ITHACA, N.Y. - Go "Beyond the Box Score" of Cornell football's victory over Penn from Nov. 8, 2025.
TEAM
• With the win, Cornell's all-time record is now 663-565-34.
• The Big Red holds a 234-231-15 record in the month of November.
• Cornell's four-game win streak is the first of its kind this century, with its last four-game streak coming in the first four game of the 1999 season (at Princeton, Fordham, at Brown, Harvard).
• The Big Red's 3-2 Ivy League mark made for the first winning conference record after five games since 2017 (3-2).
• Besides New York, Pennsylvania has hosted more Big Red football games than any other state. Cornell is now 51-76-6 in 133 contests in the Keystone State.
• The victory snapped a four-game road losing streak.
• Cornell head coach Dan Swanstrom evened his Ivy League record at 6-6.
• The 22-point margin of victory was its greatest in an Ivy League road contest since it defeated Columbia 41-0 on Nov. 10, 1990. It was the biggest in any road game since a 45-7 triumph over Georgetown on Sept. 29. 2007.
• The Big Red scored on all six of its red zone trips with four resulting in touchdowns.
• After punting after a three-and-out, the Big Red scored on its next seven possessions before running out the clock on its last series.
• Cornell held the ball for 22:05 of the 30 minutes in the second half after Penn possessed it for 20:46 in the first half.
• The Big Red has now won time of possession in each of the past four contests and in six of the last seven games.
• It is the first three-game win streak against Ivy League opponents since defeating Harvard, Brown and Princeton in 2017.
• Cornell's offensive line has not allowed a sack in consecutive games, a total of 56 dropbacks.
• The Big Red's 19-point outburst in the third quarter was its largest coming out of halftime since Oct. 1, 2016 when it scored 21 third quarter points in a 39-38 victory at No. 25 Colgate.
• The Big Red's 15-play, 75 yard touchdown drive that spanned the third and fourth quarters lasted 8:21 - its longest drive in terms of time since a 17-play drive sucked up 9:50 of a game at Bucknell last season.
INDIVIDUAL
• Junior
Garrett Bass-Sulpizio has rushed for a touchdown in six straight games, the first Big Red player to do that since Chad Levitt '97 found the end zone in six consecutive contests during the 1996 campaign. Bass-Sulpizio has seven rushing touchdowns over that span.
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TJ Hamilton, who did not have a reception in his first two collegiate games, posted five catches for 123 yards against the Quakers.
• It was the 154th 100-yard receiving game by a Big Red player in school history.
• The 123 yards is tied for the 74th-most in a game at Cornell.
• With seven tackles against Penn, senior
Damon Barnes upped his career total to 155, good for 56th all-time at Cornell.
• Senior
Joey Cheshire added six tackles to his career totals and now stands at 120, tied for 103rd all-time and two away from joining the top 100.
• With his three tackles, senior
Michael O'Keefe has increased his career total to 99 and is just one away from becoming the 146th player in the Big Red's 138-year history to hit the century mark for their career.
• Junior All-American tight end
Ryder Kurtz, who already owns school tight end records for touchdowns (eight) and receiving yards (852), set the Big Red tight ends mark with 68, surpassing the 67 catches from Matt Sullivan '17.
• Senior
Gannon Carothers, who entered the contest with one career touchdown, found the end zone twice in the victory.
• Senior
Doryn Smith upped his career totals to 97 catches (No. 19 all-time at Cornell) for 1,040 yards (No. 28 at Cornell).
• Junior
Brendan Lee's touchdown was the third of his career and first since hauling in a pair against Yale in 2024.
• Sophomore
Jordan Triplett paced the team with 85 yards on 17 carries and scored his fourth touchdown in the past three weeks in the process.
• Sophomore
Caden Lesiewicz was 2-for-2 in field goals, making him the third Big Red kicker this season to hit at least one. The last time Cornell had three kickers make a field goal was in 1972.