1996 Cornell Big Red football team

1996 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Steve Busch
  • Chad Levitt
  • Seth Payne
  • Brian Weidel
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1995
1997 →
1996 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 17 Dartmouth $   7 0     10 0  
Columbia   5 2     8 2  
Brown   4 3     5 5  
Cornell   4 3     4 6  
Penn   3 4     5 5  
Harvard   2 5     4 6  
Princeton   2 5     3 7  
Yale   1 6     2 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1996 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for third in the Ivy League.

In its seventh season under head coach Jim Hofher, the team compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored 280 to 221. Steve Busch, Chad Levitt, Seth Payne and Brian Weidel were team captains.[1]

Cornell's 4–3 conference record tied for third place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red were outscored 178 to 157 by Ivy opponents.[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. 36–37. Retrieved July 10, 2020.