Cornell at Tufts

Tuesday, October 24, 1893

Tufts beat Cornell 6–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Tufts led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayCornell3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1893
0
HomeTufts4–⁠7 in 1893
6

FinalHigh 73°F, low 57°F, 0.05 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening journal's story

    Evening journal, Wilmington, Del., October 26, 1893, page 3 (results column)

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    NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct 90 -Yesterday was a great day for Yale. They rolled up score of 50 points against nothing for Williams. The best feature of the Yale play was in interference around the ends, where many long runs we’re made Other football games played: At Philadelphia, Central High School, 10; Penn Charter, 4 At Hoboken, Lafayette 10; Stevens, 10. At Ithaca. n Y, Tufts. 6; Cornell, 0. At Andover, Mass. Brown, 10; Andover, At Amherst, Mass, Amherst, 49, Trinity At Swarthmore, Swarthmore, 80; Media. 0 At West Chester, Upland 10 West Chester, 4.

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 86% to win. Tufts pulled the upset.

Tied 2–⁠2 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1897Cornell 15, Tufts 0
1896Cornell 18, Tufts 0
1893Tufts 6, Cornell 0
1893Tufts 6, Cornell 0

Around this game

Cornell

Tufts