Athletic Division
NCAA Division I-AA
Athletic Conferences
Football: Ivy Group
Basketball: Ivy Group
School Colors
Red and white
School Nickname
Big Red (Contrary to popular belief, the Big Red Bear is not the official Cornell mascot. Since the University doesn't have an official mascot, it is simply the Big Red.)
Men Playing Varsity Sports
633 - 9%
Women Playing Varsity Sports
474 - 7%
Men's Varsity Sports
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Football
- Golf
- Ice hockey
- Lacrosse
- Other sports
- Rowing
- Soccer
- Squash
- Swimming and diving
- Tennis
- Track and field
- Wrestling
Women's Varsity Sports
- Basketball
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Field hockey
- Gymnastics
- Ice hockey
- Lacrosse
- Other sports
- Rowing
- Soccer
- Softball
- Squash
- Swimming and diving
- Tennis
- Track and field
- Volleyball
Club Sports
- Aikido
- Baseball
- Basketball (women's)
- Big Red Bears
- Bodybuilding and nutrition
- Bowling
- Boxing
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, CUBJJ
- Cayuga windsurfing
- Chinese tennis
- Cricket
- Cycling
- Fencing
- Figure skating
- Gymnastics
- Ithaca underwater hockey
- Juggling
- Karatedo doshinkan
- Kendo
- Lacrosse (men's and women's)
- Nordic ski racing
- Paintball
- Roller hockey
- Rugby
- Sailing
- Shotokan karate
- Ski and snowboard
- Soccer (men's and women's)
- Sport Tae Kwon Do
- Synchronized skating
- Table tennis
- Tennis
- Triathlon
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Volleyball (coed, men's, and women's)
- Water polo (men's and women's)
- Wrestling
- Wushu
Intramurals
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Cross country
- Disc golf
- Dodgeball
- Flag football
- Floor hockey
- Golf
- Horseshoes
- Ice hockey
- Innertube water polo
- Intramural Sports Challenge
- Kickball
- No tap bowling
- Sand Volleyball
- Soccer (indoor and outdoor)
- Softball
- Squash
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
Athletic Fields & Facilities
- Bartels Hall
- Barton Hall
- Friedman Strength and Conditioning Center
- Helen Newman Hall Recreation Center
- James Lynah Rink
- John Collyer Boat House and Doris Robison Shell House
- Noyes Community Recreation Center
- The Oxley Equestrian Center
- Reis Tennis Center
- The Robert J. Kane Sports Complex
- Robert Trent Jones Golf Course
- Teagle Hall
Most Popular Sports
Men's hockey, football, lacrosse, and women's lacrosse and soccer
Most Overlooked Teams
Wrestling, field hockey, gymnastics
School Spirit
All Cornellians undoubtedly take pride in their school. Especially as alumni, former students feel even more connected to the school after having put things in perspective and reflected upon past experiences. However, students don't necessarily have a tremendous amount of "ra-ra" spirit in support of its athletic teams. School spirit seems to be more contained to specific groups like colleges (the School of Hotel Administration), departments (applied economics and management), organizations and clubs, and fraternities and sororities.
Getting Tickets
Some sporting events are free, but the more popular sports (football, basketball, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, indoor track, volleyball, lacrosse, and wrestling), you have to pay for tickets. For Cornell students, the prices are low, around $3. Most can be purchased online at www.athletics.cornell.edu/tickets or over the phone (607) 254-BEAR. The notable exception is ice hockey tickets, which is, by far, Cornell's most popular sport. Tickets per game are around $18 for Cornell students, but season tickets are quite expensive ($171/graduate student, $247/undergraduate) and somewhat difficult to obtain, requiring students to wait in line for hours at Lynah Rink. Most students will split a batch of season tickets.
Best Place to Take a Walk
The Gorges, the Plantations