2009 Cornell Big Red football team

2009 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	2–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach	Jim Knowles (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bruce Barnum (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Clayton Carlin (3rd season)
Captain	Horatio Blackman, Chris Costello
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field (Capacity: 25,597)

2009 Ivy League football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 20 Penn $		7	–	0					8	–	2
Harvard		6	–	1					7	–	3
Brown		4	–	3					6	–	4
Columbia		3	–	4					4	–	6
Princeton		3	–	4					4	–	6
Yale		2	–	5					4	–	6
Dartmouth		2	–	5					2	–	8
Cornell		1	–	6					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2009 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by sixth-year head coach Jim Knowles and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell finished the season 2–8 overall and 1–6 in Ivy League play to place eighth.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 19	12:30 p.m.	Bucknell*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 33–9	9,889
September 26	Noon	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 14–12	17,654
October 3	1:00 p.m.	at Colgate*	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY (rivalry)	L 23–45	7,123
October 10	12:30 p.m.	Harvard	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 10–28	8,053
October 17	12:30 p.m.	Fordham*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 27–39	8,231
October 24	12:30 p.m.	Brown	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 14–34	5,117
October 31	1:00 p.m.	at Princeton	Princeton University Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 13–17	7,100
November 7	12:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	L 17–20 OT	3,706
November 14	12:30 p.m.	Columbia	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 20–30	4,593
November 21	1:00 p.m.	at No. 24 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–34	9,018
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

2009 Cornell Big Red football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 18 Bryan Walters Sr TE 87 JC Tretter Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 22 Frank Morand Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jim Knowles Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster