standings in the Ivy League record book. [2]

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References

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  13. 1 2 Moran, Edward (January 3, 1998). "Penn Forfeits 5 Wins in Marrow Case". Philadelphia Daily News . Philadelphia, Pa. p. 39 via Newspapers.com.
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