2009 Cornell Big Red football team

The 2009 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Jim Knowles and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell finished the season 2–8 overall and 1–6 in Ivy League play to place eighth. Cornell averaged 7,176 fans per game.

2009 Cornell Big Red football

Conference	Ivy League
Record	2–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach	Jim Knowles (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Bruce Barnum (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Clayton Carlin (3rd season)
Captain	Horatio Blackman, Chris Costello
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field
Seasons ← 2008 2010 →

2009 Ivy League football standings
v t e			Overall
Team	W		L	W		L
No.20Penn $	7	–	0	8	–	2
Harvard	6	–	1	7	–	3
Brown	4	–	3	6	–	4
Columbia	3	–	4	4	–	6
Princeton	3	–	4	4	–	6
Yale	2	–	5	4	–	6
Dartmouth	2	–	5	2	–	8
Cornell	1	–	6	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	12:30 p.m.	Bucknell*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 33–9	9,889	^[1]
September 26	Noon	atYale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 14–12	17,654	^[2]
October 3	1:00 p.m.	atColgate*	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY (rivalry)	L 23–45	7,123	^[3]
October 10	12:30 p.m.	Harvard	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 10–28	8,053	^[4]
October 17	12:30 p.m.	Fordham*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 27–39	8,231	^[5]
October 24	12:30 p.m.	Brown	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 14–34	5,117	^[6]
October 31	1:00 p.m.	atPrinceton	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	L 13–17	7,100	^[7]
November 7	12:30 p.m.	atDartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	L 17–20 ^OT	3,706	^[8]
November 14	12:30 p.m.	Columbia	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 20–30	4,593	^[9]
November 21	1:00 p.m.	at No. 24 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–34	9,018	^[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

2009 Cornell Big Red football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`18`	Bryan Walters	Sr
TE	`87`	J. C. Tretter	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
S	`22`	Frank Morand	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

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^ Sweeney, Dan (October 5, 2009). "Cornell Feeling Run Down After Rough Loss". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1B, 6B – via Newspapers.com.

^ Sweeney, Dan (October 11, 2009). "Crimson Team of a Century". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C18 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "Fordham's Skelton Guts Cornell for 6 TDs". Press & Sun Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. October 18, 2009. p. 5D – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in boxscore on same page.

^ "Peacock's Late Score Wins It for Princeton". The Trentonian. Trenton, N.J. Associated Press. November 1, 2009. p. 23 – via NewsBank.

^ "Dartmouth Hands Cornell 6th Straight Loss". Star-Gazette. Elmira, N.Y. Associated Press. November 8, 2009. p. 6B – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 8, 2009. p. C17.

^ Sweeney, Dan (October 5, 2009). "Big Red Closes with 7 Straight Losses". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.

^ Tannenwald, Jonathan (November 22, 2009). "Quakers Clinch Ivy Title Outright". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E3 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "2009 Football Schedule". Retrieved March 11, 2016.

Schedule