# 2016 Cornell Big Red football team

The 2016 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by fourth-year head coach David Archer and play their home games at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell finished the season 4–6 overall and 2–5 in Ivy League play to tie for sixth place.

## Schedule

The 2016 schedule consisted of five home and five away games. The Big Red hosted Ivy League foes Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth and Penn, and traveled to Harvard, Brown, and Columbia.
As in 2015, Cornell's non-conference opponents were Bucknell and Colgate of the Patriot League, and Sacred Heart of the Northeast Conference (NEC). Homecoming coincided with the home opener against Yale on September 24.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 17 | 6:00 p.m. | at Bucknell* | Christy Mathewson–Memorial StadiumLewisburg, PA | CI | W 24–16 | 4,628 |
| September 24 | 3:00 p.m. | Yale | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY | ILDN | W 27–13 | 15,493 |
| October 1 | 1:00 p.m. | at Colgate* | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY (rivalry) | TWCSC | W 39–38 | 8,010 |
| October 8 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 22 Harvard | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA | OWSPN | L 13–29 | 11,509 |
| October 15 | 1:30 p.m. | Sacred Heart* | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY | ILDN | L 24–31 | 6,739 |
| October 22 | 12:00 p.m. | at Brown | Brown StadiumProvidence, RI | FCS | L 21–28 $^{2OT}$ | 3,013 |
| October 29 | 12:30 p.m. | Princeton | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY | OWSPN | L 7–56 | 4,879 |
| November 5 | 1:30 p.m. | Dartmouth | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY (rivalry) | ILDN | L 13–17 | 3,783 |
| November 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at Columbia | Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien StadiumNew York, NY (rivalry) | ILDN | W 42–40 | 5,887 |
| November 19 | 12:00 p.m. | Penn | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY (rivalry) | FCS | L 20–42 | 6,333 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Bucknell

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cornell | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Bucknell | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
at Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium
* Date: September 17
* Game time: 6:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: 76 °F (24 °C); cloudy
* Game attendance: 4,628
* Referee: J. Gansiejewski
* TV: CI
* Box Score

### Yale

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Yale | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| Cornell | 14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
at Schoellkopf Field
* Date: September 24
* Game time: 3:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C); mostly sunny
* Game attendance: 15,493
* Referee: J. Gansiejewski
* TV: Ivy League Digital Network
* Box Score

### Colgate

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cornell | 0 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 39 |
| Colgate | 21 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 38 |
at Andy Kerr Stadium
* Date: October 1
* Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C); overcast
* Game attendance: 8,010
* Referee: J. Pumphrey
* TV: TWCSC
* Box Score

### Harvard

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cornell | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Harvard | 14 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 29 |
at Harvard Stadium
* Date: October 8
* Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C); cloudy
* Game attendance: 11,509
* Referee: Charles Jebran
* TV: OWSPN
* Box Score

### Sacred Heart

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sacred Heart | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| Cornell | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
at Schoellkopf Field
* Date: October 15
* Game time: 1:30 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C); sunny, clear
* Game attendance: 6,739
* Referee: Tom Kichline
* TV: Ivy League Digital Network
* Box Score

### Brown

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| Cornell | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Brown | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
at Brown Stadium
* Date: October 22
* Game time: Noon EDT
* Game weather: 60 °F (16 °C); rain showers
* Game attendance: 3,013
* Referee: Michael Sechris
* TV: FCS
* Box Score

### Princeton

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Princeton | 14 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 56 |
| Cornell | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
at Schoellkopf Field
* Date: October 29
* Game time: 12:30 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C); mostly cloudy
* Game attendance: 4,879
* Referee: Hank Johns
* TV: OWSPN
* Box Score

### Dartmouth

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Dartmouth | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| Cornell | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
at Schoellkopf Field
* Date: November 5
* Game time: 1:30 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C); mostly cloudy
* Game attendance: 3,783
* Referee: Steve Cadorette
* TV: Ivy League Digital Network
* Box Score

### Columbia

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cornell | 14 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
| Columbia | 14 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 40 |
at Wien Stadium
* Date: November 12
* Game time: 1:30 p.m. EDT
* Game weather: 49 °F (9 °C); clear skies
* Game attendance: 5,887
* Referee: Karlton Derrick
* TV: Ivy League Digital Network
* Box Score

### Penn

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Penn | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
| Cornell | 6 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
at Schoellkopf Field
* Date: November 19
* Game time: Noon EDT
* Game weather: 56 °F (13 °C); sunny
* Game attendance: 6,333
* TV: Fox College Sports
* Box Score