1963 Cornell Big Red football team

1963 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainGary Wood
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth + 5 2 0 7 2 0
Princeton + 5 2 0 7 2 0
Harvard 4 2 1 5 2 2
Yale 4 3 0 6 3 0
Cornell 4 3 0 5 4 0
Columbia 2 4 1 4 4 1
Brown 2 5 0 3 5 0
Penn 1 6 0 3 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1963 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. Cornell tied for fourth in the Ivy League .

In its third season under head coach Tom Harp, the team compiled a 5–4 record but was outscored 165 to 152. Gary Wood was the team captain.[1]

Cornell's 4–3 conference record tied for fourth place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red were outscored 144 to 111 by Ivy opponents.[2]

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

  1. ^ "Football Record Book" (PDF). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 23. Retrieved July 10, 2020.