2010 Cornell Big Red football team

The 2010 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Kent Austin and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell finished the season 2–8 overall and 1–6 in Ivy League play to place seventh.

2010 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Ivy League
2010 record	2–8 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach	Kent Austin (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Fela (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Ron McCrone (1st season)
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field (Capacity: 25,597)

2010 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 18 Penn $		7	–	0					9	–	1
Harvard		5	–	2					7	–	3
Yale		5	–	2					7	–	3
Brown		5	–	2					6	–	4
Dartmouth		3	–	4					6	–	4
Columbia		2	–	5					4	–	6
Cornell		1	–	6					2	–	8
Princeton		0	–	7					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	1:00 p.m.	at Wagner*	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY	L 7–41	2,237	[1]
September 25	12:30 p.m.	Yale	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 7–21	16,026	[2]
October 2	3:30 p.m.	at Bucknell*	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 21–12	7,826	[3]
October 9	Noon	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 17–31	11,434	[4]
October 16	12:30 p.m.	Colgate*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 3–44	6,123	[5]
October 23	12:30 p.m.	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 14–27	7,160	[6]
October 30	12:30 p.m.	Princeton	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 21–19	5,119	[7]
November 6	12:30 p.m.	Dartmouth	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 10–28	3,787	[8]
November 13	12:30 p.m.	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY (rivalry)	L 17–20	5,318	[9]
November 20	12:30 p.m.	No. 16 Penn	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 7–31	3,333	[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References

1. Thomas, Brandon (October 5, 2010). "Humble Beginnings: Cornell Flattened in Austin's Debut". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
2. Thomas, Brandon (September 27, 2010). "Turnovers Doom Big Red". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
3. Thomas, Brandon (October 4, 2010). "Cornell Offsets Mistakes". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
4. Vega, Michael (October 10, 2010). "Crimson Go to Great Pains". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Thomas, Brandon (October 18, 2010). "Cornell Can't Slow Record-Setting Eachus". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
6. "CU Mauled by Brown's Defense". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. October 25, 2010. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Colleges: Football". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 24, 2010. p. C21.
7. Thomas, Brandon (November 1, 2010). "Big Red Wins Nailbiter: Fenton's Interception Seals Victory vs. Princeton". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
8. Thomas, Brandon (November 8, 2010). "Big Red Sacked by Dartmouth's Second-Half Rally". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Cornell Stumbles in Loss". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. November 15, 2010. pp. 3B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
10. Gold, Michael (November 21, 2010). "Quakers Romp to Ivy Title". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E3 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "2010 Football Schedule". Retrieved March 11, 2016.