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Cornell

IVY · 1971 Season · Final

Developing
Record
8–1
0.889 Win %
Conference
1st
6–1 in IVY

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
93
1888–1981
All-Time Record
487–318–32
0.601 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#1
1939
#1 Finishes
1
Top 5: 6 · Top 10: 15 · Top 25: 33
  • Divisional Era · 26 seasons
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons · 1 Top 10 · 1× #1
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 29 seasons · 6 Top 10
  • Pioneer Era · 18 seasons · 8 Top 10

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Cornell head-to-head · History & Eras

1971 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
5Week 5 · Sep 28Colgate (COLGATE)H2HIND FBSI6–4W 38–20
6Week 6 · Oct 5Rutgers (RUTGERS)H2HIND FBSI4–7W 31–17
7Week 7 · Oct 12Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY4–5W 19–8
8Week 8 · Oct 19Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND IVY5–4W 21–16
9Week 9 · Oct 26Yale (YALE)H2HIND IVY4–5W 31–10
10Week 10 · Nov 2Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND IVY6–3W 24–21
11Week 11 · Nov 9Brown (BROWN)H2HIND IVY0–9W 21–7
12Week 12 · Nov 16Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND IVY8–1L 14–24
13Week 13 · Nov 23Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)H2HIND IVY2–7W 41–13

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
1.412
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+30
-1+31
  • Colgate +6
  • Columbia +6
  • Harvard +5
  • Rutgers +4
  • Princeton +4
  • Yale +4
  • Pennsylvania +2
  • Brown 0
  • Dartmouth -1

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #12Better than 92%
Win % Place 9thBetter than 94%

0.889 Win % · Change 2

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#13Regular Season Final#13Post-Season W1#14Post-Season W2#14Post-Season W3#12Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+18
+14
+11
+5
+21
+3
+14
-10
+28

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#321966#271967#731968#591969#271970

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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