1998 Cornell Big Red football team

1998 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorGreg Gigantino (1st season)
Captains
  • John Hanson
  • Mike Hood
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
← 1997
1999 →
1998 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Penn $   6 1     8 2  
Brown   5 2     7 3  
Yale   5 2     6 4  
Princeton   4 3     5 5  
Columbia   3 4     4 6  
Harvard   3 4     4 6  
Cornell   1 6     4 6  
Dartmouth   1 6     2 8  
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1998 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for second-to-last in the Ivy League.

In its first season under head coach Pete Mangurian, the team compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored 200 to 159. John Hanson and Mike Hood were team captains.[1]

Cornell's 1–6 conference record tied for seventh place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red were outscored 147 to 96 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. 37–38. Retrieved July 10, 2020.