| Year: | 2017 |
| Team: | Cornell Big Red |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Ivy League |
| Short Conf: | Ivy |
| Record: | 3–7 |
| Conf Record: | 3–4 |
| Head Coach: | David Archer |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Off Coach: | Joe Villapiano |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Def Coach: | Jared Backus |
| Dc Year: | 5th |
| Captain: | Kurt Frimel, Jack Gellatly, Nick Gesualdi, Miles Norris |
| Stadium: | Schoellkopf Field |
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.
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.[1]
See also: 2017 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team.
See also: 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team.
See also: 2017 Colgate Raiders football team and Colgate–Cornell football rivalry.
See also: 2017 Harvard Crimson football team.
See also: 2017 Bucknell Bison football team.
See also: 2017 Brown Bears football team.
See also: 2017 Princeton Tigers football team.
See also: 2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team and Cornell–Dartmouth football rivalry.
See also: 2017 Columbia Lions football team and Columbia–Cornell football rivalry.
See also: 2017 Penn Quakers football team and Cornell–Penn football rivalry.