Every college team celebrates its history and tradition, but few can match Cornell football. Over 1,214 games and through 133 years, the Big Red has been among the very few programs to leave an indelible mark on the sport.
Perfect Ithaca summers have molted into fall, the vibrant reds lining the hills around Cayuga Lake. As the foliage settles, you can see a still and patient Cayuga Lake from the top of Schoellkopf Field. Those iconic views have provided the backdrop for Cornell football for more than a century.
Only once previously, in the throes of World War I and the Flu Pandemic of 1918, was a Big Red football season put on pause. The following year, Cornell built a team back that looked very different than before. It competed. It fought. It went 3-5.
Two years later, Cornell was 8-0 and national champions.
