2024 Cornell Big Red football team explained

Year:	2024
Team:	Cornell Big Red
Sport:	football
Conference:	Ivy League
Short Conf:	Ivy
Record:	0–0
Conf Record:	0–0
Head Coach:	Dan Swanstrom
Hc Year:	1st
Def Coach:	Jared Backus
Dc Year:	11th
Stadium:	Schoellkopf Field

The 2024 Cornell Big Red football team will represent Cornell University as a member of the Ivy League during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team will be led by first-year head coach Dan Swanstrom and will play its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

Preseason

In the 2023 season, Cornell finished 3–7 overall and 2–5 in conference play. After the conclusion of the season, Cornell University's athletics director, Nicki Moore, announced that ten-year head coach David Archer would not return for the 2024 season. Defensive coordinator Jared Backus assumed duties as interim head coach, with immediate effect. At Cornell, Archer compiled a record of 29–71, and the team was not able to record a winning season during that span, a streak existing since the 2006 season.^[1] On December 7, 2023, Cornell University Athletics announced the hiring of Dan Swanstrom as head coach to succeed Archer.^[2]

In January 2024, Swanstrom announced five additions to the coaching staff: Jeff Dittman (of Rensselaer Polytechnic) as special teams coordinator and defensive assistant coach, Eric Franklin (of Penn) as defensive backs and cornerbacks coach and passing game coordinator, Mike Hatcher (of Ithaca College, where he served as an assistant to Swanstrom), Sean Reeder (of Penn) as offensive line coach, and Terry Ursin (of Jesuit High School of New Orleans) as running backs coach.^[3] In the 2024 Ivy League Preseason Media Poll, as in 2023, Cornell was predicted to finish seventh of eight in the Ivy League, ahead of Columbia.^[4]

Schedule

The Cornell Big Red's 2024 football schedule consists of five away and five home games. Cornell will host Ivy League opponents Yale, Harvard, Penn, and Dartmouth, and will travel to Brown, Princeton, and Columbia. Cornell's non-conference opponents will be rival Colgate of the Patriot League, Albany of the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference, and Bucknell, also of the Patriot League. Homecoming will coincide with the Big Red's home opener against Yale on September 28.^[5]

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Game summaries

at Colgate

See also: 2024 Colgate Raiders football team.

Statistics	COR	COL
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Cornell	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Colgate	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

vs Yale

See also: 2024 Yale Bulldogs football team.

Statistics	YALE	COR
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Yale	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Cornell	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

vs Albany

See also: 2024 Albany Great Danes football team.

Statistics	ALB	COR
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Albany	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Cornell	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

vs Harvard

Statistics	HARV	COR
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Harvard	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Cornell	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

at Bucknell

See also: 2024 Bucknell Bison football team.

Statistics	COR	BUCK
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Cornell	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Bucknell	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

at Brown

See also: 2024 Brown Bears football team.

Statistics	COR	BRWN
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Cornell	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Brown	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

at Princeton

Statistics	COR	PRIN
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Cornell	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Princeton	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

vs Penn

Statistics	PENN	COR
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Penn	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Cornell	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

vs Dartmouth

See also: 2024 Dartmouth Big Green football team.

Statistics	DART	COR
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Dartmouth	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Cornell	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

at Columbia

See also: 2024 Columbia Lions football team.

Statistics	COR	COLU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Cornell	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Columbia	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

Notes and References

1. News: Cornell Announces Change in Football Leadership . 20 November 2023 . Cornell University Athletics . 19 November 2023 . en.
2. News: Sacco . Mario . Dan Swanstrom named football Head Coach at Cornell . 8 December 2023 . WSYR . 7 December 2023.
3. News: Swanstrom Announces Five Additions to Staff . 25 February 2024 . Cornell University Athletics . 9 January 2024.
4. News: Yale Voted Preseason Ivy Football Favorite . 13 August 2024 . Ivy League Athletics . 5 August 2024.
5. Web site: 2024 Cornell Football Schedule . FBSchedules . November 5, 2023.
6. Web site: . Cornell Big Red Schedule 2024 . . August 9, 2024 .
7. Web site: . 2024 Football Schedule . Cornell University Athletics . August 9, 2024 .