1985 Cornell Big Red football team

1985 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record3–7 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Stuart Mitchell
  • John Tagliaferri
  • Dave Van Metre
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1984
1986 →
1985 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn $ 6 1 0 7 2 1
Harvard 5 2 0 7 3 0
Princeton 5 2 0 5 5 0
Brown 4 3 0 5 4 1
Yale 3 3 1 4 4 1
Dartmouth 2 4 1 2 7 1
Cornell 2 5 0 3 7 0
Columbia 0 7 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1985 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell finished second-to-last in the Ivy League.

In its third season under head coach Maxie Baughan, the team compiled a 3–7 record and was outscored 178 to 157. Stuart Mitchell, John Tagliaferri and Dave Van Metre were the team captains.[1] The second win of the year, at Yale on November 9, was the 500th victory in the history of Cornell football.[2]

Cornell's 2–5 conference record placed seventh in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 127 to 108.[3]

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. ^ Cite error: The named reference Yale was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 31. Retrieved July 10, 2020.