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Cornell Game Notes vs. Bucknell • Schoellkopf Field (Ithaca, N.Y.) Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007 • Page 1 BUCKNELL AT CORNELL ORNELL SATURDAY, SEPT. 15, 2007 • 7:00 P.M. ET C SCHOELLKOPF FIELD (25,597) • ITHACA, N.Y. RADIO: WHCU-AM 870 FOOTBALL 2007 www.CORNELLBIGRED.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT CORNELL SID JEREMY HARTIGAN AT (607) 255-9788 [email protected] • FAX: (607) 255-9791 • HOME/CELL: (607) 351-1675 2007 CORNELL FOOTBALL Battle Of The ‘Nells Rings In The 2007 Season SCHEDULE/RESULTS (0-0, 0-0 IVY) SEPTEMBER 15 BUCKNELL ........................................... 7:00 p.m. ITHACA, N.Y. — A season full of promise and optimism commences with a familiar opponent when 22 * at Yale ..................................................12:30 p.m. Cornell meets Bucknell on Saturday, Sept. 15, at 7 p.m., at Schoellkopf Field. The game can be heard 29 at Georgetown .................................. 2:00 p.m. live on WHCU-870 AM or viewed on the internet at IBNSports.com through a link at Cornell’s official OCTOBER athletics web site, www.CornellBigRed.com. 6 * HARVARD............................................. 1:00 p.m. 13 COLGATE .............................................. 1:00 p.m. The Battle of the ‘Nells, part 47, will serve as the 2007 season and home opener for a Big Red 20 * BROWN 1:00 p.m. team chomping at the bit to get on the field. For the third time in four seasons under head coach 26 * at Princeton (ESPNU) ....................... 7:00 p.m. Jim Knowles ‘87, Cornell will be the last Division I football team to kick off its season. Each of the NOVEMBER previous two contests have come at Bucknell, with the Bison earning victories each time. This year, 3 * at Dartmouth (YES) ........................12:00 p.m. the Big Red will attempt to snap that streak against a Bucknell squad that has two games under 10 * COLUMBIA ........................................... 1:00 p.m. its belt (1-1). 17 * at Penn ................................................. 1:00 p.m. *Ivy League game Knowles and senior captains Brian McGuire and Colin Nash will lead the team onto the field with Home games in CAPS; all times local great expectations despite being picked fifth in the Ivy League preseason media poll. New offensive coordinator Bruce Barnum inherits an offense that returns its quarterback, top five rushers and five GAME INFORMATION GAME #1 ................................................................Bucknell at Cornell of its top six receivers from a season ago, along with three starting offensive linemen and one of KICKOFF ......................................Saturday, Sept. 15, at 7:00 p.m. ET the top place-kickers and return specialists in the Ancient Eight. On the other side of the football, SITE ...........................................................Schoellkopf Field (25,597) Ithaca, N.Y. assistant head coach Clayton Carlin returns to the defensive coordinator slot and has plenty to work 2007 RECORDS .........................................Bucknell (1-1, 0-0 Patriot) with, as the team’s starting linebackers and five of the team’s six starters in the secondary return in Cornell (0-0, 0-0 Ivy) SERIES RECORD .......................................................Cornell leads 35-11 2007, while an experienced, but thin, defensive line will attempt to continue Cornell’s reputation of LAST MEETING ......................................................... Bucknell won 20-5 being one of the nation’s top run-stoppers. Sept. 16, 2006, in Lewisburg, Pa. RADIO .............................................................................WHCU 870 AM The game against Bucknell renews a series that dates back to 1888, the Big Red’s second sea- Barry Leonard (play-by-play), Buck Briggs (color) son of football. Cornell leads the all-time series 35-11 based largely on the strength of a 24-game LIVE STATS..........................Available at www.CornellBigRed.com LIVE VIDEO .........................Available at www.CornellBigRed.com win streak that spanned 88 years (1891-1979). More recently, Bucknell has won four of the last TV .................................................................................................... None six meetings, including two of three since Knowles took over his alma mater. The Bison will be TICKETS ...................................Available by calling (607) 254-BEAR attempting to get back on the winning track after a 48-20 loss in its home opener last weekend HEAD COACH JIM KNOWLES ‘87 against Stony Brook. Bucknell opened its season with a 28-19 triumph over Duquesne to open The Roger J. Weiss ‘61 Head Coach of Football Jim Knowles is 2007 on Sept. 1. in his fourth season at the helm of the Big Red (15-15, .500) ... Knowles, an All-Ivy defensive end and three-year letter winner on the gridiron, was hired by his alma mater as head A WIN OVER BUCKNELL WOULD: coach on Jan. 30, 2004. • be the 606th in program history (10th most in the Football Championship Subdivision). FOOTBALL STAFF • give Cornell a season-opening win over the Bison for the second time in three years. HEAD COACH ...................................................................... Jim Knowles • improve the Big Red’s lead in the all-time series to 36-11, including 2-2 under head coach Jim ALMA MATER ................................................................. Cornell ‘87 RECORD AT CORNELL/YRS...........................15-15/Fourth season Knowles. OVERALL RECORD/YRS. ..............................15-15/Fourth season • extend the team’s home win streak to six games, the longest since capturing the final three games ASST. COACHES .............................Clayton Carlin (Def. Coord./DBs) Bruce Barnum (Off. Coord./Tight Ends/Running Backs) in 1997 and the first three home contests of 1998. Brian Coon (Asst. Off. Coord./Offensive Line) • give the Big Red a 13-4 home record under head coach Jim Knowles. Pete DeStefano (Assoc. Defensive Coord./Def. Line) David Archer (Linebackers) • even the program’s non-conference record at 5-5 during head coach Jim Knowles’ tenure. Zac Roper (Special Teams Coordinator/Safeties) Joe Borich (Quarterbacks) Travis Burkett (Offensive Assistant) MATCHUP AT A GLANCE Guy Holliday (Wide Receivers) DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS ................................. Rhett Ticconi COORDINATOR OF FOOTBALL ALUMNI RELATIONS ...................Pete Noyes Cornell ..................................................... vs. ................................................... Bucknell ATHLETIC TRAINERS .................................... Bernie DePalma/Jim Case Ithaca, N.Y. .................................................................Location ......................................................... Lewisburg, Pa. STRENGTH COACH ............................................................... Tom Howley 1865 .............................................................................Founded ............................................................................1846 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 13,700 .......................................................................Enrollment .........................................................................3,400 DIRECTOR (FB CONTACT) ............................................ Jeremy Hartigan Ivy League .............................................................. Conference .......................................................Patriot League E-MAIL ...........................................................jh295@cornell.edu OFFICE PHONE ...................................................... (607) 255-9788 Schoellkopf Field (25,597, turf) ......................... Stadium ......... Christy Mathewson Stadium (13,100, FieldTurf) ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR.............................................................. Julie Greco J. Andrew Noel, Jr. ......................................... Athletics Director ....................................................John P. Hardt ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ..............................................................Kevin Zeise ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ..................................................Lindsey Mechalik 1887 ..................................................................First Year of Football .................................................................1883 ACCOUNTS REPRESENTATIVE .....................................Marlene Crockford 605-445-34 (.574) ................................... All-Time Football Record ....................................553-513-51 (.518) BIG RED HOTLINE ........................................................... (607) 255-2385 WEB SITE .................................................... www.CornellBigRed.com Jim Knowles (Cornell ‘87) ..................................Head Coach ................Tim Landis (Randolph-Macon ‘86) 15-15, Fourth Year ..........................................Record at School ..............................................21-27, Fifth Year WEATHER.COM FORECAST 15-15, Fourth Year .............................................Career Record .............................................74-78-1, 15th Year Saturday calls for a mostly cloudy day (20 percent chance of rain), with a high temperature of 56° and a low of 36° Multiple/Multiple .........................................Off. & Def. Systems ...................................... Spread Option/4-4 (as of Sept. 10). 5-5 (3-4 Ivy) ........................................................... 2006 Record ....................................................6-5 (3-3 Patriot) Cornell Game Notes vs. Bucknell • Schoellkopf Field