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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.
Cornell defeated Penn State, 21–6, in 1938 to begin a school record unbeaten streak of 16 games. The Big Red compiled an 8–0 record in 1939 for its fifth national championship. The possibility of a Rose Bowl invitation that season was rebuffed by the university administration.
Through the 2024 season, the Cornell Big Red have won 659, lost 561, and tied 34 regular season games. [2] From its first intercollegiate football game in 1887 against Union College through the 1955 season, Cornell played as an independent program before joining the newly formed Ivy League conference for the 1956 season. As members of the Ivy ...
The 2010 tournament was the Big Red's fifth appearance in the NCAA Tournament.Their combined record is 2–6. In 2010, the men's basketball team defeated fifth-seeded Temple followed by fourth-seeded Wisconsin to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, becoming the first Ivy League team to advance that far since Penn's Final Four appearance in 1979.
The Big Red have appeared in the NCAA lacrosse tournament 30 times. Cornell has won the three championships and were runner up five times, most recently in 2022 when they lost to Maryland 9-7. [2] Cornell maintains the oldest ongoing rivalry in college lacrosse with the Hobart College Statesmen. [3] Their main Ivy League rivalry is with Princeton.
The 2024–25 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team represents Cornell University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.The Big Red, led by first-year head coach Jon Jaques, play their home games at Newman Arena in Ithaca, New York, as members of the Ivy League.
The Cornell Big Red men's soccer program represents the Cornell University in all NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions. Founded in 1908, the Big Red compete in the Ivy League . The Big Red are coached by John Smith , a former professional player and assistant coach for the Stanford Cardinal men's soccer program.
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