2004 Cornell Big Red football team

The 2004 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by first-year head coach Jim Knowles and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell finished the season 4–6 overall and 4–3 in Ivy League play.

2004 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Ivy League
2004 record	4–6 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Jim Knowles (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Rogers (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Clayton Carlin (1st season)
Captain	David Archer, Brad Kitlowski, Ryan Lempa
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field (Capacity: 25,597)

2004 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 13 Harvard $		7	–	0					10	–	0
No. 21 Penn		6	–	1					8	–	2
Cornell		4	–	3					4	–	6
Brown		3	–	4					6	–	4
Princeton		3	–	4					5	–	5
Yale		3	–	4					5	–	5
Dartmouth		1	–	6					1	–	9
Columbia		1	–	6					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	7:00 p.m.	at Bucknell*	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 9–15	6,702	[1]
September 25	1:00 p.m.	Yale	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 19–7	11,835	[2]
October 2	1:00 p.m.	at Towson*	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	L 11–21	2,522	[3]
October 9	12:30 p.m.	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 24–34	13,334	[4]
October 16	1:00 p.m.	Colgate*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 6–10	12,168	[5]
October 23	1:00 p.m.	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 17–21	9,310	[6]
October 30	Noon	Princeton	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 21–20	5,842	[7]
November 6	1:00 p.m.	Dartmouth	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 14–7	5,012	[8]
November 13	12:30 p.m.	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY (rivalry)	W 32–26	4,020	[9]
November 20	Noon	No. 22 Penn	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 14–20	4,242	[10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References

1. Housenick, Tom (September 19, 2004). "Bison Finally Win a Close One". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 19, 2004. p. C21.
2. Hine, Tommy (September 26, 2004). "The 'Off' in Offense: Yale Struggles; Cornell Finally Wins". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E3, E7 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Lambrecht, Gary (October 3, 2004). "Goldbeck, Towson Back on Track". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, Md. p. 3D – via Newspapers.com.
4. Chamberlain, Tony (October 10, 2004). "Victory Makes Balanced Crimson Beam". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C14 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Feaver, Christopher (October 18, 2004). "Colgate Holds Off Cornell". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Brown Rallies to Defeat Cornell". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. October 25, 2004. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Kuhn Leads Cornell to Win Over Tigers". Home News Tribune. New Brunswick, N.J. Associated Press. October 31, 2004. p. C5 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Standings, Sums". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 31, 2004. p. C14.
8. "Cornell 14, Dartmouth 7". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. November 7, 2004. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Ivy League Standings, Summaries". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. November 7, 2004. p. E19.
9. "Cornell 32, Columbia 26". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. Associated Press. November 14, 2004. p. D16 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Reid, Ron (November 21, 2004). "Another Tricky Win for Penn". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D3 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "2004 Football Schedule". Retrieved March 11, 2016.