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The 1996 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Cornell tied for third in the Ivy League.

ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6 (4–3 Ivy)
Headcoach
Captains
  • Steve Busch
  • Chad Levitt
  • Seth Payne
  • Brian Weidel
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1996 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
Captains
  • Steve Busch
  • Chad Levitt
  • Seth Payne
  • Brian Weidel
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
Seasons
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1996 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 17 Dartmouth $ 7–0  10–0 
Columbia 5–2  8–2 
Brown 4–3  5–5 
Cornell 4–3  4–6 
Penn 3–4  5–5 
Harvard 2–5  4–6 
Princeton 2–5  3–7 
Yale 1–6  2–8 
  • $ – Conference champion
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In its seventh season under head coach Jim Hofher, the team compiled a 4–6 record and was outscored 280 to 221. Steve Busch, Chad Levitt, Seth Payne and Brian Weidel were team captains.[1]

Cornell's 4–3 conference record tied for third place in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red were outscored 178 to 157 by Ivy opponents.[2]

Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21 Princetondagger W 33–27 2OT 14,120 [3]
September 28 at Lafayette* L 19–30 5,828 [4]
October 5 at Buffalo* L 24–41 9,177 [5]
October 12 at Harvard W 20–13 8,700 [6]
October 19 Colgate*
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 21–31 5,943 [7]
October 26 Dartmouth
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
L 21–38 8,226 [8]
November 2 Brown
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
L 21–35 8,202 [9]
November 9 at Yale W 28–20 7,655 [10]
November 16 at Columbia L 10–24 7,055 [11]
November 23 Penn
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 24–21 5,223 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
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