1948 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1948 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1948 college football season. In its second season under head coach George K. James, the team compiled a 8–1 record and outscored their opponents by a total of 224 to 112.[1]

1948 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 19
1948 record8–1
Head coachGeorge K. James (2nd season)
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
1948 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Army      8 0 1
No. 19 Cornell      8 1 0
Penn State      7 1 1
Buffalo      6 1 1
Villanova      8 2 1
Brown      7 2 0
Dartmouth      6 2 0
Boston College      5 2 2
Pittsburgh      6 3 0
Penn      5 3 0
Franklin & Marshall      5 3 1
Harvard      4 4 0
Princeton      4 4 0
Columbia      4 5 0
Yale      4 5 0
Tufts      3 4 1
Colgate      3 6 0
Fordham      3 6 0
NYU      3 6 0
Temple      2 6 1
Duquesne      2 7 0
Carnegie Tech      1 7 0
Hofstra      0 6 2
Syracuse      1 8 0
Drexel      0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 25NYUW 47–6
October 2Navy
W 13–7
October 9No. 18 Harvard
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 40–6
October 16at SyracuseNo. 13W 34–7
October 23No. 5 ArmyNo. 12
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 6–27
October 30ColumbiaW 20–13
November 6Colgate
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 14–6
November 13Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 27–26
November 25No. 19 PennW 23–14
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1948 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
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