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American college football season
Cornell players in their "away" uniforms
The 2018 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League . They were led by sixth-year head coach David Archer and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field . Cornell finished the season 3–7 overall 2–5 in Ivy League play to place seventh. Cornell averaged 6,601 fans per game.
The 2018 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Big Red hosted Ivy League foes Yale , Harvard , Penn , and Dartmouth , and traveled to Brown , Princeton , and Columbia .
In 2018, Cornell's non-conference opponents were Delaware of the Colonial Athletic Association , Sacred Heart of the Northeast Conference , and Colgate of the Patriot League . Homecoming coincided with the home opener against Yale on September 22.
Cornell's 66–0 loss to Princeton on October 27 was its worst defeat since a 77–0 defeat by Harvard in 1890 , 128 years earlier.[ 1]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 15 3:30 p.m. at Delaware * BHAA L 10–2714,511 September 22 3:00 p.m. Yale ESPN+ L 24–3012,801 September 29 1:30 p.m. Sacred Heart * Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY ESPN+ W 43–243,620 October 6 1:30 p.m. Harvard Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY ESPN+ W 28–248,040 October 13 12:00 p.m. at No. 20 Colgate * PL Net L 0–313,112 October 20 1:00 p.m. at Brown ESPN+ W 34–163,886 October 27 1:00 p.m. at No. 19 Princeton ESPN+ L 0–664,200 6:00 p.m. Penn Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry ) ESPNU L 7–201,056 November 10 1:30 p.m. No. 25 Dartmouth Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry ) ESPN+ L 24–353,604 November 17 1:00 p.m. at Columbia ESPN+ L 21–244,651 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
3
0
0
7
10
Fightin' Blue Hens
7
7
0
13
27
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
14
3
6
7
30
Big Red
14
0
0
10
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Pioneers
3
7
7
7
24
Big Red
16
20
7
0
43
1
2
3
4
Total
Crimson
7
0
10
7
24
Big Red
0
7
7
14
28
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
0
0
0
0
0
No. 20 Raiders
7
3
14
7
31
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
0
14
7
13
34
Bears
0
10
0
6
16
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
0
0
0
0
0
No. 19 Tigers
21
24
7
14
66
1
2
3
4
Total
Quakers
0
3
7
10
20
Big Red
0
7
0
0
7
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 25 Big Green
21
0
14
0
35
Big Red
0
17
0
7
24
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
0
7
0
14
21
Lions
10
0
0
14
24
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