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Cornell Game Notes at Princeton • Princeton Stadium (Princeton, N.J.) Friday, Oct. 26, 2007 • Page 1 CORNELL AT PRIN C ETON ORNELL Fr i d a y , Oc t . 26, 2007 • 7:00 p.m. Et C pr i n c E t O n St a d i u m (27,800) • pr i n c E t O n , n.J. tElEviSiOn: ESpnu FOOTBALL 2007 ra d i O : WHcu-am 870 FOR MORE IN F ORMATION CONTACT CORNELL SID JEREMY HARTIGAN AT (607) 255-9788 JH295@Co r n e l l .e d u • Fa x : (607) 255-9791 • Ho m e /Ce l l : (607) 351-1675 2007 CORNELL FOOTBALL Big Red, Tigers Play Rare Friday Night Game On ESPNU Sc he d u l E /res u l t S (4-2, 1-2 iv y ) SEPTEMBER 15 BUCKNELL ............................................ W, 38-14 ITHACA, N.Y. — A real-life Friday Night Lights scenario will play out live in front of a national 22 * at No. 21 Yale .........................................L, 12-51 television audience when Cornell visits defending Ivy League champion Princeton on Friday, Oct. 29 at Georgetown ......................................W, 45-7 26, at 7 p.m. at Princeton Stadium. The Big Red (4-2, 1-2 Ivy) and the Tigers (2-4, 1-2 Ivy) will each OCTOBER be attempting to get back to the .500 mark in conference play when the two teams square off on 6 * HARVARD................................................L, 15-32 13 COLGATE (TW Syracuse).................. W, 17-14 ESPNU (channel 108 in Ithaca). 20 * BROWN .........................................W, 38-31 (OT) Cornell enters the matchup with some momentum after capturing comeback wins in each of its 26 * at Princeton (ESPNU) ....................... 7:00 p.m. last two contests, including an impressive rally from 17 points down late in the third quarter in a 38-31 NOVEMBER overtime victory over Brown last Saturday. The win got the Big Red its first Ancient Eight victory of 3 * at Dartmouth (YES) ........................12:00 p.m. 2007 and improved the team to 3-1 at Schoellkopf Field in 2007. It also came on the heels of a 17-14 10 * COLUMBIA ........................................... 1:00 p.m. win over Central New York rival Colgate and its All-America running back Jordan Scott. 17 * at Penn ................................................. 1:00 p.m. *Ivy League game Offensively, Cornell piled up 475 yards of offense against Brown led by sophomore Randy Barbour’s Home games in CAPS; all times local 159-yard, three-touchdown effort on the ground. Barbour surpassed his career totals entering the game in both categories, as well as his total carries (32). Junior Nathan Ford continued to do a solid Ga m E in fo r m a t i O n GAME #7 ..............................................................Cornell at Princeton job of directing the offense, completing 34-of-54 passes for 292 yards, hitting 10 different receivers, KIC K O ff .............................................Friday, Oct. 26, at 7:00 p.m. ET including classmate Horatio Blackman for a fourth quarter touchdown. Ford found Zac Canty 10 times SITE ........................................................Princeton Stadium (26,800) Princeton, N.J. for 84 yards to lead all receivers. 2007 RECOR ds ................................................... Cornell (4-2, 1-2 Ivy) The defense and special teams stepped up in the second half to give Cornell its victory over the Princeton (2-4, 1-2 Ivy) SERIE S RECOR D ..............................................Princeton leads 54-33-2 Bears. After surrendering 308 total yards in the first half and falling behind 24-14, the Big Red allowed LA S T MEETING ............................................................Cornell won 14-7 just 95 yards in the second half and overtime, including forcing three-and-outs on three of Brown’s Oct. 28, 2006, in Ithaca, N.Y. RA D IO .............................................................................WHCU 870 AM final four possessions, with the other possession ending on an Emani Fenton interception on the Barry Leonard (play-by-play), Buck Briggs (color) Bears’ first play from scrimmage. Junior Tim Bax leads the Ivy League with 9.3 tackles per game and LIVE STAT S ..........................Available at www.CornellBigRed.com LIVE VI D EO ....................................at www.GoPrincetonTigers.com continues to be the team’s big-play defender. TV ..................................................................................................ESPNU After claiming a share of the Ivy League championship a season ago, the Tigers have struggled to TIC K ET S ...................................Available by calling (607) 254-BEAR put all facets of the game together, but remain a talented and dangerous squad, particularly on of- HE a d cO a c H Jim Kn ow l es ‘87 fense. Head coach Roger Hughes, a finalist for the Eddie Robinson National Coach of the Year award The Roger J. Weiss ‘61 Head Coach of Football Jim Knowles is in 2006, will have his Tigers up for the meeting after the Big Red handed Princeton its only loss a year in his fourth season at the helm of the Big Red (19-17 overall, .528; 12-12 Ivy, .500) ... Knowles, an All-Ivy defensive end and ago, a 14-7 defeat at Schoellkopf Field. Ivy League Player of the Year Jeff Terrell is gone, but tailback three-year letter winner on the gridiron, was hired by his alma R.C. Lagomarsino, who had 80 yards on just 10 carries in last year’s meeting, returns. mater as head coach on Jan. 30, 2004. FOOTBALL STA ff A WIN OVER PRINCETON WOULD: HEA D COAC H ...................................................................... Jim Knowles • improve the Big Red to 5-2 overall and extend the team’s win streak to three games. ALMA MATER ................................................................. Cornell ‘87 re C o r d a t Co r n e l l /Yr s ...........................19-17/Fourth season • even the team’s Ivy League record at 2-2. ov e r a l l re C o r d /Yr s . ..............................19-17/Fourth season • give Cornell a two-game road win streak overall and snap a four-game Ivy road losing streak. Ass T . COAC H E S .............................Clayton Carlin (Def. Coord./DBs) Bruce Barnum (Off. Coord./Tight Ends/Running Backs) • be the third victory in the last four meetings against the Tigers. Brian Coon (Asst. Off. Coord./Offensive Line) • cut Princeton’s lead in the all-time series to 54-34-2. Pete DeStefano (Assoc. Defensive Coord./Def. Line) Zac Roper (Special Teams Coordinator/Safeties) • be the 610th in program history (10th most in the Football Championship Subdivision). David Archer (Linebackers) Joe Borich (Quarterbacks) Travis Burkett (Offensive Assistant) ma t c H u p at a Gl a n c E Guy Holliday (Wide Receivers) DIRECTOR O F FOOTBALL OPERATION S ................................. Rhett Ticconi COOR D INATOR O F FOOTBALL ALUMNI RELATION S ...................Pete Noyes Cornell ..................................................... vs. ................................................. Princeton AT H LETIC TRAINER S .................................... Bernie DePalma/Jim Case Ithaca, N.Y. .................................................................Location ..........................................................Princeton, N.J. STRENGT H COAC H ............................................................... Tom Howley 1865 .............................................................................Founded ............................................................................1746 at H l E t i c cO m m u n i c a t i O n S 13,700 .......................................................................Enrollment .........................................................................4,600 DIRECTOR (FB CONTACT ) ............................................ Jeremy Hartigan Ivy League .............................................................. Conference ..............................................................Ivy League E-MAIL ...........................................................jh295@cornell.edu Off ICE PH ONE ...................................................... (607) 255-9788 Schoellkopf Field (25,597, turf) ......................... Stadium .............Princeton Stadium (27,800, FieldTurf) Ass OCIATE DIRECTOR .............................................................. Julie Greco J. Andrew Noel, Jr. ......................................... Athletics Director ................................................Gary D. Walters Ass I S TANT DIRECTOR ..............................................................Kevin Zeise Ass I S TANT DIRECTOR ..................................................Lindsey Mechalik 1887 ..................................................................First Year of Football .................................................................1869 ACCOUNT S REPRE S ENTATIVE .....................................Marlene Crockford 609-447-34 (.574) ................................... All-Time Football Record ....................................775-352-50 (.680) BIG RE D HOTLINE ........................................................... (607) 255-2385 WEB SITE .................................................... www.CornellBigRed.com Jim Knowles (Cornell ‘87) ..................................Head Coach ...............................Roger Hughes (Doane ‘82) 19-17, Fourth Year ..........................................Record at School ..........................................37-38, eighth Year WE a t he r .c O m FO r E c a S t 19-17, Fourth Year .............................................Career Record .............................................37-38, eighth Year Friday calls for partly cloudy (10 percent chance of rain),