1915 Cornell Big Red football team

1915 Cornell Big Red football
National champion (Helms, Houlgate, NCF) Co-national champion (Parke H. Davis)
Conference	Independent
1915 record	9–0
Head coach	Albert Sharpe (4th year)
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field

The 1915 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 1915 college football season. The team finished with a 9–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, and National Championship Foundation, and as a co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.^[1] They outscored their opponents 287 to 50.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 25		Gettysburg*		Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY		W 13–0	-
October 2		Oberlin*		Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY		W 34–7	-
October 9		Williams*		Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY		W 46–6	-
October 16		Bucknell*		Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY		W 41–0	-
October 23		at Harvard*		Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA		W 10–0	-
October 30		VPI*		Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY		W 45–0	-
November 6		at Michigan*		Ferry Field • Ann Arbor, MI		W 34–7	22,000
November 13		Washington and Lee*		Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY		W 40–21	-
November 25		at Penn*		Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA		W 40–21	-
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game.

References

1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016.
2. 1915 Cornell University football scores and results. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 3, 2013.