2011 Cornell Big Red football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2011
| team = Cornell Big Red
| sport = football
| image = Cornell "C" logo.svg
| image_size = 100
| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 5–5
| conf_record = 3–4
| head_coach= Kent Austin
| hc_year = 2nd
| off_coach = Jeff Fela
| oc_year = 2nd
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Ron McCrone
| dc_year = 2nd
| def_scheme =
| captain = Bob Bullington
| captain2 = Rashad Campbell
| captain3 = Brad Greenway
| captain4 = Zack Imhoff
| captain5 = Jeff Mathews
| captain6 = Luke Tasker
| stadium = Schoellkopf Field
}}
{{2011 Ivy League football standings}}
The 2011 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by second-year head coach Kent Austin and played their home games at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell finished the season 5–5 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to place sixth. Cornell averaged 7,145 fans per game.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 17
| time = 6:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Bucknell
| site_stadium = Schoellkopf Field
| site_cityst = Ithaca, NY
| tv =
| score = 24–13
| attend = 14,032
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 24
| time = 12:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Yale
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| tv = Versus
| score = 17–37
| attend = 14,345
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 1
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Wagner
| site_stadium = Schoellkopf Field
| site_cityst = Ithaca, NY
| tv =
| score = 31–7
| attend = 4,244
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 8
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| opponent = Harvard
| site_stadium = Schoellkopf Field
| site_cityst = Ithaca, NY
| tv =
| score = 31–41
| attend = 6,471
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Colgate
| site_stadium = Andy Kerr Stadium
| site_cityst = Hamilton, NY
| gamename = rivalry
| tv =
| score = 28–35
| overtime = OT
| attend = 3,817
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| opponent = Brown
| site_stadium = Schoellkopf Field
| site_cityst = Ithaca, NY
| tv =
| score = 24–35
| attend = 4,851
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 29
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Princeton
| site_stadium = Powers Field at Princeton Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| tv =
| score = 24–7
| attend = 5,036
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| time = 1:30 p.m.
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Dartmouth
| site_stadium = Memorial Field
| site_cityst = Hanover, NH
| gamename = rivalry
| tv =
| score = 33–24
| attend = 3,137
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 12
| time = 12:30 p.m.
| w/l = w
| opponent = Columbia
| site_stadium = Schoellkopf Field
| site_cityst = Ithaca, NY
| gamename = rivalry
| tv =
| score = 62–41
| attend = 6,128
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 19
| time = 1:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Penn
| site_stadium = Franklin Field
| site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA
| gamename = rivalry
| tv =
| score = 48–38
| attend = 7,609
}}
}}
{{cite web |author= |title=Cornell Big Red Schedule 2011 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/172/season/2011 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=August 9, 2024 }}{{cite web |author= |title=2011 Football Schedule |url=https://cornellbigred.com/sports/football/schedule/2011-12 |publisher=Cornell University Athletics |access-date=August 9, 2024 }}
Game summaries
=vs Bucknell=
{{see also|2011 Bucknell Bison football team}}
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Bison
|R1=0 |R2=7 |R3=6 |R4=0
|Home=Big Red
|H1=10 |H2=0 |H3=7 |H4=7
}}
{{Clear}}
=at Yale=
{{see also|2011 Yale Bulldogs football team}}
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Big Red
|R1=0 |R2=3 |R3=14 |R4=0
|Home=Bulldogs
|H1=17 |H2=0 |H3=13 |H4=7
}}
{{Clear}}
=vs Wagner=
{{see also|2011 Wagner Seahawks football team}}
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Seahawks
|R1=0 |R2=0 |R3=0 |R4=7
|Home=Big Red
|H1=7 |H2=17 |H3=7 |H4=0
}}
{{Clear}}
=vs Harvard=
{{see also|2011 Harvard Crimson football team}}
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Crimson
|R1=7 |R2=13 |R3=7 |R4=14
|Home=Big Red
|H1=7 |H2=10 |H3=7 |H4=7
}}
{{Clear}}
=at Colgate=
{{see also|Colgate–Cornell football rivalry}}
{{see also|2011 Colgate Raiders football team}}
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Big Red
|R1=3 |R2=7 |R3=7 |R4=11 |R5=0
|Home=Raiders
|H1=7 |H2=7 |H3=14 |H4=0 |H5=7
}}
{{Clear}}
=vs Brown=
{{see also|2011 Brown Bears football team}}
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Bears
|R1=7 |R2=14 |R3=14 |R4=0
|Home=Big Red
|H1=10 |H2=3 |H3=3 |H4=8
}}
{{Clear}}
=at Princeton=
{{see also|2011 Princeton Tigers football team}}
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Big Red
|R1=3 |R2=7 |R3=7 |R4=7
|Home=Tigers
|H1=0 |H2=7 |H3=0 |H4=0
}}
{{Clear}}
=at Dartmouth=
{{see also|Cornell–Dartmouth football rivalry}}
{{see also|2011 Dartmouth Big Green football team}}
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Big Red
|R1=0 |R2=7 |R3=10 |R4=7
|Home=Big Green
|H1=10 |H2=6 |H3=7 |H4=10
}}
{{Clear}}
=vs Columbia=
{{see also|Columbia–Cornell football rivalry}}
{{see also|2011 Columbia Lions football team}}
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Lions
|R1=7 |R2=27 |R3=0 |R4=7
|Home=Big Red
|H1=7 |H2=21 |H3=17 |H4=17
}}
{{Clear}}
=at Penn=
{{see also|Cornell–Penn football rivalry}}
{{see also|2011 Penn Quakers football team}}
{{Linescore Amfootball|
|Road=Big Red
|R1=14 |R2=7 |R3=13 |R4=14
|Home=Quakers
|H1=14 |H2=10 |H3=7 |H4=7
}}
{{Clear}}
Roster
{{American football roster/Header
| year = 2011
| team = Cornell Big Red
| teamcolors = f
| offensive_players =
{{American football roster/Player|num=79|class=Jr|first=J. C.|last=Tretter|pos=OL|link=y}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=88|class=So|first=Davis|last=Austin|pos=WR}}
| defensive_players=
| special_teams_players=
}}
{{American football roster/Footer|roster_url=https://cornellbigred.com/roster.aspx?roster=473&path=football
| head_coach = *Kent Austin
| asst_coach =
| accessdate=
}}