1902 Cornell Big Red football team

American college football season

1902 Cornell Big Red football

Conference| Independent
Record| 8–3
Head coach|

* Raymond Starbuck (1st season)

Captain| Bill Warner
Home stadium| Percy Field

Seasons

<- 1901

1903 ->

1902 Eastern college football independents records

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Ursinus |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 0
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 0  | - | 1
Geneva |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 1  | - | 0
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Frankin & Marshall |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Holy Cross |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Carlisle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
Lafayette |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
Amherst |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 4  | - | 0
Lehigh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 1
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 2
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Washington & Jefferson |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 1
Springfield Training School |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 1
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 6  | - | 0
Western U. of Penn. |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 1
New Hampshire |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 3  | - | 1
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 1
Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 1
Wesleyan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
Rutgers |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Navy |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 1
Drexel |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 1
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 4  | - | 1
Pittsburgh College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0
Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0

The 1902 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1902 college football season. In their second season under head coach Raymond Starbuck, the Big Red compiled an 8–3 record, shut out 7 of 11 opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 324 to 38.[1] Guard Bill Warner was selected by Caspar Whitney as a first-team player, and by Walter Camp as a second-team player, on the 1902 College Football All-America Team.[2][3][4]

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Source

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September 27|  Colgate|

* Percy Field
* Ithaca, NY (rivalry)

| W 5–0| [5]
October 1|  Rochester|

* Percy Field
* Ithaca, NY

| W 31–0|
October 4|  Union (NY)|

* Percy Field
* Ithaca, NY

| W 42–0|
October 8|  Hobart|

* Percy Field
* Ithaca, NY

| W 57–0|
October 11|  Williams|

* Percy Field
* Ithaca, NY

| W 37–6|
October 18|  Carlisle|

* Percy Field
* Ithaca, NY

| L 6–10|
October 25|  Oberlin|

* Percy Field
* Ithaca, NY

| W 57–0|
November 1| at Princeton|

* University Field
* Princeton, NJ

| L 0–10|
November 8|  Washington & Jefferson|

* Percy Field
* Ithaca, NY

| W 50–0| [6][7]
November 15|  Lafayette|

* Percy Field
* Ithaca, NY

| W 28–0|
November 27| at Penn |

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)

| L 11–12|

## References[edit]

1. ^ "1902 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
2. ^ Michael MacCambridge, Dan Jenkins (2005). ESPN College Football Encyclopedia: The Complete History of College Football from 1869 to the Present. p. 1145.
3. ^ "All-America Team and Review of Season of 1902". Spalding's Football Guide: 31. 1903. Retrieved March 8, 2015 - via Google books.
4. ^ Caspar Whitney (January 1903). "The Viewpoint" (PDF). Outing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
5. ^ "Cornell, 5; Colgate, 0". The New York Times. September 28, 1902. p. 15 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Cornell Game Is Doubtful". The Buffalo Courier. Buffalo, New York. November 8, 1902. p. 9. Retrieved September 28, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .
7. ^ "A Sad Day For W. & J." The Pittsburgh Post. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. November 9, 1902. p. 15. Retrieved September 28, 2021 - via Newspapers.com .

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Cornell Big Red football

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* Schoellkopf Field (1915–present)

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* Columbia
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* Big Red Bear
* "Give My Regards to Davy"
* Fifth Down Game

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