Cornell at Columbia

Saturday, November 5, 1921

Cornell beat Columbia 41–⁠7. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 6–⁠3.

AwayCornell8–⁠0 in 1921
41
HomeColumbia2–⁠6 in 1921
7

FinalAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: Cornell Freshmen Beat Columbia Cabs, l4-O

    New-York tribune, November 6, 1921, page 21

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    Cornell Freshmen Beat Columbia Cabs, l4-O ITHACA, N. Y, Nov. 4.-To augmen the victory of the big Red varsity team in New York City, the Cornell freshmen defeated the Columbia year iings in hard fought game here this afternoon by scare Of IA to 0. The teams held each other scoreless in the first haf. The Co umhia freshmen prevented q Cornell touchdown three downs from the one-yard line. Richardson, Cornell right half back. spelled doom for the Blue and WIZ after the beginning of the second half. wnen following a steady march down the field he carried the bail across for q touchdown. Richardson again jumped into the limelight in the fourth period, when he made another touch down, before being forced out Of the game by an injury. Summary and lineup:

  • The The Washington herald's story: CORNELL SWAMPS COLUMBIA, Al TO 2

    The Washington herald, Washington, D.C., November 6, 1921, page 8

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    CORNELL SWAMPS COLUMBIA, Al TO 2 NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-Cornei. ran rough shod over the Blue and White Of Columbia for Just one-half Of a football game at the Polo Grounds this afternoon and Tailed often enough during that time to win. Thirty-four markers were credited to Dobie’s machine in the first If teen minutes of play. but thereafter It could do little more than gain an. even break with Columbia. The Anal score showed Cornell an easy NC tor. Al to z. ~

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 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Cornell leads 52–⁠36–⁠3 in 91 meetings, counting the 82 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Columbia 29, Cornell 12
2024Columbia 17, Cornell 9
2023Columbia 29, Cornell 14
2022Columbia 45, Cornell 22
2021Columbia 34, Cornell 26
2019Cornell 35, Columbia 9

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