2017 Cornell Big Red football team

2017 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	3–7 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach	David Archer (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Villapiano (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Jared Backus (5th season)
Captain	Kurt Frimel, Jack Gellatly, Nick Gesualdi, Miles Norris
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field

2017 Ivy League football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 24 Yale $		6	–	1					9	–	1
Columbia		5	–	2					8	–	2
Dartmouth		5	–	2					8	–	2
Penn		4	–	3					6	–	4
Harvard		3	–	4					5	–	5
Cornell		3	–	4					3	–	7
Princeton		2	–	5					5	–	5
Brown		0	–	7					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

Cornell vs. Brown, Oct 21, 2017 (Homecoming game)

The 2017 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by fifth-year head coach David Archer and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell finished the season 3–7 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to tie for fifth place. Cornell averaged 6,793 fans per gam.

Schedule

The 2017 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Big Red hosted Ivy League foes Harvard, Brown, and Columbia, and traveled to Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Penn. Homecoming coincided with the game against Brown on October 21.

In 2017, Cornell's non-conference opponents were Delaware of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Colgate and Bucknell of the Patriot League.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 16	3:30 p.m.	at Delaware*	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE		L 14–41	14,714
September 23	1:00 p.m.	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	ELVN	L 24–49	10,926
September 30	1:30 p.m.	Colgate*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)		L 7–21	3,325
October 7	1:30 p.m.	Harvard	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	ELVN	W 17–14	7,313
October 14	1:30 p.m.	Bucknell*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY		L 18–26	4,202
October 21	3:00 p.m.	Brown	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY		W 34–7	13,514
October 28	7:00 p.m.	at Princeton	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	NBCSN	W 29–28	5,642
November 4	1:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)		L 0–10	4,033
November 11	1:30 p.m.	Columbia	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	SNY	L 8–18	5,613
November 18	1:30 p.m.	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	ELVN	L 22–29	3,861
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Delaware

See also: 2017 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

Cornell vs. Delaware – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornell	0	0	7	7	14
Delaware	10	17	7	7	41

at Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE

• Date: September 16
• Game time: 3:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 83 °F (28 °C); partly cloudy, humid
• Game attendance: 14,714
• Referee: St. Cadorette
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter DEL – Kani Kane, 3 yard run, Frank Raggo XP good, 14:07 (DEL 7–0) DEL – Raggo, 37 yard field goal, 1:48 (DEL 10–0) Second quarter DEL – Kane, 1 yard run, Raggo XP good, 11:42 (DEL 17–0) DEL – Kane, 3 yard run, Jake Roth XP good, 1:04 (DEL 24–0) DEL – Raggo, 34 yard field goal, 0:04 (DEL 27–0) Third quarter DEL – Jamie Jarmon, 12 yard pass from Joe Walker, Raggo XP good, 11:28 (DEL 34–0) COR – Eric Gallman, 27 yard pass from Dalton Banks, Zach Mays XP good, 8:14 (DEL 34–7) Fourth quarter DEL – Charles Scarff, 6 yard pass from Walker, Raggo XP good, 4:32 (DEL 41–7) COR – Josh Sweet, 2 yard run, Mays XP good, 0:14 (DEL 41–14)

Yale

See also: 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team

Cornell vs. Yale – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornell	3	7	0	14	24
Yale	7	7	14	21	49

at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT

• Date: September 23
• Game time: 1:00 p.m.
• Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C); sunny, warm
• Game attendance: 10,926
• Referee: T. Kichline
• TV: ELVN
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter COR – Zach Mays, 21 yard field goal, 10:11 (COR 3–0) YALE – Carlson Hayden, 19 yard interception return, Alex Galland XP good, 1:45 (YALE 7–3) Second quarter COR – Chris Walker, 14 yard pass from Dalton Banks, Mays XP good, 4:13 (COR 10–7) YALE – Kurt Rawlings, 14 yard run, Galland XP good, 0:37 (YALE 14–10) Third quarter YALE – Deshawn Salter, 3 yard run, Galland XP good, 11:50 (YALE 21–10) YALE – Salter, 1 yard run, Galland XP good, 1:18 (YALE 28–10) Fourth quarter YALE – Jaeden Graham, 4 yard pass from Rawlings, Galland XP good, 14:56 (YALE 35–10) COR – Harold Coles, 90 yard run, Mays XP no good, 14:33 (YALE 35–16) COR – James Hubbard, 57 yard pass from Banks, Hubbard pass from Banks for 2-point conversion, 8:23 (YALE 35–24) YALE – Salter, 82 yard run, Galland XP good, 8:12 (YALE 42–24) YALE – Zane Dudek, 14 yard run, Galland XP good, 5:38 (YALE 49–24)

Colgate

See also: 2017 Colgate Raiders football team and Colgate–Cornell football rivalry

Colgate vs. Cornell – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Colgate	0	14	0	7	21
Cornell	0	0	7	0	7

at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY

• Date: September 30
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• Game attendance: 3,325
• Referee: W. Boyd
• Box Score

Game information
Second quarter COL – Thomas Ives, 7 yard pass from Grant Breneman, Chris Puzzi XP good, 10:42 (COL 7–0) COL – Breneman, 8 yard run, Puzzi XP good, 4:43 (COL 14–0) Third quarter COR – Dalton Banks, 1 yard run, Zach Mays XP good, 1:25 (COL 14–7) Fourth quarter COL – Malik Twyman, 7 yard pass from Breneman, Puzzi XP good, 9:39 (COL 21–7)

Harvard

See also: 2017 Harvard Crimson football team

Harvard vs. Cornell – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Harvard	7	7	0	0	14
Cornell	0	7	7	3	17

at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY

• Date: October 7
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C); partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 7,313
• Referee: J. Gansiejewski
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter HAR – L. Northington, 1 yard run, Jake McIntyre XP good, 5:50 (HAR 7–0) Second quarter HAR – Jake Barann, 36 yard pass from Jake Smith, McIntyre XP good, 9:43 (HAR 14–0) COR – Jake Jatis, 2 yard run, Zach Mays XP good, 3:02 (HAR 14–7) Third quarter COR – Jatis, 2 yard run, Mays XP good, 5:45 (TIE 14–14) Fourth quarter COR – Mays, 27 yard field goal, 9:58 (COR 17–14)

Bucknell

See also: 2017 Bucknell Bison football team

Bucknell vs. Cornell – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bucknell	7	3	13	3	26
Cornell	0	3	7	8	18

at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY

• Date: October 14
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C); partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 4,202
• Referee: J. Pumphrey
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter BUCK – Jack Horan, 64 yard pass from J. Chiarolanzio (John Burdick XP good), 8:20 (BUCK 7–0) Second quarter BUCK – Burdick, 19 yard field goal, 3:17 (BUCK 10–0) COR – Zach Mays, 35 yard field goal, 0:38 (BUCK 10–3) Third quarter COR – Davy Lizana, 9 yard pass from Jake Jatis, (Mays XP good), 12:15 (TIE 10–10) BUCK – Burdick, 38 yard field goal, 10:04 (BUCK 13–10) BUCK – Burdick, 33 yard field goal, 6:33 (BUCK 16–10) BUCK – Alan Butler, 22 yard pass from Chiarolanzio (Burdick XP good), 0:35 (BUCK 23–10) Fourth quarter BUCK – Burdick, 28 yard field goal, 3:16 (BUCK 26–10) COR – Owen Peters, 4 yard pass from Dalton Banks (2-pt. conversion good) 0:39 (BUCK 23–18)

Brown

See also: 2017 Brown Bears football team

Brown vs. Cornell – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Brown	0	0	0	7	7
Cornell	3	10	7	14	34

at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY

• Date: October 21
• Game time: 3:00 p.m.
• Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C); partly cloudy, warm
• Game attendance: 13,514
• Referee: C. Bloh
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter COR – Zach Mays, 24 yard field goal, 9:19 (COR 3–0) Second quarter COR – Mays, 30 yard field goal, 12:11 (COR 6–0) COR – Harold Coles, 3 yard run (Mays XP good), 7:47 (COR 13–0) Third quarter COR – Chris Walker, 3 yard run (Nickolas Null XP good), 0:24 (COR 20–0) Fourth quarter COR – Coles, 42 yard run (Null XP good), 13:39 (COR 27–0) COR – Jack Gellatly, 3 yard run (Null XP good), 11:01 (COR 34–0) BRWN – Anton Casey, 3 yard pass from Nick Duncan (Ben Rosenblatt XP good), 8:13 (COR 34–7)

Princeton

See also: 2017 Princeton Tigers football team

Cornell vs. Princeton – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornell	0	10	6	13	29
Princeton	7	14	7	0	28

at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ

• Date: October 28
• Game time: 7:00 p.m.
• Game attendance: 5,642
• Referee: W. Boyd
• TV: NBCSN
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter PRIN – Chad Kanoff, 14 yard run (Tavish Rice XP good), 5:58 (PRIN 7–0) Second quarter COR – Hayes Nolte, 12 yard pass from Dalton Banks (Nickolas Null XP good), 14:34 (TIE 7–7) PRIN – S. Carlson, 23 yard pass from Kanoff (Rice XP good), 11:47 (PRIN 14–7) PRIN – Carlson, 20 yard pass from Kanoff (Rice XP good), 4:58 (PRIN 21–7) COR – Null, 23 yard field goal, 0:14 (PRIN 21–10) Third quarter COR – Chris Walker, 1 yard run (2-pt. conversion failed), 8:42 (PRIN 21–16) PRIN – Ryan Quigley, 7 yard run (Rice XP good), 1:37 (PRIN 28–16) Fourth quarter COR – Null, 28 yard field goal, 11:00 (PRIN 28–19) COR – Jake Jatis, 8 yard run (Null XP good), 7:13 (PRIN 28–26) COR – Null, 43 yard field goal, 0:48 (COR 29–28)

Dartmouth

See also: 2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team and Cornell–Dartmouth football rivalry

Cornell vs. Dartmouth – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornell	0	0	0	0	0
Dartmouth	7	0	0	3	10

at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH

• Date: November 4
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C); sunny
• Game attendance: 4,033
• Referee: S. Cadorette
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter DART – Hunter Hagdorn, 23 yard pass from Jack Heneghan (David Smith XP good), 6:22 (DART 7–0) Fourth quarter DART – Smith, 33 yard field goal, 1:19 (DART 10–0)

Columbia

See also: 2017 Columbia Lions football team and Columbia–Cornell football rivalry

Cornell vs. Columbia – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Columbia	3	3	5	7	18
Cornell	0	0	0	8	8

at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY

• Date: November 11
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 34 °F (1 °C); clear and sunny
• Game attendance: 5,613
• Referee: H. Johns
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter COL – Oren Milstein, 26 yard field goal, 5:05 (COL 3–0) Second quarter COL – Milstein, 33 yard field goal, 0:22 (COL 6–0) Third quarter COL – safety (Connor Heeb), 9:04 (COL 8–0) COL – Milstein, 28 yard field goal, 2:23 (COL 11–0) Fourth quarter COL – Chris Schroer, 2 yard run (Milstein XP good), 3:28 (COL 18–0) COR – Josh Sweet, 7 yard run (2-pt conversion good), 1:09 (COL 18–8)

Penn

See also: 2017 Penn Quakers football team and Cornell–Penn football rivalry

Cornell vs. Penn – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornell	10	0	6	6	22
Penn	7	14	0	8	29

at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA

• Date: November 18
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C); overcast
• Game attendance: 3,861
• Referee: H. Wimber
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter COR – Nickolas Null, 32 yard field goal, 9:39 (COR 3–0) PENN – Karekin Brooks, 38 yard run (Jack Soslow XP good), 5:37 (PENN 7–3) COR – Collin Shaw, 35 yard pass from Dalton Banks (Null XP good), 2:08 (COR 10–7) Second quarter PENN – Brooks, 6 yard run (Soslow XP good), 11:14 (PENN 14–10) PENN – Justin Watson, 22 yard pass from Fischer-Colbrie (Soslow XP good), 0:24 (PENN 21–10) Third quarter COR – Mac Pope, 3 yard run (2-pt. conversion failed), 4:37 (PENN 21–16) Fourth quarter COR – Banks, 1 yard run (2-pt. conversion failed), 13:46 (COR 22–21) PENN – Tre Solomon, 3 yard run (2-pt. conversion good), 2:06 (PENN 29–22)