American college football season
| 2018Cornell Big Red football |
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 2018 Cornell players in their "away" uniforms |
| Conference | Ivy League |
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| Record | 3–7 (2–5 Ivy) |
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| Head coach | |
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| Offensive coordinator | Joe Villapiano (2nd season) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Jared Backus (6th season) |
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| Captains | - J. Edward Keating
- Reis Seggebruch
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| Home stadium | Schoellkopf Field |
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Cornell vsColumbia Lions atWien Stadium, November 17The2018 Cornell Big Red football team representedCornell University in the2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of theIvy League. They were led by sixth-year head coachDavid Archer and played their home games atSchoellkopf Field. Cornell finished the season 3–7 overall 2–5 in Ivy League play to place seventh. Cornell averaged 6,601 fans per game.
The 2018 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Big Red hosted Ivy League foesYale,Harvard,Penn, andDartmouth, and traveled toBrown,Princeton, andColumbia.
In 2018, Cornell's non-conference opponents wereDelaware of theColonial Athletic Association,Sacred Heart of theNortheast Conference, andColgate of thePatriot League.Homecoming coincided with the home opener against Yale on September 22.
Cornell's 66–0 loss toPrinceton on October 27 was its worst defeat since a 77–0defeat by Harvard in 1890, 128 years earlier.[1]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 15 | 3:30 p.m. | atDelaware* | | BHAA | L 10–27 | 14,511 |
| September 22 | 3:00 p.m. | Yale | | ESPN+ | L 24–30 | 12,801 |
| September 29 | 1:30 p.m. | Sacred Heart* | - Schoellkopf Field
- Ithaca, NY
| ESPN+ | W 43–24 | 3,620 |
| October 6 | 1:30 p.m. | Harvard | - Schoellkopf Field
- Ithaca, NY
| ESPN+ | W 28–24 | 8,040 |
| October 13 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 20Colgate* | | PL Net | L 0–31 | 3,112 |
| October 20 | 1:00 p.m. | atBrown | | ESPN+ | W 34–16 | 3,886 |
| October 27 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 19Princeton | | ESPN+ | L 0–66 | 4,200 |
| November 2 | 6:00 p.m. | Penn | - Schoellkopf Field
- Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
| ESPNU | L 7–20 | 1,056 |
| November 10 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 25Dartmouth | - Schoellkopf Field
- Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
| ESPN+ | L 24–35 | 3,604 |
| November 17 | 1:00 p.m. | atColumbia | | ESPN+ | L 21–24 | 4,651 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Big Red | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Fightin' Blue Hens | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 27 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Bulldogs | 14 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| Big Red | 14 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Pioneers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Big Red | 16 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 43 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Crimson | 7 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| Big Red | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Big Red | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 20 Raiders | 7 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Big Red | 0 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 34 |
| Bears | 0 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Big Red | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 19 Tigers | 21 | 24 | 7 | 14 | 66 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Quakers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 |
| Big Red | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
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| No. 25Big Green | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| Big Red | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
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| Big Red | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Lions | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
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