1894 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1894 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1894 college football season. In their first season under head coach Marshall Newell, the Big Red compiled a 6–4–1 record and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 178 to 58.[1][2] Pop Warner was the team's captain.

1894 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
1894 record	6–4–1
Head coach	Marshall Newell (1st season)
Captain	Pop Warner
Home stadium	Percy Field

1894 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					16	–	0	–	0
Penn			–					12	–	0	–	0
Villanova			–					1	–	0	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	0	–	1
Harvard			–					11	–	2	–	0
Geneva			–					5	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					8	–	2	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	1	–	0
Pittsburgh College			–					7	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					10	–	5	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					2	–	1	–	1
Army			–					3	–	2	–	0
Frankin & Marshall			–					6	–	4	–	0
Cornell			–					6	–	4	–	1
Amherst			–					7	–	5	–	0
Trinity (CT)			–					4	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					6	–	5	–	0
Tufts			–					6	–	5	–	0
Boston College			–					3	–	3	–	0
Massachusetts			–					3	–	3	–	0
Western Univ. Penn			–					1	–	1	–	0
Lafayette			–					5	–	6	–	0
New Hampshire			–					2	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					4	–	6	–	0
Lehigh			–					5	–	9	–	0
Drexel			–					1	–	2	–	1
Williams			–					1	–	3	–	0
MIT			–					1	–	4	–	0
Carlisle			–					1	–	8	–	0
NYU			–					0	–	3	–	0
Wesleyan			–					0	–	5	–	0

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26		Syracuse	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 39–0
October 6		Union (NY)	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 37–0
October 13		Lafayette	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 24–0
October 20		vs. Princeton	Manhattan Field New York, NY	L 4–12
October 27		vs. Harvard	Manhattan Field New York, NY	L 12–22	8,000	[3][4]
November 3		Michigan	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 22–0	1,000
November 6		at Crescent Athletic Club	Eastern Park Brooklyn, NY	W 22–0	3,000	[5]
November 10		vs. Williams	Albany, NY	T 0–0	2,000	[6]
November 17		at Penn	Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 0–6
November 24	2:30 p.m.	vs. Michigan	Detroit Athletic Club Field Detroit, MI	L 4–12	4,000
November 29		Lehigh	Percy Field Ithaca, NY	W 10–6
All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Michigan

On November 24, Cornell lost to Michigan, 12–4.[7] The result was the first victory by a Michigan football team against one of the elite Eastern football teams, and "the Michigan men went wild" as blue and yellow were "all the colors that could be seen."[8] The Detroit Free Press filled its front page with a lengthy account of the game under the headline, "GLORIOUS!", and proclaimed the start of "halcyon days at the university" and opined that "the day of logy teams, slow signalling and dumb playing at the university are but pages in history now."[9] The Free Press predicted that the victory would mark a turning point in the popularity of football in the West, such that "it will become the only acknowledged game of the fall, and its devotees will outnumber those of any other game."[9] The University of Michigan yearbook, The Palladium, wrote: "The enthusiasm of that day at Detroit transformed our foot ball team from the practically 'backwoods' organization that they were to skillful, scientific players of the great American game of foot ball. Let the good work go on."[10]

References

1. "Cornell Yearly Results (1890–1894)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
2. "1894 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
3. "It Was Work: Cornell Put 12 Against Harvard's 22". Boston Globe. October 28, 1894. p. 1 – via NewspaperArchive.
4. "Blocked Punts Enabled Cornell to Score Against Harvard: Men From Ithaca Put Up a Very Foxy Game". The Boston Globe. October 28, 1894. p. 1 – via NewspaperArchive.
5. "Cornell, 22; Crescent, 0". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Maryland. November 7, 1894. p. 6. Retrieved April 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
6. "Cornell-Williams, 0-0". The Buffalo News. Buffalo, New York. November 11, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved April 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
7. "Michigan-Cornell Game". Logansport Journal. 1894-11-25.
8. "Joy in Michigan University". Logansport Daily Pharos. 1894-11-26.
9. "GLORIOUS! Michigan Victorious on the Gridiron Field; Defeating Cornell by Honest and Hard Playing". Detroit Free Press. November 25, 1894. p. 1.
10. The Palladium, Vol. 37 (pages unnumbered).