2001 Cornell Big Red football team

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2001 Cornell Big Red football
Conference Ivy League
Record2–7 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator John Strollo (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJim Pletcher (1st season)
Captains
  • Justin Dunleavy
  • Ricky Rahne
  • Nate Spitler
Home stadium Schoellkopf Field
Seasons
  2000
2002  
2001 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15 Bucknell * Canceled [3]
September 22 at Yale L 13–40 20,269 [4]
September 29 at Colgate *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 W 10–7 11,685 [9]
November 3 at Dartmouth W 28–24 5,603 [10]
November 10 Columbia
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 28–35 5,282 [11]
November 17 at Penn L 14–38 8,806 [12]

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References

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  2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 39–40. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
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