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Cornell

IVY · 1980 Season · Final

Struggling −
Record
5–5
0.500 Win %
Conference
5th
5–2 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

1980 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
5Week 5 · Sep 23Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY6–4W 17–7
6Week 6 · Sep 30Colgate (COLGATE)H2HIND FBSI5–4–1L 20–38
7Week 7 · Oct 7Rutgers (RUTGERS)H2HIND FBSI7–4L 3–44
8Week 8 · Oct 14Harvard (HARVARD)H2HIND IVY7–3L 12–20
9Week 9 · Oct 21Brown (BROWN)H2HIND IVY6–4L 25–32
10Week 10 · Oct 28Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND IVY4–6W 7–3
11Week 11 · Nov 4BUCKNELLUnranked—L 16–33
12Week 12 · Nov 11Yale (YALE)H2HIND IVY8–2W 24–6
13Week 13 · Nov 18Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND IVY1–9W 24–0
14Week 14 · Nov 25Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)H2HIND IVY1–9W 31–9

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
3.736
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

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

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+5
-15+20
  • Yale +8
  • Princeton +6
  • Dartmouth +4
  • Columbia +1
  • Pennsylvania +1
  • Harvard -3
  • Colgate -4
  • Rutgers -4
  • Brown -4

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 #81Better than 42%
Win % Place 71stBetter than 49%

0.500 Win % · No change

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#82Regular Season Final#82Post-Season W1#82Post-Season W2#81Post-Season W3#81Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+10
-18
-41
-8
-7
+4
-17
+18
+24
+22

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

Final Rank by Season
#1271975#1051976#1301977#551978#691979

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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