Penn State at Cornell

Saturday, November 15, 1919

Penn State beat Cornell 20–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Penn State led the series 4–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayPenn State7–⁠1 in 1919
20
HomeCornell3–⁠5 in 1919
0

FinalHigh 38°F, low 24°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Richmond Virginian's story: Columbia Humbled by Wesleyan Team Navy Runs Biggest Score OF Day On Colby, 121 TO o. Army Comes Close With so to O.

    The Richmond Virginian, Richmond, Va., November 16, 1919, page 5

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    Columbia Humbled by Wesleyan Team Navy Runs Biggest Score OF Day On Colby, 121 TO o. Army Comes Close With so to O. New York, Nov 1S-Tolunbia was humhied today by wssievan’s eleven by q score of IS 10 Ia. notwithstand ing the New York teams splendid form shown in the first half during which 1t started by banking Wesieyan in the first period and closing the second period with tho score al most even TO in the visitors favor Eut when play started in tho sec ond half. Captain Harman’s hearcat PLAYERS simply ate up the game add ms ~ points to their score while Co umhia was adding seven. In the closing game of the seasor a. the ANNAPOLIS oval the navy gave the light Colby team a terrible drubbling. winning by lei to q. u was by far the biggest score of the season and almost a record number Of points The Nidshirruen nut up powerful game hut the visitors were extrer7eiv weak particularly in the fret half In which they were slaughtered 10 the tune 81 so points Colby rallied IN the third quarter. holding the navy to one touchdown. Penn state completely cutrlayed Cornell at Ithaca, distancing the eleven from the coed temple OF learn ing but 20 to 0 The visitors brand of football was fine exhibition Of brain. bra WI, spasd ans; tesStq work. The score would have climbed much higher. but for the Ithacans gallant fight against odds The Army eleven wound up 1T home rridiron season at West FONT by administering erueliing defeat to villa Nova, the final score stand ing 50 to 2, The cadets went after the eolIeeians from TIE start. foiffna up Fl points in the first period wis Nova was never dangerous Fins overhead work featured the arms mems play, White and Timherlak+ starring in picking the pigskin nut Of the air With an eleven composed entireiv Of second string PLAYERS. Harvard took the measure of Tufts today NJ Cambridge by score Of % 10 q, Only in the first period were the visitors dangerous. when they ad vanced to Harvard thirty-yard line only to lose the BAH BY umhiing. 4 Harvard punt inlmediately nut The ball nut OF danger. Neither tear scored in the first two periods.

  • The New-York tribune's story: Penn State Easily Wins From Cornell. Score Being 20 to 0

    New-York tribune, November 16, 1919, page 21

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    Penn State Easily Wins From Cornell. Score Being 20 to 0 Special Correspondence ITHACA, N. Y, nov. 15.-Penn State defeated. Cornell by the score of 20 to this afternoon. larce1y throueh brilliant forward passing attack which. in each instance, paved the way for the three tcuchdowns scored by the visitors. TIE little Ouakers knew more football than the Ithacans ana they had more punch in their attack. The only effective gains Cornell made came through forward pass attack in the third period, but the Ithacans were unable to fo low this up and their spasmodic advances made by straight football never had life enough to carry them dangerously into State territory. Corne found S;a’c’s line q very stubborn obstacle, while, on the other ! hand, State worked the Cornell for wards for fair ca.ns most of their passes resulting from Robbs runs around the right side Of the Cornell line. The State quarterback had fine interference on these plays and they proved very damag ging tn the Ithacnns 1t was the clever work Of Robb and Higgins, States brilliant right end in the forward passing game, however, that proved Cornelps undoing. The lthacans lost Davies. their star nal o’eh, olt tHe HrSt play, When ne was hurt while recovering Cuhbages’ s muff of q short kick. Although State worked the ball into Cornell Territory / in the first period, the Ithacans’ detense was encouraging and close / game seemed possib G, but in the sec i ord period the little Quakers would not be denied. The passing game took State to Cor nell’s 2-yard line early in the second quarter, but gallant Ithaca rally recovered the ball. On the next drive. however. Robb broke away on a run around the right end for touchdown, covering fifteen yards for the score. Lightner ran Horrell’s kickoff back fifty yards before Shiverick downed him. TIE Cornell leader p aged brill liant defensive came ali through four tines s”v’nc his team from a score by deadly tackle and some of his punts went for fifty yards and better

  • The Evening capital news's story: cRUx Of FOOTBALL SEASON COMES IN GAMES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL RIVALS; EACH SCHOOL BOASTS ITS PET ENEMY Since 1878 Nearly Every College Has Fostered One Ambition TO win Annual Gridron Battle From One Warmly Hated Antagonist yale Harvard, Penn Cornell, Chicago Wis consin, Kansas Missouri and 0regon-0.

    Evening capital news, Boise, Idaho, November 16, 1919, page 26 (results column)

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    cRUx Of FOOTBALL SEASON COMES IN GAMES BETWEEN TRADITIONAL RIVALS; EACH SCHOOL BOASTS ITS PET ENEMY Since 1878 Nearly Every College Has Fostered One Ambition TO win Annual Gridron Battle From One Warmly Hated Antagonist yale Harvard, Penn Cornell, Chicago Wis consin, Kansas Missouri and 0regon-0. A. O. Foes | for After that game Syracuse will make trip West which has become an annual affair with the New Workers. On the 22nd, Syracuse will play Indiana and on Thanksgiving day she will tackle Nebraska. The big Army Navy game at the Po- | 10 grounds is always looked forward to | by followers of both branches of the service. Last year and In 1917, no games were played, but in 1916 Army won 16 to Z. InAall 81 games have been played by the service rivals, Army winning IL, Navy and one was a tie. Pittsburg and Penn State will this year stage their annual battle at Pitts burg on Thanksgiving day. Both the teams are strong and have been playing | a superior brand of football all the season. The Staters showed their strength by winning from Penn, and Warmers Painters have lost only to Syracuse. The two schools have met on the gridiron Is times and Pitt has six. In the West, Minnesota and Michigan will battle at Ann Arbor for the first time since 1910, when Michigan defeated the Gophers and won the west ern championship. The Gophers, despite their defeats by Iowa and Illinois are still a strong team. The Wolveriueb udNo nOt Idu tliC pcSl Scdcoh Aha although the game will in no wise affeet the Conference title 1t will be warm battle nevertheless. Chicago and Wisconsin win meet In the yearly struggle on the 22nd at Chi cago. The Badgers and Maroons are old rivals and the game will be hard fought affair. The Badgers have had a good season and with the exception of the upset by Illinois, the Windy City aggregation, too, have had a good year. The teams did not meet in 1918, but in | 1917 Wisconsin won. They have met | % times, Chicago winning IL and Wis consin games, while two We’re ties. MICHlGAN-NoTRE DAME Notre Dame will meet her rival Of old, the Michigan Aggies. Notre Dame has a strong team as was shown by her victories over Nebraska and the Army. The Michigan Farmers were defeated early in the season by Purdue, but by defeating South Dakota on the 8th. she has shown great improvement and the game with the Catholics will be good one. On Thanksgiving day Notre Dame will make one of her yearly trips, meet ing Creighton at Omaha. 1 Nebraska, after rather mediocre season, will battle Kansas on the 18th. The Cornhuskers and Jayhawkers are geographical enemies and always exhibit scrap in their annual meeting. Last year Nebraska won 20 to 0. In all the two have met “a times and Ne bi aska has won Is games while Kansas has been the victor but 3 times. Vanderbilt will meet the University of the South at Nashville in their an nual Thanksgiving game, which is the big event in Southern football. Van Gerbilt has this year defeated Auburn and Alabama, but was tied by Ken lucky State. The Tennessee schoo’ has met the University of the South on 90 occasions, but in 1892 and 1898 two games were played each year. or the 30 contests, Vanderbilt has won 10, their rivals and 3 were tie games. ON THE COAST On the coast o. A. C. and Oregon will meet at Eugene on the 18th. This is always the big game for both Web Foot schools. Oregon has already de- feated Washington and Idaho. but lost to Washington State. The Farmers, on the other hand, lost to California and Stanford and consequently dope favors ; the Eugene team. The big game In | Washington will be the battle between Washington and Washington State Dope here favors the Starers, because they won from Oregon, while the Sc attic team lost to Oregon. Nevertheless ! both teams will fight for blood, as Is ALWAYS the case. The big game for Missouri will be . her annual round up with Kansas. Both We’re held to tie by Oklahoma and un. : til Missouri lost to Nebraska, neither had been defeated. To say that the game will be a hard fought affair, is : wasting breath, because when Tiger J land Jayhawker meet, there are al ways feathers and fur flying. The two : have met thus far on 81 occasions and the Kansans have won Is games, the } Tigers and were tied. In the Southwest the big game fol- . Oklahoma will be the annual skirmisf : with the Oklahoma Aggies. Dope sc ! far favors Bonnie owens Sooners, be. , cause of their superior record. : Other big Thanksgiving games are: ? New Mexico and New Mexico Aggies at Albuquerque; Texas and Texas Ag. T, gies at College Station; Tulsa and Lou. ! isiana State at New Orleans; Utah : and Utah Aggies at Salt Lake City ant { Washington and California at Seattle

  • The The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat's story: Football Scores College Games.

    The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat, Keokuk, Iowa, November 17, 1919, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Scores College Games. Soiie9e 0dHeS. Brown, Z; Dartmouth, 6. Harvard, %; Tufts, O. ! Yale, 6; Princeton, 10. Cornell, O; Penn State, 20. Rutgers. Z; West Virginia, 80. Navy, 121; Colby, 0. Army, 62; Villa Nova, o. Pennsylvania, 3; Pittsburgh, 8. Syracuse, 10; Colgate, 7. Bucknell, II; Gettysburg, 0. Vanderbilt, 10; Virginia, 6. Wisconsin, o; Ohio State, 8. Chicago, 8; Iowa, 6. Illinois, 20; Michigan, Z. Northwestern, 3; Indiana, 2. Nebraska, 10; Kansas, Z. Iowa State, 46; Kansas Aggies, 0. Marquette, 6; North Dakota, 0. Washington Est. LcuIs), 6; Mis-. souri,, Z. U. of Detroit, 4S; N. D. Ag., O. Georgetown, 0; Georgia Tech, 81. Cornell, 0: Coe, Z. Millikin, 49, Wesleyan, Z. Westminster, 0; Allegheny, o. Williams, 81; Amherst, 0. Wesleyan, 81; Columbia, 10. Phillips-Andover 10; Phillips-Exe, ter, 8, Lafayette. 35; Trinity. o. Catholic University, o; Maryland State, Is. Delaware, 0; Swarthmore, II. Cornell freshmen, 10; Penn State freshmen, IA. Gallaudet, 35; Washington college, 10. Johns Hopkins, 80; Western Mary. land, 6. Haverford, I; Dickinson, 7. Oberlin, Ct; Case, I. Camp Taylor, 8; Camp Sherman, O. Wabash, IS; Franklin, o. Notre Dame, 10; Michigan Aggies, Purdue, “a; Depauw, 0. Morningside, 81; Valparaiso, 0. U. Of Southern California, %; u. of Utah, 7. High School Games. Springfield high, 6; Bloomington high, 20. WaYcrly high, 9; Jacksonville, 0. Decatur high, 0; Champaign, AZ. Taylorville, So; Hillsboro, 0. Atwood, 81; Tuscola, g. Shelbyville, 7; Arthur, 6. Rockford high. 10; Freeport, 0 eight weights). Rockford high, Z; Freeport, o (heavy weights. Urbana high. 10; Nation high, 0. Dubuque college, 81; Lu-ner col lege, 6. Carthage high. 80; Quincy high, 0. Peoria high, 10; Alton high, IA. Peoria Manual, 0; Galesburg high, 35. Danville high, 13; Georgetown, I. Davenport high, 25; Rock Island high, 0.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

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Our ratings (scores only)

Penn State 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Cornell leads 7–⁠4–⁠2 in 13 meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1943Cornell 13, Penn State 0
1942Penn State 0, Cornell 0
1939Cornell 47, Penn State 0
1938Cornell 21, Penn State 6
1937Cornell 26, Penn State 19
1936Cornell 13, Penn State 7

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