2001 Cornell Big Red football team

2001 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	2–7 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach	Tim Pendergast (1st season)
Captains	Justin Dunleavy Ricky Rahne Nate Spitler
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field
Seasons ←  2000 2002  →

2001 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 19 Harvard $		7	–	0					9	–	0
No. 24 Penn		6	–	1					8	–	1
Brown		5	–	2					6	–	3
Princeton		3	–	4					3	–	6
Columbia		3	–	4					3	–	7
Cornell		2	–	5					2	–	7
Dartmouth		1	–	6					1	–	8
Yale		1	–	6					3	–	6
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2001 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell finished sixth in the Ivy League.

In its first season under head coach Tim Pendergast, the team compiled a 2–7 record and was outscored 292 to 187. Justin Dunleavy, Ricky Rahne and Nate Spitler were the team captains. ^[1]

The Big Red's 2–5 conference record placed sixth in the Ivy League standings. Cornell was outscored 219 to 120 by Ivy opponents. ^[2]

Like most of the Ivy League, Cornell played nine games instead of the usual 10, after the school made the decision to cancel its September 15 season opener against Bucknell, following the September 11 attacks. ^[3]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	Bucknell *	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	Canceled		[3]
September 22	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 13–40	20,269	[4]
September 29	at Colgate *	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY (rivalry)	L 32–35	6,858	[5]
October 6	No. 8 Lehigh *	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 35–38	5,687	[6]
October 13	Harvard	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 6–26	14,148	[7]
October 20	Brown	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 21–49	6,039	[8]
October 27	at Princeton	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 10–7	11,685	[9]
November 3	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	W 28–24	5,603	[10]
November 10	Columbia	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 28–35	5,282	[11]
November 17	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 14–38	8,806	[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the 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. 39–40. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. Feaver, Christopher (September 14, 2001). "Cornell Cancels Its Games". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 6B – via Newspapers.com.
4. Hine, Tommy (September 23, 2001). "Yale Has Every Advantage". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Conn. p. E9 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Feaver, Christopher (October 1, 2001). "Red Rally Falls Short at Colgate". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
6. Feaver, Christopher (October 8, 2001). "Close, but Not Quite for Big Red". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
7. Snow, Chris (October 14, 2001). "Harvard Gets the Red Out". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Feaver, Christopher (October 22, 2001). "Big Red 0-5 After Loss to Brown". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Cornell 10, Princeton 7". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. Associated Press. October 28, 2001. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Harber, Paul (November 4, 2001). "Big Green End on Low Note; Cornell Capitalizes, Rallies for Victory". Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Mass. p. D18 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Feaver, Christopher (November 12, 2001). "No Late Magic for Big Red". The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, N.Y. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
12. Tatum, Kevin (November 18, 2001). "Penn Rips Cornell but Fails to Get Share of Ivy Title". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pa. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com.