1980 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1980 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Cornell finished second in the Ivy League.

In its fourth season under head coach Bob Blackman, the team compiled a 5–5 record but was outscored 191 to 179. Team captains were Tom Rohlfing and Dan Scully.^[1]

Cornell's 5–2 conference record placed second in the Ivy League standings. The Big Red outscored Ivy opponents 144 to 77.^[2]

Ivy League football teams expanded their schedules to 10 games in 1980, making this the first year since 1954 that the Big Red played three games against non-Ivy opponents.

Cornell played its home games at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Princeton	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 17–7	12,000	[3]
September 27	at Colgate*	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY (rivalry)	L 20–38	7,000	[4]
October 4	Rutgers*	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 3–44	11,500	[5]
October 11	at Harvard	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 12–20	10,000	[6]
October 18	Brown	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 25–32	7,000	[7]
October 25	Dartmouth	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 7–3	4,500	[8]
November 1	at Bucknell*	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 16–33	2,500	[9]
November 8	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	W 24–6	28,000	[10]
November 15	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY (rivalry)	W 24–0	5,750	[11]
November 22	Penn	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 31–9	6,000	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming