1972 Cornell Big Red football team

1972 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainBob Joehl
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1971
1973 →
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1972 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth $ 5 1 1 7 1 1
Yale 5 2 0 7 2 0
Penn 4 3 0 6 3 0
Cornell 4 3 0 6 3 0
Harvard 3 3 1 4 4 1
Princeton 2 4 1 3 5 1
Columbia 2 4 1 3 5 1
Brown 1 6 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1972 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. A year after winning a share of the Ivy League title, Cornell dropped to a third-place tie.

In its seventh season under head coach Jack Musick, the team compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 238 to 183. Bob Joehl was the team captain.[1]

Cornell's 4–3 conference record tied for third-best in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 155 to 154.[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. 26. Retrieved July 10, 2020.