Western Reserve at Cornell

Saturday, October 15, 1921

Cornell beat Western Reserve 110–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayWestern Reserve0–⁠2 in 1921
0
HomeCornell8–⁠0 in 1921
110

FinalHigh 74°F, low 46°F

In the newspapers

  • The The New York herald's story: CORNELL SCORES no | WESTERN RESERVE, o. Powerful Ithaca Eleven Never Gives Lighter Team Chance to Launch an 0ffense.

    The New York herald, New York, October 16, 1921, page 46

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    CORNELL SCORES no | WESTERN RESERVE, o. Powerful Ithaca Eleven Never Gives Lighter Team Chance to Launch an 0ffense. Special Despatch 10 THs NEw YosK HERALD ITHACA, n. Y. Oct. l5.--cornell ran up the seasons highest total score this afternoon in defeating western Reserve by 1lo to 0. but a game with the second team would have been a far more salts factory test. The lthacans ran tie light Western Reserve outfit right off their feet at the outset, scoring a touchdown IN four minutes of play and three In the first period. Sixteen touchdowns were scored In all. The Cleveland team was utterly outclassed from the outset. The Cornell backs put up spectacular exhibition OF football. After Eddie Kaw. Ramsey. Bechler and Pfann had skirted tackles and ends or crashed through the line almost at will in the first two periods, a second set OF backs performed with almost equal skill in the second. This last half brought Red Gould, fash recruit from the track squad, into the lirnelight This young ster was. so fast that he frequently over ran or ran into his interference. but he made numerous spectacular gains all the same, Another man to spring into the limelight was Olney. who recovered a Western Reserve tumble on the Is yard li1ne in the last period and soon plunged over for touchdown A few minutes later this same substitute fullback inter cepted a forward pass and ran twenty five yards for touchdown. These two last scores were made in the last four minutes OF play. The powerful Cornell line just buried the visitors, who were unable to launch an Offensive. Their one first down was made on twenty yard forward pass. The score was the largest made on n-I1 IN beat Rochester 1913 to o. The lineup:

  • The New-York tribune's story: Cornell SmOtElers Western Reserve Under HOO Score Ithacans Get 3 Touchdowns i'm First Period; One First Down for the Westerners

    New-York tribune, New York, October 16, 1921, page 17

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    Cornell SmOtElers Western Reserve Under HOO Score Ithacans Get 3 Touchdowns i’m First Period; One First Down for the Westerners ITHACA, N. Y, Oct. l5.-Cornell overwhelmed the Western Reserve team Of Cleveland here this afternoon by score of 110 to 0, the largest score ever made by Red eleven. The Ithacans toyed with the light team from Ohio. In spite Of two fumbles, Cornell made three touchdowns in the first quarter One first down was scored by the visitors, who made twenty-five yards on a forward pass in the third period. The line-up:

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.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Cornell 89% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Cornell leads 5–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1935Western Reserve 33, Cornell 19
1929Cornell 36, Western Reserve 0
1921Cornell 110, Western Reserve 0
1903Cornell 41, Western Reserve 0
1896Cornell 48, Western Reserve 0
1895Cornell 12, Western Reserve 4

Around this game

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