Cornell takes unbeaten record on the road to Lehigh. ITHACA — There's no shortage of veteran savvy on the defenses of the Cornell and Lehigh football teams. The Big Red ranks second in the Football Championship Subdivision against the run and is i… more »

Before next weekend’s showdown with co-Ivy League favorite Harvard, the football squad will head to Bethlehem, Pa., tomorrow to take on Lehigh in what can be termed as a set-up game. Coming off a 17-14 win against the other Ivy League favorite Yale and… more »

There is little doubt that the country is in dire financial straits these days, even as former Dartmouth football letter-winner and current Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson tries to sort out the mess. But who could have guessed the turbulence would filt… more »

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. The football team opened its Ivy League slate at Cornell (2-0, 1-0 Ivy) on a wet Saturday and left Ithaca with a very sour taste in its mouth. A year after obliterating the Big Red at home, 51-12, the highly fav… more »

Saturday afternoon may just have been the beginning of a new era of Yale football. The football team did something in its opener that many undergrads have not seen in their time in New Haven — it threw the pigskin all over the field and threw it well… more »

LEWISBURG, Penn. — The football team’s grit was tested Saturday night as the Red defeated the Bison 21-20. Only ahead by one point after a Bucknell touchdown, senior co-captain Graham Rihn and the defense halted the Bison’s attempts with a PAT block and… more »

LEWISBURG, Pa. — Graham Rihn's right forearm looked something like a last second December package being rushed to the post office, buried in a mess of foam padding and transparent tape. But that very arm proved to be better than any holiday gift for… more »

LEWISBURG -- Cornell coach Jim Knowles readily admits he can get a bit emotional on the sidelines. "Teams model their coach," Knowles said. "I've made a conscientious effort not to be so emotional on the field. Bad things are going to happen in a foo… more »

ITHACA — Thirty-two days after their first official practice of the season, members of the Cornell football team will finally play their first game. And if the long wait wasn't annoying enough, the Big Red will go into Christy Mathewson Stadium tonig… more »

With a 6 p.m. start time tomorrow, Cornell will be the last Ivy League team — and thus the last team in the nation — to get its football season under way. The Red will travel to Lewisberg, Penn., to take on Bucknell, a squad Cornell demolished, 38-14, l… more »

ITHACA — One year ago, the Cornell football team unveiled a high-octane attack under new offensive coordinator Bruce Barnum that was sure to create energy, big plays and plenty of points. Quarterback-turned-gunslinger Nathan Ford wheeled and dealed t… more »

Ivy League football should have a few more fans from the local area this season as teams open play on Saturday. It's not just Palo Alto grad Nathan Ford's league any more. Ford remains the top local athlete in the Division I non-scholarship conferenc… more »

Are you ready for some football? I know I am. It is always a long, almost painful wait before Ivy League football season starts. And while the pros and D-I college ball are acceptable substitutes for the time being, there’s nothing like cheering for… more »

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- College football is a multibillion-dollar business. Television networks pay the Bowl Championship Series conferences millions of dollars to broadcast their games on an annual basis. Record attendance figures are being set every year… more »

ITHACA — The field on which the Cornell football team has amassed a 16-5 home record over the past four seasons is gone. And yet just about everyone associated with the program couldn't be happier about it. The old AstroTurf surface on Schoellkopf Fi… more »