1991 Cornell Big Red football team

1991 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–5 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Mark Broderick
  • Greg Finnegan
  • Scott Oliaro
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1990
1992 →
1991 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth $ 6 0 1 7 2 1
Princeton 5 2 0 8 2 0
Harvard 4 2 1 4 5 1
Yale 4 3 0 6 4 0
Cornell 4 3 0 5 5 0
Penn 2 5 0 2 8 0
Brown 1 6 0 1 9 0
Columbia 1 6 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1991 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for fourth in the Ivy League.

In its second season under head coach Jim Hofher, the team compiled a 5–5 record and outscored opponents 218 to 181. Mark Broderick, Greg Finnegan and Scott Oliaro were the team captains.[1]

Cornell's 4–3 conference record tied fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 139 to 124.[2]

The Big Red entered the year ranked 20th in the national rankings, but dropped out of the top 20 after an opening-week loss and remained unranked through the end of the season.

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. 34. Retrieved July 10, 2020.