1998 Cornell Big Red football team

1998 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	4–6 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach	Pete Mangurian (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Greg Gigantino (1st season)
Captains	John Hanson Mike Hood
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field
Seasons ←  1997 1999  →

1998 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Penn $		6	–	1					8	–	2
Brown		5	–	2					7	–	3
Yale		5	–	2					6	–	4
Princeton		4	–	3					5	–	5
Columbia		3	–	4					4	–	6
Harvard		3	–	4					4	–	6
Cornell		1	–	6					4	–	6
Dartmouth		1	–	6					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion

The 1998 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for second-to-last in the Ivy League.

In its first season under head coach Pete Mangurian, the team compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored 200 to 159. John Hanson and Mike Hood were team captains. ^[1]

Cornell's 1–6 conference record tied for seventh place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red were outscored 147 to 96 by Ivy opponents. ^[2]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Princeton	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 0–6	27,800	[3]
September 26	at Holy Cross *	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 17–9	9,140	[4]
October 3	Buffalo *	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 34–31	7,692	[5]
October 10	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 12–19	6,075	[6]
October 17	Bucknell *	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 23–19	13,188	[7]
October 24	Dartmouth	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 14–11	10,301	[8]
October 31	Brown	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 7–20	10,462	[9]
November 7	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 21–28	12,595	[10]
November 14	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY (rivalry)	L 10–22	6,845	[11]
November 21	Penn	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 21–35	4,633	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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. 37–38. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. Finnegan, Tara (September 20, 1998). "A Grand Opening for the Tigers". Home News Tribune . New Brunswick, N.J. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Concannon, Joe (September 27, 1998). "Fischer and Cornell Pick Off Crusaders". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. E20 – via Newspapers.com.
5. McShea, Keith (October 5, 1998). "Big Red Wins Tight Blowout". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
6. Concannon, Joe (October 11, 1998). "Mud Bath Is Rejuvenating; Menick, Harvard Clean Up on Cornell". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Cornell Comes Back Against BU". The Daily Item . Sunbury, Pa. October 18, 1998. pp. C1, C10 – via Newspapers.com.
8. McShea, Keith (October 26, 1998). "Surviving for First Ivy Win: Cornell Blocks One Field Goal, Watches Another Go Wide". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
9. McShea, Keith (November 2, 1998). "Brought Down by Brown: Bears Outrush Cornell, 225-7, to Run Red Out of Ivy Race". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
10. Berlet, Bruce (November 8, 1998). "Yale Moves Into Tie for Second". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. pp. E8, E9 – via Newspapers.com.
11. McShea, Keith (November 15, 1998). "Tillotson Turns Tide in Red's Loss". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
12. Juliano, Joe (November 22, 1998). "Quakers Top Big Red, Stand Alone as Ivy League Champions". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. C7 – via Newspapers.com.