Sports
This Week in History: The Fifth-Down Game
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Eighty years ago, Cornell forfeited a game to Dartmouth in what is still seen as a stunning act of sportsmanship.
Football
Archer ’05 Outlines Football Team’s Commitment to Fighting Racial Injustice and Supporting Voter Registration
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“We all benefit if the Black players on my team and the Black students on our campus feel heard, seen, respected, safe,” said head coach David Archer ’05. “[If] they feel all those things, my team’s better, our department’s better, our campus is better [and] our world is better.”
Football
Archer ’05: ‘Super, Super Slim Chance’ Ivy League Will Have a Football Season in Spring
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“To play in the spring, those other seven schools are going to have to invite their classes back,” Archer added. “You have to ask the medical people, ‘Is playing football medically appropriate to play in the spring season and then turn around and play in the fall?’
Sports
BULKELEY | Bring Back the Bubble, Kick the Fans Out of the Stands
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The NBA and NHL showed us how we could bring back sports in a pandemic while mitigating risk. The MLB proved that there will be COVID-19 cases if we resist using the bubble format. The NFL is throwing caution to the wind.
Football
The Evolution of Ivy League Football
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“The Ivy League is the Ivy League. We don’t have any playoffs, so this cup is our trophy — our bowl game,” said Phazione McClurge.
on this day
On This Day in 1940: Cornell Football Blanks Colgate En Route to Earning Top Spot in AP Poll
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“Andy Kerr’s Colgate team came down to Ithaca again this year ‘merely for the ride’ as the aerial blitzkrieg of the Cornell gridders walloped the Red Raiders on Schoellkopf Field Saturday afternoon by a score of 34-0,” wrote The Sun’s Bob MacFarland in that Monday’s paper in 1940.
Football
Inside the Cornell-Dartmouth Football Rivalry
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Dartmouth leads the series, 61-41-1, and the rivalry has featured iconic tilts such as the “Fifth Down Game.”
Football
Examining the Cornell-Colgate Football Rivalry
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Cornell’s last win against Colgate came in 2016, the series stands tied, 49-49-3.
fall athletics
Ivy League Prohibits Varsity Athletic Competition For Fall Semester
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The press release from the Ivy League stated that a decision on the winter and spring calendar, as well as the feasibility of fall sports in the spring, “will be determined at a later date.”
Football
Incoming Student That Used Racial Slur in Video Will ‘Not Be a Cornell Student,’ University Says
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After a video of the incoming freshman using a racial slur circulated on Twitter, the University confirmed he will no longer attend Cornell.