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The 1979 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Cornell tied for fourth in the Ivy League.
1979 Cornell Big Red football | |
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 5–4 (4–3 Ivy) |
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Home stadium | Schoellkopf Field |
In its third season under head coach Bob Blackman, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 215 to 152. Brad Decker and Jim DeStefano were the team captains.[1]
Cornell's 4–3 conference record tied for fourth place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 179 to 121.[2]
Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 22 | at Penn | W 52–13 | 5,671 | [3] | |||
September 29 | Colgate* |
| W 36–21 | 12,000 | [4] | ||
October 6 | No. T–6 Bucknell* |
| L 0–10 | 7,500 | [5] | ||
October 13 | Harvard |
| W 41–14 | 9,000 | [6] | ||
October 20 | at Brown | L 7–28 | 13,500 | [7] | |||
October 27 | at Dartmouth | W 21–10 | 10,600 | [8] | |||
November 3 | Yale |
| L 20–23 | 18,500 | [9] | ||
November 10 | Columbia |
| W 24–7 | 6,000 | [10] | ||
November 17 | at Princeton | L 14–26 | 11,867 | [11] | |||
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