Cornell at Columbia
Saturday, November 5, 1921 Share
Cornell beat Columbia 41–7. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 6–3.
FinalAttendance 20,000
In the newspapers

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 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.
The series
Every Cornell–Columbia gameCornell leads 52–36–3 in 91 meetings, counting the 82 since this game.
| 2025 | Columbia 29, Cornell 12 | |
| 2024 | Columbia 17, Cornell 9 | |
| 2023 | Columbia 29, Cornell 14 | |
| 2022 | Columbia 45, Cornell 22 | |
| 2021 | Columbia 34, Cornell 26 | |
| 2019 | Cornell 35, Columbia 9 |
Around this game
Cornell
- Next gamevs. SpringfieldNov. 12, 1921
- SeasonCornell in 1921
- ProgramCornell history and records
Columbia
- Next gamevs. OhioNov. 12, 1921
- SeasonColumbia in 1921
- ProgramColumbia history and records

