1978 Cornell Big Red football team

1978 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–3–1 (3–3–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Mike Donahue
  • Dave Kintigh
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1977
1979 →
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1978 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth $ 6 1 0 6 3 0
Brown 5 2 0 6 3 0
Yale 4 1 2 5 2 2
Cornell 3 3 1 5 3 1
Harvard 2 4 1 4 4 1
Columbia 2 4 1 3 5 1
Princeton 1 4 2 2 5 2
Penn 1 5 1 2 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1978 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Cornell finished in fourth place in the Ivy League.

In its second season under head coach Bob Blackman, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record and outscored opponents 188 to 154. Team captains were Mike Donahue and Dave Kintigh.[1]

Cornell's 3–3–1 conference record placed fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 143 to 142.[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. 28. Retrieved July 10, 2020.