Cornell Big Red Explained

Cornell Big Red
University:Cornell University
Association:NCAA
Conference:Ivy League (primary)
ECAC Hockey
Collegiate Sprint Football League
EARC (rowing)
MAISA (sailing)
EIWA (wrestling)
USPA (polo)
NCEA (women's equestrian)
CSA (squash)
Division:Division I (FCS)
Director:Nicki Moore
Location:Ithaca, New York, U.S.
Teams:37
Stadium:Schoellkopf Field
Baseballfield:Hoy Field
Basketballarena:Newman Arena
Arena2:Lynah Rink
Sailingvenue:Merrill Family Sailing Center
Mascot:Touchdown (unofficial)
Nickname:Big Red, The
Fightsong:"Give My Regards to Davy"
Pageurl:http://www.cornellbigred.com/

The Cornell Big Red is the informal name of the sports and other competitive teams that represent Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The university sponsors 37 varsity sports, and several intramural and club teams. Cornell participates in NCAA Division I as part of the Ivy League.

The men's and women's ice hockey teams compete in the ECAC Hockey League. Additionally, teams compete in the National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association, the Collegiate Sprint Football League, the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC), the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges (EAWRC), the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association, and the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA).

History

Cornell's teams did not have an official name until after 1905, when a recent graduate, Romeyn Berry '04, wrote lyrics for a new football song. The lyrics included the words "the big, red team," and the nickname stuck.[1]

Cornell does not have an official mascot; however, the bear has long been a symbol of Cornell Athletics. In 1915, a live bear named Touchdown first appeared at football games to represent Cornell. The current version, which appears at many of Cornell's sporting events, is a brown bear costume, which replaced the live bear in 1939, that is worn by an undergraduate student; it is referred to as the "Big Red Bear" or by its nickname, "Touchdown." "Red man," a person dressed in a tight red suit, has been seen running up and down the field of men's soccer games.

Cornell's colors, carnelian red and white, date back to the university's Inauguration Day on October 7, 1868.[2]

Many of Cornell's athletic directors have made substantial contributions to collegiate athletics in general, including Romeyn Berry, James Lynah, and Robert Kane.

Big Red sports are covered in the two campus publications, The Cornell Daily Sun and The Cornell Review, and various blogs.[3]

Fight songs

See main article: Give My Regards to Davy. A number of fight songs are associated with Cornell sports teams, such as "The Big Red Team", "Fight for Cornell", and "New Cornell Fight Song",[4] but the one with the longest use and tradition is "Give My Regards to Davy", a song written by three Cornellians in 1904. The song is sung to the tune of George M. Cohan's "Give My Regards to Broadway".

Athletics

Basketball
Cross country
Cross country Equestrian
Fencing
Golf Field hockey
Gymnastics
Ice hockey
Polo Lacrosse
Rowing (heavyweight) Polo
Rowing (lightweight) Rowing
SoccerSailing
Sprint Football Soccer
Squash Softball
Swimming & diving Squash
Tennis Swimming & diving
Track and field† Tennis
Track and field†
Volleyball

The sprint football team has won the CSFL title six times. The men's ice hockey team has been NCAA champion twice, ECAC champion 12 times and Ivy League champion 22 times, and recorded the only undefeated season in NCAA Division I Hockey history in 1970. The men's lacrosse team has been NCAA champion three times and Ivy League champion 29 times. The men's Lightweight rowing team varsity 8+ has won the IRA regatta seven times since 1992 (1992, 2006–08, 2014, 2015 & 2017). The women's polo team has won the National Women's Polo Championship 15 times and the women's hockey team has been Ivy League champion 14 times.

Championship teams

Baseball

See main article: Cornell Big Red baseball.

Men's basketball

See main article: Cornell Big Red men's basketball.

Women's basketball

See main article: Cornell Big Red women's basketball.

Men's cross country
Women's cross country
Football

See main article: Cornell Big Red football.

Sprint football
Field Hockey
Men's ice hockey

See main article: Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey.

Women's ice hockey

See main article: Cornell Big Red women's ice hockey.

Men's lacrosse

See main article: Cornell Big Red men's lacrosse.

Women's lacrosse
Men's polo
Women's polo
Men's heavyweight crew
Men's lightweight crew
Women's crew
Men's soccer

See main article: Cornell Big Red men's soccer.

Women's soccer
Softball
Men's swimming
Men's tennis
Men's track
Women's track
Volleyball
Men's wrestling[30]

See main article: Cornell Big Red wrestling.

See also: Collegiate wrestling, Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association and NCAA Wrestling Team Championship.

Other teams

Men's Squash

See also: List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships, List of college athletics championship game outcomes and Intercollegiate sports team champions.

Club teams

Facilities

The football, lacrosse, and sprint football teams play in Schoellkopf Field, which has a capacity of 25,597. The ice hockey teams play in Lynah Rink, which has a capacity of 4,267. The Cornell men's wrestling team competes at the Friedman Wrestling Center with a capacity of 1,100. Cornell soccer teams play on Charles F. Berman Field on the southeast side of campus. In August 2000, the bleachers and lights were completed, with a capacity of over 1,000.[42] Field hockey plays on Marsha Dodson Field. The Cornell Men's and Women's Track and Field Teams compete in Barton Hall, a converted military hangar, for indoor track, and the Robert J. Kane sports complex for outdoor track. There are also facilities about 2 miles east of campus that has multiple uses, but it is mainly used by the Cornell men's soccer team for practice. Other campus facilities include a Robert Trent Jones (a Cornell alumnus) designed golf course, baseball's Hoy Field, the Niemand•Robison Softball Field, the Oxley Equestrian Center, and numerous fields and gymnasiums. Some of the athletic playing fields along Tower Road are known as the "Alumni Fields" because the Cornell Alumni Association funded the grading and development of these fields in exchange for a promise that they would remain in perpetuity. A subsequent land swap resulted in giving the Agriculture College building sites at the east end of the fields in exchange for the site of what became Schoellkopf Field and Hoy Field.[43] The Alumni Fields became the site of an underground Synchrotron Laboratory.[44]

Since the 1970s, several of the fields were used as sites for new biology buildings and were replaced by new fields along Jessup Road. Today, facilities are spread around campus with tennis courts and basketball courts located near a number of dormitories. In addition, the athletics department operates Helen Newman Hall (formerly the women's athletics building) and Noyes Center as remote fitness facilities.[45]

The men's and women's crew programs are housed in the John Collyer Class of 1917 Boathouse and Doris B. Robison Boathouse on Cayuga Inlet. Both boathouses underwent an $8 million renovation in 2011.[46]

Rivalries

Cornell maintains informal athletic rivalries with other collegiate institutions. Cornell's principal rival is Harvard. The men's ice hockey team has a historic rivalry with Harvard, which dates back to 1910 and includes many championship meetings. The Cornell-Harvard ice hockey rivalry was highlighted in the 1970 novel Love Story and its film adaptation. Following tradition, when Harvard plays the men's ice hockey team at Cornell's Lynah Rink, some Big Red fans throw fish on the ice.[47] A historic rivalry with Boston University, dating back to when Cornell and Boston University played in ECAC Hockey before the creation of Hockey East, is maintained by biennial games at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, dubbed "Red Hot Hockey," on Thanksgiving weekend.

Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania are long-time rivals in football, having played each other in 122 games since their first meeting in 1893, representing the fifth most-played rivalry in college football.[48] Cornell's football series against both the University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth College are tied for second longest uninterrupted college football match-ups in history, both dating back to 1919.[49] Cornell and Penn play for the Trustees Cup. They are only surpassed by the Lehigh-Lafayette series, which is uninterrupted since 1897.

In polo, the men's and women's teams maintain rivalries with the University of Virginia and the University of Connecticut.

For men's lacrosse, Cornell and Princeton University have historically been the perennial favorites in the Ivy League and the Princeton game is usually the most anticipated Ivy-game. Fellow upstate schools Syracuse University and Hobart are also considered Cornell's lacrosse rivals.

In women's equestrian, Skidmore College is an ongoing rival.

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://cornellbigred.com/Sports/general/2007/FAQ.asp?tab=bigred Cornell Athletics – Frequently Asked Questions
  2. Web site: Traditions Cornell Big Red. Cornell University. September 5, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060407075351/http://cornellbigred.cstv.com/trads/corn-trads.html. April 7, 2006. dead.
  3. Web site: The Cornell Review . Parallels in Men's Soccer and Baseball — The Cornell Review . Thecornellreview.com . February 12, 2013 . August 24, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120356/http://www.thecornellreview.com/articles/511b1b7f53ea67371c000001 . August 26, 2014 . dead . mdy-all .
  4. News: Cornell Chronicle Calendar May 23 – June 6, 1996. https://web.archive.org/web/20010517005924/http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/96/5.23.96/calendar5-23.html. dead. May 17, 2001. 1996. Cornell Chronicle. October 30, 2009.
  5. Web site: Ivy League . Ivyleaguesports.com . August 24, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120614064319/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/bsb/BASE_Record_Book.pdf . June 14, 2012 . dead . mdy-all .
  6. http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/ivy-champs.asp?intSID=6 Ivy League Basketball Champions
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20170713072011/http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=290650172 Cornell clinches Ivy League title, NCAA tournament berth for second straight year
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20170713073447/http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=300640225 Cornell hits 20 3-pointers en route to NCAA tournament bid
  9. https://archive.today/20120709152834/http://cornellbigred.com/News/wbball/2008/3/8/030808wbb.asp?path=wbball Cornell Womens Basketball Shares Ivy League Title, Defeats Princeton, 76–59
  10. Web site: Ivy League . Ivyleaguesports.com . August 24, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120906024411/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mxc/MXC_Record_Book.pdf . September 6, 2012 . dead .
  11. Web site: Ivy League . Ivyleaguesports.com . August 24, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120908040713/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/wxc/WXC_Record_Book.pdf . September 8, 2012 . dead .
  12. Web site: Past Division I-A Football National Champions . NCAA . 2006 . September 5, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070117002714/http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html . January 17, 2007 .
  13. Web site: Cornell Out To Snap Crimson's Ivy Win Streak. CSTV. 2005. September 5, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20070214142744/http://cornellbigred.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/100305aaa.html. February 14, 2007. dead.
  14. Web site: Cornell Men's Hockey Downs Yale to Win 2012 Ivy League Title. Ivy League Sports.com. 2012. February 13, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213145711/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mice/2011-12/releases/MIH_Cor_Champs. February 13, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
  15. Web site: No. 3 Women's Hockey Claims ECAC Hockey Regular Season Title, Celebrates Ivy Title With 6–1 Win at Yale. Cornell Big Red.com . 2012. February 11, 2012 .
  16. 830537391568015361. CornellSports. CORNELL VICTORIOUS!! Eleven different players register a point to give women's hockey a 5–1 win over Brown and the Ivy League title!. Cornell Big Red. February 11, 2017. July 24, 2017.
  17. News: No. 6 Women's Hockey Clinches Second Consecutive Ivy Title With 4-0 Win Over Yale. 15 February 2018. Cornell Athletics. 9 February 2018.
  18. Web site: No. 2 Men's Lacrosse Takes Ivy Tournament Title with Dominant Win Over No. 17 Harvard. Cornell Big Red.com. 2011. February 11, 2012 .
  19. http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2011/4/23/WPOLO_0423110405.aspx Women's Polo Claims 13th National Title, Tops Virginia 18–12
  20. Web site: IRA Regatta. rowinghistory.net. 2008. February 8, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080517150948/http://www.rowinghistory.net/IRA.htm. May 17, 2008. dead. mdy-all.
  21. Web site: IRA Champs: Huskies, Big Red, and Bison. row2k.com. 2007. August 13, 2007 .
  22. http://www.cornellbigred.com/News/mrow-h/2008/6/7/IRADay3.asp?path=mrow-h Lightweight Rowing Captures Third Straight National Title
  23. Web site: LRow Ivy EARC Results .
  24. https://www.collegeswimming.com/results/meet-file-download/199/
  25. http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2011/4/23/MTEN_0423112732.aspx No. 40 Men's Tennis Downs Columbia to Win Outright Ivy Title
  26. Web site: Ivy League . Ivyleaguesports.com . August 24, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151004201134/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mtrack-ind/2010-11/files/2010-11_MITF_Record_Book.pdf . October 4, 2015 . dead .
  27. Web site: Cornell University Athletics – Men's Track and Field History . Cornellbigred.com . August 24, 2014.
  28. Web site: Ivy League . Ivyleaguesports.com . August 24, 2014 .
  29. Web site: Women's Results HepsTrack.com. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110223150051/http://hepstrack.com/championships/outdoor-heps/womens-outdoor-heps-team-scores/ . February 23, 2011 .
  30. Web site: Frank. Fitzpatrick. At Cornell, fund-raising just as important to wrestling as mat work. February 16, 2011. Philadelphia Media Network (The Philadelphia Inquirer) . philly.com . February 17, 2011.
  31. Web site: EIWA Archives . ECAC.org . August 24, 2014.
  32. Web site: Cornell University Athletics – 2008–09 Wrestling Media Guide . Cornellbigred.com . August 24, 2014.
  33. http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/wrest/2016-17/releases/Cornell_Claims_15th-Straight_Wrestling_Title Cornell Claims 15th-Straight Wrestling Title
  34. Web site: DI Wrestling . NCAA.com . August 24, 2014.
  35. Web site: Wag & Paws - Home.
  36. Web site: Cornell Fencing. Cornell Fencing. en-US. 2019-09-24.
  37. Web site: Cornell University Figure Skating Club.
  38. Web site: Cornell Rowing Club.
  39. Web site: Cornell Rugby Football Club.
  40. Web site: CWRFC . February 16, 2014 . January 9, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140109231542/http://cwrfc.com/ . dead .
  41. Web site: CORNELL CLUB SWIM. 2020-07-10. CORNELL CLUB SWIM. en.
  42. Web site: Facilities.
  43. http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/3528/28/013_13.pdf Cornell Alumni News 1910-12-21 p. 146
  44. http://www.lepp.cornell.edu/public/outreach/Tours/Revised%20Web%20Page/htftour.html Retrieved 2007-09-09.
  45. Web site: Cornell Fitness Centers . Cornell University. December 16, 2010.
  46. Web site: John L. Collyer, Class of 1917, Boathouse and Doris B. Robison Boathouse . Cornell Big Red Athletics . Cornell University . 6 February 2020.
  47. Web site: Why do we throw fish at Harvard? . eLynah . May 23, 2006.
  48. Most played college football rivalries . College Football News . June 15, 2006.
  49. Web site: Cornell faces familiar foe in 2004 opener . https://web.archive.org/web/20071014230658/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/091404act.html . dead . October 14, 2007 . CSTV of CBS sports media . June 15, 2006.

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