Cornell Football 2016

[ugarte]

But for one week, enjoy.

Gotta wonder if the guy running that page went to Yale and is trolling by not considering the game a conference win.

[Trotsky]

But for one week, enjoy.

Gotta wonder if the guy running that page went to Yale and is trolling by not considering the game a conference win.

It's been amended now.  :-)

[Dafatone]

My cousin's a freshman at Cornell and is sports-obsessed.  I credit him for our football success.

Yes, I've told him to buy hockey tickets.  Repeatedly.

[billhoward]

http://www.ivyleague.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/Football_Weekly_Awards_-_Week_3

PRINCETON, N.J. -- Cornell and Dartmouth swept the Ivy League football weekly awards after signature wins over the weekend.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cornell sophomore quarterback Dalton Banks (San Antonio) led the Big Red to a 27-13 win over Yale in the Ivy League opener for both teams, passing for 306 yards and two touchdowns with no turnovers. He completed 23-of-32 passes, including 15-of-16 in the first half for 235 yards and two touchdowns as the Big Red raced out to a 24-3 halftime advantage. Cornell is 2-0 to start the season for the first time since 2009.

Banks is the first Big Red to be named Offensive Player of the Week since Jeff Mathews on Nov. 25, 2013.

Banks' Statistics for the Week
23-32-0, 71.9 Completion %, 306 Yds., 2 TDs; 13 Rushes, 20 Yds.


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SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cornell sophomore placekicker Zach Mays (Las Vegas) continued his hot start to the season, hitting both of his field goals and all three of his extra point attempts in the Big Red's 27-13 win over Yale. His first field goal came as time expired in the first half and pushed Cornell's lead to 24-3. Mays recorded four touchbacks on five kickoffs, and the Big Red special teams was up to the task on the only kickoff Yale returned, stopping the runner at the 17-yard-line.

Mays takes home Special Teams Player of the Week for the second-straight week to become the first Big Red to earn two such awards in the same year since Brad Greenway in 2011.

Mays' Statistics for the Week
2-2 FG, 37 Lg., 3-3 XP, 9 Pts.; 5 KO, 4 TB


Honor Roll

Chris Fraser, Cornell (Sr., P – Bakersfield, Calif.)
7 Punts, 282 Yds., 40.3 Avg., 50 Lg., 4 in20, 3 FC, 2 TB

Jackson Weber, Cornell (Sr., LB – Whitefish Bay, Wis.)
9 Tckls., 2 Asst., 11 Total, 1 TFL, 4 Yds., 1 INT, 7 Yds., 1 BrUp

[Jim Hyla]

TWC will be showing the Colgate game this Sat. (at least in the Albany, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo areas) They'll also show Army @ Colgate hockey that night. You'll get to see their new rink, while us Ivy Leaguers twiddle our thumbs.

[billhoward]

Good luck to the Big Red. The game at Colgate may be Cornell's toughest game of the season other than Harvard. Colgate is #25 in the FCS polls. Harvard is #19, Dartmouth also receives votes. http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs

[Chris '03]

Good luck to the Big Red. The game at Colgate may be Cornell's toughest game of the season other than Harvard. Colgate is #25 in the FCS polls. Harvard is #19, Dartmouth also receives votes. http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/fcs

In the process of getting blown out at home against Penn last night, Dartmouth's QB had an all time sequence of int, int, safety on three straight plays. NBCSN broadcast was a tough listen.

[billhoward]

Colgate 21-0 after 1 quarter. A little better in Q2: 21-2.

Meanwhile New York's College Team, or whatever Syracuse calls itself, and Notre Dame scored 60 points in the first half. Notre Dame built a 9-6 lead without a field goal or safety (instead, a blocked PAT return). ... and a school we played regularly a generation ago, Rutgers, is getting schooled by TOSU 51-0. If that makes us feel any better.

[margolism]

A little closer now.

38-33 Colgate, 3rd quarter  

Colgate is a top 25 team, with a well-regarded defense, and it is there homecoming.

[margolism]

39-38 Cornell, Final

[Swampy]

When was the last time Cornell started the season 3-0?

[margolism]

According to the Cornell web site, last 3-0 start was 2008.

The last time Cornell defeated a ranked school, on the road, was a bit further back....1950.

[Ken711]

According to the Cornell web site, last 3-0 start was 2008.

The last time Cornell defeated a ranked school, on the road, was a bit further back....1950.

That 2008 team lost 6 of the final 7 games to finish 4-6 btw.

[billhoward]

Cornell QB Dalton Banks is co-player of the week, again, along with the Harvard QB. Banks threw for 454 and 5 TDs; Harvard's Joe Viviano threw for 210 and 3 TDs. Cornell's Kurt Frimel was the defensive player of the week. Punter Chris Fraser was special teams player of the week. http://www.ivyleague.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/Football_Weekly_Awards_-_Week_4

CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cornell sophomore quarterback Dalton Banks led the Big Red to a come-from-behind 39-38 win at No. 25 Colgate. Banks completed 25-of-45 passes for 454 yards and five touchdowns. Banks was at his best on the game's final drive after the Big Red got the ball back at its own 43, marching the visitors 57 yards in six plays and the game-winning TD. The 454 passing yards rank eighth in a single game in Cornell history, while his four touchdown passes were one off the top school mark.

Banks Statistics for the Week
25-of-45, 55.6 Completion %, 454 Yds., 4 TDs

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Cornell junior Kurt Frimel had two of the biggest defensive plays of the day in the Big Red's win at No. 25 Colgate as part of a 10-tackle day. Frimel's 4-yard sack in the second quarter got Cornell on the board with a safety. Then, trailing 38-33 with less than two minutes left, Frimel got into the backfield to stop a Colgate ball-carrier on fourth-and-4 to give Cornell a chance it would convert for the game-winning touchdown.

Frimel's Statistics for the Week
6 tckls., 4 asst., 10 total, 1 sack, 2 TFL


SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Chris Fraser's ability to flip the field was instrumental in Cornell's road win at No. 25 Colgate. He punted three times and pinned the Raiders inside their own 7 yard line all three times at the 2, 7 and 4 yard lines. Fraser, a preseason first-team All-American, averaged 36.0 yards and didn't allow a return yard while punting on short fields all day long.

Fraser's Statistics for the Week
3 punts, 108 yards

[BearLover]

Cornell QB Dalton Banks is co-player of the week, again, along with the Harvard QB. Banks threw for 454 and 5 TDs; Harvard's Joe Viviano threw for 210 and 3 TDs. Cornell's Kurt Frimel was the defensive player of the week. Punter Chris Fraser was special teams player of the week. http://www.ivyleague.com/sports/fball/2016-17/releases/Football_Weekly_Awards_-_Week_4

CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cornell sophomore quarterback Dalton Banks led the Big Red to a come-from-behind 39-38 win at No. 25 Colgate. Banks completed 25-of-45 passes for 454 yards and five touchdowns. Banks was at his best on the game's final drive after the Big Red got the ball back at its own 43, marching the visitors 57 yards in six plays and the game-winning TD. The 454 passing yards rank eighth in a single game in Cornell history, while his four touchdown passes were one off the top school mark.

Banks Statistics for the Week
25-of-45, 55.6 Completion %, 454 Yds., 4 TDs

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Cornell junior Kurt Frimel had two of the biggest defensive plays of the day in the Big Red's win at No. 25 Colgate as part of a 10-tackle day. Frimel's 4-yard sack in the second quarter got Cornell on the board with a safety. Then, trailing 38-33 with less than two minutes left, Frimel got into the backfield to stop a Colgate ball-carrier on fourth-and-4 to give Cornell a chance it would convert for the game-winning touchdown.

Frimel's Statistics for the Week
6 tckls., 4 asst., 10 total, 1 sack, 2 TFL


SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Chris Fraser's ability to flip the field was instrumental in Cornell's road win at No. 25 Colgate. He punted three times and pinned the Raiders inside their own 7 yard line all three times at the 2, 7 and 4 yard lines. Fraser, a preseason first-team All-American, averaged 36.0 yards and didn't allow a return yard while punting on short fields all day long.

Fraser's Statistics for the Week
3 punts, 108 yards

A dominant team in all three phases.