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Cornell

IVY · 1972 Season · Final

Rebuilding +
Record
6–3
0.667 Win %
Conference
3rd
4–3 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

1972 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
6Week 6 · Oct 3Colgate (COLGATE)H2HIND FBSI5–4–1W 37–7
7Week 7 · Oct 10Rutgers (RUTGERS)H2HIND FBSI7–4W 36–22
8Week 8 · Oct 17Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)H2HIND IVY6–3W 24–20
9Week 9 · Oct 24Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND IVY4–4–1L 15–33
10Week 10 · Oct 31Yale (YALE)H2HIND IVY7–2W 24–13
11Week 11 · Nov 7Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND IVY3–5–1L 0–14
12Week 12 · Nov 14Brown (BROWN)H2HIND IVY1–8W 48–28
13Week 13 · Nov 21Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND IVY7–1–1L 22–31
14Week 14 · Nov 28Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY3–5–1W 22–15

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
1.970
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

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

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+19
-10+29
  • Rutgers +7
  • Yale +7
  • Pennsylvania +6
  • Colgate +5
  • Princeton +3
  • Brown +1
  • Dartmouth -1
  • Harvard -4
  • Columbia -5

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 #25Better than 82%
Win % Place 28thBetter than 80%

0.667 Win % · Change 4

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#29Regular Season Final#29Post-Season W1#29Post-Season W2#29Post-Season W3#25Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+30
+14
+4
-18
+11
-14
+20
-9
+7

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

Final Rank by Season
#271967#731968#591969#271970#121971

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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