1979 Cornell Big Red football team

1979 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Brad Decker
  • Jim DeStefano
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
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1979 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale $ 6 1 0 8 1 0
Brown 5 2 0 6 3 0
Princeton 5 2 0 5 4 0
Cornell 4 3 0 5 4 0
Dartmouth 4 3 0 4 4 1
Harvard 3 4 0 3 6 0
Columbia 1 6 0 1 8 0
Penn 0 7 0 0 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1979 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Cornell tied for fourth in the Ivy League.

In its third season under head coach Bob Blackman, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 215 to 152. Brad Decker and Jim DeStefano were the team captains.[1]

Cornell's 4–3 conference record tied for fourth place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 179 to 121.[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. pp. 28–29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.