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Friends of Cornell Football 2026-2027 Membership is OPEN

Established in 2022, the Friends of Cornell Football formed to rally alumni, families, and friends in support of the program. The main goals of FCF are to promote program success, enhance the player experience, engage alumni, and ignite spirit!

Join the Friends of Cornell Football to receive new exclusive benefits and program access while also providing resources that help create championship opportunities for our players.

Membership Criteria: 

  • A minimum gift at least of $100 qualifies you as a member of the Friends of Cornell Football
  • Join by October 4 to enjoy maximum benefits

Membership Benefits: 

  • Invitation to Home & Away Tailgates
  • Invitation to Exclusive Pre-Season Football Town Hall with Coach Swanstrom
  • Access to Exclusive Nike Webstore
  • FCF Welcome Packet that includes a Cornell Football sticker sheet and official team poster
Cornell football players celebrating together on the field
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Be sure to join before the season starts to enjoy maximum benefits, and provide our team the momentum it needs to start the season strong. Together, the Friends of Football is creating an environment to support championship moments on and off the field.

Go Big Red!

Friends of Cornell Football Board

Chase Wickenheiser ’19 – President
Jarad Madea ’03 – Events Officer
TJ Hochandel ’10 – Communications Officer
Stephen Liuzza ’10 – Career Development Officer

ALUMNI TOWN HALL

Cornell Football Alumni Town Hall (Zoom)

Prerecorded Zoom
Friends of Cornell Football members under the FCF tent at Homecoming

IMPACT

Gator Club Car Transporter

Through the support of FCF and various generous donors, we’ve been able to secure a Gator Club Car Transporter for the Cornell Training Staff that will not only go towards supporting our Football Team this year but will also be used to by numerous other Cornell Teams and have a ripple effect across our Cornell Athletics community. Thank you to all that anonymously donated and helped to make this possible. We’re excited to see this thing zipping around the field come game day!

The Gator Club car transporter parked on Schoellkopf Field
The Gator Club car transporter on the field in front of the Cornell grandstand
Friends of Cornell Football members under the FCF tent at Homecoming
Two Friends of Cornell Football supporters in Cornell gear at the Homecoming tailgate

Homecoming

Highlighting the FCF tailgate

Friends of Cornell Football supporters talking beside an RV at the Homecoming tailgate
Cars and canopies in the tailgate lot before a Cornell home game
Game Details
A Cornell football player with Friends of Cornell Football supporters at Schoellkopf Field
Two Friends of Cornell Football supporters in Cornell gear at the Homecoming tailgate
Friends of Cornell Football supporters at an evening event
Cars and canopies in the tailgate lot before a Cornell home game
Game Details

Four Goals of FCF

The players need our support. Their parents deserve to be warmly welcomed into the Cornell Football family and know that their son, and his experience, is a focus of our support. And you, the former players, deserve the camaraderie and enjoyment of renewing friendships and developing more. Ours are year-long, life-long relationships that we value greatly.

The Friends of Cornell Football (FCF) will operate within University policy to achieve four main goals:

 

1. PROGRAM SUCCESS:

Support, encourage, and promote all aspects of the varsity football program at Cornell University to establish a winning culture on and off the field

2. ENHANCE PLAYER EXPERIENCE:

Enrich the athletic, intellectual, and social experience of Cornell Football student-athletes

Cornell football player in a red number 28 jersey celebrating with a raised fist
Cornell Big Red football helmet resting on the field
A packed Schoellkopf Field grandstand during a Cornell home game
Cornell football players carrying flags as they run onto the field
Cornell football players in a goal line pile during a game
Schoellkopf Field lit in red at night with fireworks overhead
Two Cornell football players celebrating a touchdown at Schoellkopf Field

3. ENGAGE ALUMNI

Strengthen the bonds between the University and its alumni and friends

4. IGNITE SPIRIT:

Elevate Cornell Football’s image and instill Cornell Football pride within the greater University community of students, faculty, staff, parents, and alumni, as well as with local members of the Ithaca community

LEARN MORE ABOUT FCF

Next Cornell Football Game

Saturday, October 10
Cornell vs. Harvard
Kickoff: 1:00 PM ET
Schoellkopf Field

FCF Tailgate: 11:00 AM ET
Crescent Lot, Schoellkopf Field
Theme and sign-up link coming soon
Parking: $20 per car, credit card only, pay when you enter

Game details: Cornell vs. Harvard
Friends of Cornell Football supporters in Cornell sweaters in front of the FCF banner at Schoellkopf Field
Friends of Cornell Football members gathered under the FCF tailgate tent
Families gathered under the Cornell Football Parents tent at a tailgate
The Friends of Cornell Football tailgate tent set up before a game
Cornell Football parents in red game jerseys at a home tailgate

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