American college football season
1953 Ivy League football standings Conf. Overall Team W L T W L T Cornell 3 – 0 – 2 4 – 3 – 2 Harvard 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0 Yale 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 2 Princeton 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Columbia 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 Dartmouth 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 7 – 0 Brown 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1 Penn 0 – 0 – 1 3 – 5 – 1 The Ivy League in 1953 completed on a league basis in baseball, basketball, hockey, tennis and swimming. In football, there was an agreement among the schools to establish conditions to assure sportsmanship and amateurism. Moreover, newspapers regularly printed football standings for the Ivy League schools.
The1953 Cornell Big Red football team was anAmerican football team that representedCornell University during the1953 college football season . In its seventh season under head coachGeorge K. James , the team compiled a 4–3–2 record but was outscored 152 to 128. Bill George was the team captain.[ 1]
Cornell was part of the informalIvy League in 1953. There was no official Ivy League championship recognized in 1953, though Cornell had the best record in games against Ivy opponents (3–0–2) and newspapers referred to Cornell as the Ivy League champion.
Cornell played its home games atSchoellkopf Field inIthaca, New York .
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 26 Colgate Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry ) W 27–7 14,000 [ 2] October 3 No. 14Rice Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY L 7–28 22,000 [ 3] October 10 vs.Navy L 6–26 27,000 [ 4] October 17 Yale Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY T 0–0 25,000 [ 5] October 24 atPrinceton W 26–19 25,000 [ 6] October 31 Columbia Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry ) W 27–13 16,000 [ 7] November 7 Syracuse Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY L 0–26 15,000 [ 8] November 14 atDartmouth W 28–26 15,000 [ 9] November 26 atPenn T 7–7 38,159 [ 10] Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game
^ "Football Record Book" (PDF) . Ithaca, N.Y.:Cornell University . RetrievedJuly 3, 2020 .^ "Cornell Turns Back Colgate Eleven, 27-7".The New York Times ^ Strauss, Michael (October 4, 1953). "Rice Running Game Tops Cornell, 28-7".The New York Times ^ Effrat, Louis (October 11, 1953). "Middie Surge Tops Cornell Team, 26-6".The New York Times ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 18, 1953). "Elis and Cornell in Scoreless Game".The New York Times ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (October 25, 1953). "Cornell Overcomes Princeton, 26 to 19".The New York Times ^ Danzig, Allison (November 1, 1953). "Cornell Defeats Columbia by 27-13".The New York Times ^ "Syracuse Aerials Rout Cornell, 26-0".The New York Times ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (November 15, 1953). "Ithacans Triumph by 28-26, Halting Dartmouth Uprising".The New York Times ^ Danzig, Allison (November 27, 1953). "Penn Ties Cornell as Munger Ends Career as Quakers' Football Coach".The New York Times
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