# 2017 Cornell Big Red football team

The 2017 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by fifth-year head coach David Archer and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell finished the season 3–7 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to tie for fifth place. Cornell averaged 6,793 fans per gam.

## Schedule

The 2017 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Big Red hosted Ivy League foes Harvard, Brown, and Columbia, and traveled to Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Penn. Homecoming coincided with the game against Brown on October 21.
In 2017, Cornell's non-conference opponents were Delaware of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Colgate and Bucknell of the Patriot League.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 16 | 3:30 p.m. | at Delaware* | Delaware StadiumNewark, DE | | L 14–41 | 14,714 |
| September 23 | 1:00 p.m. | at Yale | Yale BowlNew Haven, CT | ELVN | L 24–49 | 10,926 |
| September 30 | 1:30 p.m. | Colgate* | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY (rivalry) | | L 7–21 | 3,325 |
| October 7 | 1:30 p.m. | Harvard | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY | ELVN | W 17–14 | 7,313 |
| October 14 | 1:30 p.m. | Bucknell* | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY | | L 18–26 | 4,202 |
| October 21 | 3:00 p.m. | Brown | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY | | W 34–7 | 13,514 |
| October 28 | 7:00 p.m. | at Princeton | Powers Field at Princeton StadiumPrinceton, NJ | NBCSN | W 29–28 | 5,642 |
| November 4 | 1:30 p.m. | at Dartmouth | Memorial FieldHanover, NH (rivalry) | | L 0–10 | 4,033 |
| November 11 | 1:30 p.m. | Columbia | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY (rivalry) | SNY | L 8–18 | 5,613 |
| November 18 | 1:30 p.m. | at Penn | Franklin FieldPhiladelphia, PA (rivalry) | ELVN | L 22–29 | 3,861 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Delaware

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cornell | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Delaware | 10 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 41 |
at Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE
* Date: September 16
* Game time: 3:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 83 °F (28 °C); partly cloudy, humid
* Game attendance: 14,714
* Referee: St. Cadorette
* Box Score

### Yale

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cornell | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Yale | 7 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 49 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
* Date: September 23
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C); sunny, warm
* Game attendance: 10,926
* Referee: T. Kichline
* TV: ELVN
* Box Score

### Colgate

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Colgate | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Cornell | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY
* Date: September 30
* Game time: 1:30 p.m.
* Game attendance: 3,325
* Referee: W. Boyd
* Box Score

### Harvard

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Harvard | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Cornell | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY
* Date: October 7
* Game time: 1:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C); partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 7,313
* Referee: J. Gansiejewski
* Box Score

### Bucknell

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bucknell | 7 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 26 |
| Cornell | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 18 |
at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY
* Date: October 14
* Game time: 1:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C); partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 4,202
* Referee: J. Pumphrey
* Box Score

### Brown

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Cornell | 3 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 34 |
at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY
* Date: October 21
* Game time: 3:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C); partly cloudy, warm
* Game attendance: 13,514
* Referee: C. Bloh
* Box Score

### Princeton

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cornell | 0 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 29 |
| Princeton | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
at Powers Field at Princeton Stadium • Princeton, NJ
* Date: October 28
* Game time: 7:00 p.m.
* Game attendance: 5,642
* Referee: W. Boyd
* TV: NBCSN
* Box Score

### Dartmouth

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cornell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dartmouth | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
at Memorial Field • Hanover, NH
* Date: November 4
* Game time: 1:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C); sunny
* Game attendance: 4,033
* Referee: S. Cadorette
* Box Score

### Columbia

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Columbia | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 |
| Cornell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY
* Date: November 11
* Game time: 1:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 34 °F (1 °C); clear and sunny
* Game attendance: 5,613
* Referee: H. Johns
* Box Score

### Penn

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cornell | 10 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 22 |
| Penn | 7 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 29 |
at Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA
* Date: November 18
* Game time: 1:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C); overcast
* Game attendance: 3,861
* Referee: H. Wimber
* Box Score