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Clarkson at Cornell

Saturday, September 28, 1929

Cornell beat Clarkson 60–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayClarkson0–⁠1 in 1929
0
HomeCornell6–⁠2 in 1929
60

FinalHigh 82°F, low 65°F, 0.03 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: CORNELL is BRILLIANT IN SWAMPING CLARKSON

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., September 29, 1929, page 83

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    CORNELL is BRILLIANT IN SWAMPING CLARKSON ITHACA, N. Y, September % (R.- Cornell defeated Clarkson Tech here today, 60 to 0, in the opening Of the Big Red foot ball season. In rolling up nine touchdowns, Cornell and REVEALED to the fans that Coach Dobie has at least two sets Of fast versatile backs as q nucleus for his 1929 eleven. Clarkson could not stop Scott, Hoffman, Handleman and II. johnson, though it tried desperately.

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. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Clarkson–Cornell game

Cornell leads 5–⁠0 in five meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1931Cornell 68, Clarkson 0
1930Cornell 66, Clarkson 0
1929Cornell 60, Clarkson 0
1928Cornell 20, Clarkson 0
1927Cornell 41, Clarkson 0

Around this game

Clarkson

Cornell