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1991 Cornell Big Red football team

1991 Cornell Big Red football team

American college football season

The 1991 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for fourth in the Ivy League.

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In its second season under head coach Jim Hofher, the team compiled a 5–5 record and outscored opponents 218 to 181. Mark Broderick, Greg Finnegan and Scott Oliaro were the team captains.[1]

Cornell's 4–3 conference record tied for fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 139 to 124.[2]

The Big Red entered the year ranked 20th in the national rankings, but dropped out of the top 20 after an opening-week loss and remained unranked through the end of the season.

Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

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    "Football Record Book" (PDF). Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
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    "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 34. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
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    Rockoff, Jonathan D. (September 22, 1991). "Roghair Guides Princeton to Win over Cornell in Ivy". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 11-E – via Newspapers.com.
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    Herzog, Brad (September 30, 1991). "Raiders Roll All Over the Big Red". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
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    Baker, Wayne (October 6, 1991). "Changes Fail to Change Result for Bucknell; Cornell Spoils BU's Homecoming". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. pp. C3, C10 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Soltau, Mark (October 13, 1991). "Stanford Throttles Cornell, But So What?". San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, Calif. p. D-8 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Robbins, Liz (October 20, 1991). "Harvard Stalls Out in Second Half Again". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 65 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Herzog, Brad (October 28, 1991). "Punt Return the Big Play as Green Top the Red". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
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    Herzog, Brad (November 4, 1991). "Last-Second Win for the Big Red; Dramatic Drive Drops Brown". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
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    Berlet, Bruce (November 10, 1991). "Yale Comes Apart Again at Cornell, 31-6". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C8 – via Newspapers.com.
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    Herzog, Brad (November 18, 1991). "Big Red Struggles, but Tops Columbia". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
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    Juliano, Joe (November 24, 1991). "Penn Tops Cornell, 14-13, as Steele Ponders Future". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 11-E – via Newspapers.com.
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