ITHACA, N.Y. -- This week we'll take a look at Cornell's last game at Percy Field, a Nov. 7, 1914 contest against Franklin & Marshall. For a quarter century, Percy Field hosted some of the college football's top teams and greatest players. It's one in a long line of historic backdrops Cornell football has played in front of over more than 130 years.

Two games prior to Franklin & Marshall, the Big Red toppled Brown 28-7 at the famed Polo Grounds. Two contests later, Cornell visited Franklin Field - the oldest Division I college football stadium.

Playing in those types of facilities has never been unusual for Big Red football. More than 2/3 of its games in history been played in unquestioned historic and/or iconic stadiums.

Cornell's list of historic venues played on is nearly unrivaled. Fenway Park. The Polo Grounds. Riverfront Stadium. Army's Michie Stadiums. The Horseshoe. The Big House. The Farm. 

Cornell football grew up on Percy Field during its teenage years. It's first dedicated football field predated the Yale Bowl, Harvard Stadium and even Franklin Field. The Big Red graduated to Schoellkopf Field prior to the Great War. One of its first views when returning from the road is of Schoellkopf's famed Crescent, a reminder that wherever the team goes, it returns to one of college football's most historic and recognizable facilities.