2008 Cornell Big Red football team

2008 Cornell Big Red football

Conference	Ivy League
2008 record	4–6 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach	Jim Knowles (5th year)
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field (Capacity: 25,597)

2008 Ivy League football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#15 Harvard $		6	–	1		9	–	1
Brown		6	–	1		7	–	3
Penn		5	–	2		6	–	4
Yale		4	–	3		6	–	4
Princeton		3	–	4		4	–	6
Cornell		2	–	5		4	–	6
Columbia		2	–	5		2	–	8
Dartmouth		0	–	7		0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2008 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth year head coach Jim Knowles and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 4–6, 2–5 in Ivy League play to finish in sixth place.

Schedule

Cornell's non-conference opponents were Bucknell, Lehigh and Colgate. Homecoming coincided with the home opener against Yale on September 27.^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 20	6:00 PM	at Bucknell*	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium • Lewisburg, PA		W 21–20	5,173
September 27	1:00 PM	Yale	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY		W 17–14	13,142
October 4	12:30 PM	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA		W 25–24	10,460
October 11	12:00 PM	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA	Versus	L 17–38	11,263
October 18	1:00 PM	Colgate*	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY		L 22–38	8,542
October 25	12:30 PM	at Brown	Brown Stadium • Providence, RI		L 7–27	9,298
November 1	1:00 PM	Princeton	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY		L 26–31	7,122
November 8	1:00 PM	Dartmouth	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY		W 37–14	4,132
November 15	12:30 PM	at Columbia	Wien Stadium • Manhattan, NY		L 7–17	3,811
November 22	1:00 PM	Penn	Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY		L 6–23	2,437
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

↑ "Cornell University - 2008 Football Schedule". Retrieved 11 March 2016.

Cornell Big Red football

Venues	Schoellkopf Field (1915–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Columbia

Culture & lore	Big Red Bear "Give My Regards to Davy" Fifth Down Game

People	Head coaches

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