Cornell Big Red
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Cornell Big Red |
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| Institution | Cornell University |
| Colors | Carnelian Red and White |
| Mascot | Big Red Bear (unofficial) |
| Fight Song | Give My Regards to Davy |
| Director of Athletics | Andy Noel |
The Cornell Big Red is the name of the sports teams, and other competitive teams, at Cornell University. The men's and women's Big Red teams are NCAA Division I teams that compete in the Ivy League. The men's and women's hockey teams compete in the ECAC Hockey League. The university sponsors 36 varsity sports, as well as numerous intramural and club teams.
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[edit] Facilities
The football, lacrosse, field hockey & 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 3,836. Other campus facilities include a Robert Trent Jones (a Cornell alumnus) designed golf course, baseball & softball's Hoy Field, The Oxley Equestrian Center, and numerous fields and gymnasiums.
[edit] History
Cornell's teams did not have an official name until after 1905, when a recent graduate wrote lyrics for a new football song. The lyrics included the words "the big, red team," and the nickname stuck.
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 (the live bear was replaced in 1939) that is worn by an undergraduate student; it is referred to as the "Big Red Bear" or by its nickname, "Touchdown."
Cornell's colors, carnelian red and white, date back to the university's Inauguration Day on October 7, 1868.[1]
[edit] Rivalries
The men's ice hockey team has a historic rivalry with Boston University but since BU left what became the ECAC Hockey League to join Hockey East, this rivalry has been overshadowed by the more contemporary one with Harvard University and Colgate. In football, Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania have a rivalry that has witnessed over 110 games played between the schools since their first meeting in 1893, rating as the 5th most-played rivalry in college football. The two teams play for the Trustee Cup. In polo, the men's and women's team both enjoy a rivalry with the University of Virginia and the University of Connecticut.
Of note, Cornell's football series against both the University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth College are tied for the second-longest uninterrupted college football matchup, both dating back to 1919. They are only surpassed by the Lehigh-Lafayette series, which is uninterrupted since 1897.
[edit] Varsity sports
[edit] Championship Teams
- Baseball
- Ivy 1939, 1940, 1943, 1952, 1972, 1977
- Men's Basketball
- Ivy 1954, 1988
- Sprint Football
- CSFL 1975(Co-Champs), 1978, 1982, 1984(Tri-Champs), 1986(Tri-Champs), 2006
- Field Hockey
- Ivy 1991
- Men's Ice Hockey
- NCAA 1967, 1970
- ECAC 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005
- Ivy 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Women's Ice Hockey
- Ivy 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1990, 1996
- Men's Lacrosse
- NCAA 1971, 1976, 1977
- Ivy 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- Women's Lacrosse
- Ivy 2006
- Men's Polo
- National 1937, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1992, 2005
- Women's Polo
- National 1979, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
- Men's Lightweight Crew
- National IRA 1992, 2006
- Men's Soccer
- Ivy 1975, 1977, 1995
- Women's Soccer
- Ivy 1987, 1991
- Softball
- Ivy 1999, 2001, 2004
- Volleyball
- Ivy 1991, 1992, 1993, 2004, 2005, 2006
- Men's Swimming
- EISL Dual-Meet 2007
[edit] Individual Champions
- NCAA Wrestling
- 1929 Glenn Stafford, 175 lb.
- 1953 Frank Bettucci, 147 lb.
- 1953 Don Dickason, 167 lb.
- 1959 Dave Auble, 121 lb.
- 1959 Dave Auble, 123 lb.
- 1960 Dave Auble, 123 lb.
- 1994 David Hirsch, 126 lb.
- 2003 Travis Lee, 125 lb.
[edit] Other teams
- Women's Basketball
- Men's Cross Country
- Women's Cross Country
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Men's Golf
- Gymnastics
- Men's Heavyweight Crew
- Women's Crew
- Men's Squash
- Women's Squash
- Men's Swimming and Diving
- Women's Swimming and Diving
- Men's Tennis
- Women's Tennis
- Men's Track
- Women's Track
- Wrestling
[edit] References
- ^ Traditions Cornell Big Red. Cornell University. Retrieved on 2006-09-05.
- ^ Past Division I-A Football National Champions. NCAA (2006). Retrieved on 2006-09-05.
- ^ Cornell Out To Snap Crimson's Ivy Win Streak. CSTV (2005). Retrieved on 2006-09-05.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
| The Ivy League |
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| Brown • Columbia • Cornell • Dartmouth • Harvard • Penn • Princeton • Yale |
| ECAC Hockey League |
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| Brown • Clarkson • Colgate • Cornell • Dartmouth • Harvard • Princeton • Quinnipiac • Rensselaer • St. Lawrence • Union • Yale |
