The 1890 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1890 college football season. The team compiled a 7–4 record and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 342 to 134. Cornell's 77–0 loss to Harvard remains the worst defeat in the program's history. The second-worst loss came 128 years later, a 66–0 defeat to Princeton during the 2018 season.