1890 Cornell Big Red football team

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1890 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–4
Head coach	None
Captain	Edwin Yawger
Seasons← 1889 1891 →

1890 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Harvard		–		11	–	0	–	0
Yale		–		13	–	1	–	0
Princeton		–		11	–	1	–	1
Franklin & Marshall		–		8	–	2	–	0
Navy		–		5	–	1	–	1
Penn		–		11	–	3	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		2	–	1	–	0
Cornell		–		7	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		7	–	4	–	0
Springfield YMCA		–		5	–	3	–	0
Lehigh		–		6	–	4	–	0
Rutgers		–		5	–	5	–	1
Penn State		–		2	–	2	–	0
Colgate		–		1	–	1	–	0
Wesleyan		–		5	–	6	–	0
Tufts		–		2	–	3	–	0
NYU		–		2	–	4	–	0
Western Univ. Penn		–		1	–	2	–	0
Lafayette		–		2	–	5	–	1
Brown		–		2	–	5	–	0
Bucknell		–		1	–	4	–	1
Fordham		–		1	–	3	–	1
Massachusetts		–		1	–	4	–	0
Columbia		–		1	–	5	–	1
Army		–		0	–	1	–	0
Geneva		–		0	–	1	–	0

The 1890 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled an 7–4 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 342 to 134. Cornell's 77–0 loss to Harvard holds the record as the worst defeat in Cornell football history. In second place is a 66–0 loss to Princeton in 2018, 128 years later.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 1		Rochester	Ithaca, NY	W 98–0
October 4		at Union (NY)	Schenectady, NY	W 32–0
October 8		at Williams	Williamstown, MA	L 8–18
October 18		at Trinity (CT)	Hartford, CT	W 26–0
November 1		at Harvard	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	L 0–77
November 3		at Amherst	Amherst, MA	L 0–18
November 5		at Wesleyan	Middletown, CT	L 2–4
November 8		Bucknell	Ithaca, NY	W 26–0
November 15	3:00 p.m.	vs. Michigan	Recreation Park Detroit, MI	W 20–5	2,000
November 22		Columbia	Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 36–0
November 27	2:05 p.m.	at Chicago All-University	National League Park Chicago, IL	W 12–8	6,000

References

"1890 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
Zachary Silver, Raphy Gendler (October 27, 2018). "Football Embarrassed by Princeton, 66-0, for Worst Loss in 128 Years". Cornell Daily Sun. Retrieved October 29, 2018. The last time Cornell suffered a loss this demoralizing was Nov. 1, 1890 – a 77–0 thrashing at the hands of Harvard.
"Good Old Points: Touch 'Em Down and Kick Your Goals". The Boston Globe. November 2, 1890. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
"Very Little Punting". The Boston Globe. November 4, 1890. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
"Turkey And Football". The Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 27, 1890. p. 2. Retrieved November 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
"Cornell Wins The Game". The Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 28, 1890. p. 1. Retrieved November 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
"Cornell Wins The Game (continued)". The Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 28, 1890. p. 2. Retrieved November 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .

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