Cornell Game Notes vs. Princeton • Ithaca, N.Y. (Schoellkopf Field) Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010 • Page 1 PrinCeton at Cornell Cornell Saturday, oCt. 30, 2010 • 12:30 P.m. ET SChoellkoPF Field (25,597) • ithaCa, n.y. Football 2010 radio: WhCu-am 870 For more inFormation contact cornell SiD Jeremy Hartigan at (607) 255-9788 [email protected] • Fax: (607) 255-9791 • Home/cell: (607) 351-1675 2010 Cornell Football Another Classic Cornell, Princeton Game On Tap SChedule/reSultS (1-5, 0-3 ivy) SEPTEMBER 18 at Wagner ................................................. L, 7-41 ITHACA, N.Y. — Two teams with first-year coaches will attempt to claim their first Ivy League 25 * YALE ............................................................ L, 7-21 victories and have their programs take a step toward getting back among the Ivy elite when Cornell OCTOBER faces Princeton on Saturday, Oct. 30, at 12:30 p.m. at Schoellkopf Field. You can listen to the game 2 at Bucknell (CBS College Sports) .. W, 21-12 locally on WHCU 870 AM with Barry Leonard and Buck Briggs on the call, or watch the game at no 9 * at Harvard ..............................................L, 17-31 16 COLGATE ................................................... L, 3-44 charge on IBNSports.com. 23 * at Brown..................................................L, 14-27 Few series between teams have been as competitive over the last two decades as the Cornell- 30 * PRINCETON .......................................12:30 p.m. Princeton one. Peppered with last-second finishes, crazy endings and upsets galore, the Big Red and the NOVEMBER Tigers are both in desperate need of a win in their annual pre-Halloween contest. The last six contests 6 * DARTMOUTH ...................................12:30 p.m. have been decided by a touchdown or less, with that stretching to nine of the last 10 meetings and 13 * at Columbia ......................................12:30 p.m. 16 of the last 20. Eleven games have been decided by a field goal or less or in overtime during that 20 * PENN ...................................................12:30 p.m. *Ivy League game 20-year span. The 2009 season was no different, as a 78-yard touchdown pass from Tommy Wornham Home games in CAPS; all times local to Trey Peacock late in the fourth quarter gave Princeton a 17-13 win, its third consecutive in the series. During that two-decade span, an amazing run of exciting games have been played between the Game inFormation game #7 ..............................................................Princeton at Cornell teams. In the last decade alone, Cornell blocked a PAT with 11 seconds left to win by one in 2000, KicKoFF .....................................Saturday, Oct. 30, at 12:30 p.m. ET a Princeton rally from a 25-10 deficit in the fourth quarter ended with a 32-25 Tiger win in 2002, a Site ...........................................................Schoellkopf Field (25,597) Ithaca, N.Y. blocked Tiger PAT late in the fourth gave the Big Red another win (2004), Derek Javarone of Princeton 2010 recorDS .............................................. Princeton (1-5, 0-3 Ivy) booted a game-winning field goal in OT to set an Ivy League record for career field goals (2005), Cornell Cornell (1-5, 0-3 Ivy) SerieS recorD ..............................................Princeton leads 57-33-2 handed Ivy champ Princeton its only league loss in 2006, a Peter Zell 47-yard field goal fell short in a laSt meeting .....................................................Princeton won 17-13 37-34 Tiger win in 2007 and the Big Red nearly rallied from a 12-point deficit in the final 45 seconds, Oct. 31, 2009, in Princeton, N.J. raDio .............................................................................WHCU 870 AM with a pass into the end zone falling incomplete as time ran out in a 31-26 loss in 2008. Barry Leonard (play-by-play), Buck Briggs (color) Both Cornell and Princeton enter the game on losing streaks, as the Big Red has dropped three live StatS..........................Available at www.CornellBigRed.com live viDeo ..................................Available at www.IBNSports.com straight and the Tigers have fallen in four consecutive contests heading into Saturday. Both first- ticKetS ...................................Available by calling (607) 254-BEAR year coaches, Kent Austin at Cornell and Bob Surace at Princeton, will be looking for their first Ivy win. For Austin, he will also be out for his first home victory at Schoellkopf Field, while Surace is head CoaCh kent auStin Kent Austin, the Roger J. Weiss ‘61 Head Coach of Football, looking for his Tigers to win on the road for the first time under his tutelage. is in his first season at the helm of the Big Red (1-5 overall, Cornell is coming off a 27-13 loss at Brown last Saturday, with the Big Red showing improvement .167; 0-3 Ivy, .000) ... Austin has won CFL Grey Cups as a player, assistant coach and head coach ... most recently the offensive on both sides of the ball. Freshman quarterback Jeff Mathews completed 18-of-34 passes for 232 yards coordinator at his alma mater, Ole Miss, Austin was hired as and a touchdown and directed an offense that didn’t commit a turnover. Junior wide receiver Shane head coach on Jan. 27, 2010. Savage hauled in eight passes for a career-high 104 yards and junior tight end Ryan Houska scored a Football StaFF pair of touchdowns, one on the ground and one in the air. Defensively, despite playing without five HeaD coacH ........................................................................Kent Austin regular starters, Cornell limited Brown’s explosive offense to six plays or less on 5-of-6 drives in the alma mater ..........................................................Mississippi ‘86 recorD at cornell/yrS.....................................1-5/First season second half, forcing three punts and turning the Bears over on downs twice. overall recorD/yrS. ........................................1-5/First season Princeton stayed in it most of the afternoon against Harvard, but despite using every trick in the aSSt. coacHeS on tHe FielD ..................................................................... Jeff Fela (Off. Coord./Offensive Line) book, couldn’t avoid a fifth loss in a 45-28 defeat. The Tigers got touchdown passes from a tight end Ron McCrone (Def. Coord./Linebackers) and running back and a rushing touchdown from a wide receiver to creatively stay in the contest, Tommy Condell (Asst. Head Coach/Wide Receivers) Travis Burkett (Tight Ends/Special Teams) but eventually couldn’t stop the Harvard rushing attack. Two players recorded 100-yard games and Pete DeStefano (Defensive Ends) Princeton allowed more than 30 points for the fifth time in six contests in the loss. Surace will have aSSt. coacHeS in tHe Box ......................................................................... David Archer (Running Backs/Recruiting Coord.) plenty of schemes to get the ball in the hands of senior wide receiver Trey Peacock, who ranks among Brian Young (Defensive Secondary) the national leaders with 49 receptions for 678 yards and three touchdowns. Peter McCarty (Defensive Line) Director oF FootBall operationS ................................. Rhett Ticconi Quality control ....................................................................Zach Hart matChuP at a GlanCe coorDinator oF FootBall alumni relationS ...................Pete Noyes atHletic trainerS .................................... Bernie DePalma/Jim Case Cornell ..................................................... vs. ................................................. Princeton StrengtH coacH ............................................................... Tom Howley Ithaca, N.Y. .................................................................Location ..........................................................Princeton, N.J. aDminiStrative aSSiStant ...............................................Karen Berkley 1865 .............................................................................Founded ............................................................................1746 athletiC CommuniCationS 13,700 .......................................................................Enrollment .........................................................................4,600 Director (FB contact) ............................................ Jeremy Hartigan Ivy League .............................................................. Conference ..............................................................Ivy League e-mail ...........................................................jh295@cornell.edu oFFice pHone ...................................................... (607) 255-9788 Schoellkopf Field (25,597, FieldTurf) ............... Stadium .............Princeton Stadium (28,000, FieldTurf) aSSociate Director.............................................................. Julie Greco J. Andrew Noel, Jr. ......................................... Athletics Director ................................................Gary D. Walters aSSiStant Director ..............................................................Kevin Zeise accountS repreSentative .....................................Marlene Crockford 1887 ..................................................................First Year of Football .................................................................1869 Big reD Hotline ........................................................... (607) 255-2385 617-469-34 (.566) ................................... All-Time