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The university sponsors 36 varsity sports, as well as numerous intramural and club teams.The men's and women's hockey teams compete in the ECAC Hockey League. 
Ivy 1971, 1988, 1990 Sprint FootballCSFL 1975(Co-Champs), 1978, 1982, 1984(Tri-Champs), 1986(Tri-Champs), 2006 Field HockeyIvy 1991 Men's Ice HockeyNCAA 1967, 1970ECAC 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1980, 1986, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2005Ivy 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005Ned Harkness Cup 2003, 2005, 2008 Women's Ice HockeyIvy 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1990, 1996 Men's LacrosseNCAA 1971, 1976, 1977Ivy 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Women's LacrosseIvy 2006 Men's PoloNational 1937, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1992, 2005 Women's PoloNational 1979, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Men's Heavyweight Crew Cornell's Crews have won more RAAC (12 of 21)(1871-1894) and IRA National Championships (26) than any other University, most recently:IRA National 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1971, 1977, 1981, 1982. 
Additionally, the Big Red are members of the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association, the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association, the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges, the National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association, the Collegiate Sprint Football League, and the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges.The football, lacrosse, & sprint football teams play in Schoellkopf Field, which has a capacity of 25,597. 
The song is sung to the tune of George M.Cohan's "Give My Regards to Broadway".The men's ice hockey team has a historic rivalry with Boston University, but, since BU left what became the ECAC Hockey conference to join Hockey East, this rivalry has been overshadowed by the more contemporary one with Harvard University, which was highlighted in the 1970 novel Love Story and its film adaptation. 
The Cornell Big Red is the name of the sports teams, and other competitive teams, at Cornell University. 
The men's and women's Big Red teams are NCAA Division I teams that compete in the Ivy League. 
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