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1887 Cornell Big Red football team

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1887 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Record0–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainJames H. Sheldon
Seasons
1888 →
1887 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale     9 0 0
Penn State     2 0 0
Harvard     10 1 0
Lafayette     7 2 0
Princeton     7 2 0
Lehigh     4 3 0
Williams     3 3 0
Penn     6 7 0
Wesleyan     4 5 0
Tufts     4 6 0
Massachusetts     2 3 0
Rutgers     2 6 0
Bucknell     0 2 0
Cornell     0 2 0
Franklin & Marshall     0 2 0
Vermont     0 2 0

The 1887 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1887 college football season. In the first season of intercollegiate football at Cornell, the team compiled a 0–2 record, losing games to Union College (10–24) and Lehigh University (10–38).[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
November 12 Union (NY) Ithaca, NYL 10–24
November 24 Lehigh Elmira, NYL 10–38[2]

References

  1. ^ "Cornell Yearly Results (1887–1889)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "Lehigh Beats Cornell". The Chicago Tribune. November 25, 1887. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.