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1953 Cornell Big Red football team

1953 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–3–2 (3–0–2 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainBill George
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1952
1954 →
1953 Ivy League football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Cornell 3 – 0 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
Harvard 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Yale 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 2
Princeton 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Columbia 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Dartmouth 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Brown 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Penn 0 – 0 – 1 3 – 5 – 1
  • The Ivy League in 1953 completed on a league basis in baseball, basketball, hockey, tennis and swimming. In football, there was an agreement among the schools to establish conditions to assure sportsmanship and amateurism. Moreover, newspapers regularly printed football standings for the Ivy League schools.

The 1953 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1953 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach George K. James, the team compiled a 4–3–2 record but was outscored 152 to 128. Bill George was the team captain.[1]

Cornell was part of the informal Ivy League in 1953. There was no official Ivy League championship recognized in 1953, though Cornell had the best record in games against Ivy opponents (3–0–2) and newspapers referred to Cornell as the Ivy League champion.

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

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 Colgate
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 27–7 14,000 [2]
October 3 No. 14 Rice
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 7–28 22,000 [3]
October 10 vs. Navy
L 6–26 27,000 [4]
October 17 Yale
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
T 0–0 25,000 [5]
October 24 at Princeton
W 26–19 25,000 [6]
October 31 Columbia
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 27–13 16,000 [7]
November 7 Syracuse
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 0–26 15,000 [8]
November 14 at Dartmouth
W 28–26 15,000 [9]
November 26 at Penn
T 7–7 38,159 [10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "Football Record Book" (PDF). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Cornell Turns Back Colgate Eleven, 27-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. September 27, 1953. p. S1.
  3. ^ Strauss, Michael (October 4, 1953). "Rice Running Game Tops Cornell, 28-7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  4. ^ Effrat, Louis (October 11, 1953). "Middie Surge Tops Cornell Team, 26-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 18, 1953). "Elis and Cornell in Scoreless Game". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 25, 1953). "Cornell Overcomes Princeton, 26 to 19". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 1, 1953). "Cornell Defeats Columbia by 27-13". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ "Syracuse Aerials Rout Cornell, 26-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 8, 1953. p. S1.
  9. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (November 15, 1953). "Ithacans Triumph by 28-26, Halting Dartmouth Uprising". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ^ Danzig, Allison (November 27, 1953). "Penn Ties Cornell as Munger Ends Career as Quakers' Football Coach". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 31.