Colgate at Cornell

Saturday, September 26, 1896

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

AwayColgate0–⁠2 in 1896
0
HomeCornell5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1896
6

FinalHigh 78°F, low 57°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis journal's story: FOOTBALL SEASON OPEN. Yale shows Up Weak in Game with Trinity, but Wins.

    The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], September 27, 1896, page 7

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    FOOTBALL SEASON OPEN. Yale shows Up Weak in Game with Trinity, but Wins. HARTFORD, Conn.,, Sept. 26.-The foot ball season opened here to-day with a game between Yale and Trinity. Yale won by a score of to o. and had a hard time doing it. 1t was hard-fought battle from start to finish. Two minutes before the expiration of half time Yale scored her first and only touchdown, and in the Sec ond half neither side scored To-days game plainly showed how Iamentably weak Yale is this year. Ex-Captain Thorne of Yale, watched the game from the side lines. Line up: Yale. ............... Position Trinity. McFurlan .......... Center ................ Lord Chadwick CadWalladerR Right guard. Bacon PoSt-Rogers. Right tackle ..Langford CO. Bass CO. Conner. Right end. Rich McCook Airport. Left tackle. ....... ingalls, Hazen. ..............Left end. Beecroft Gerald-E Ely Quarterback .Brown-Travers Goodwin Wright. Right halfback. Sutton Chauncey- Butler. .Fullback .Barchard Benjamin. King. Left halfback. Woodle Drummond-S uthpn. left guard. -. Cogswell Attendance-500. Referee-G. w. Edderton, Trinity “a. Umpre-Joshua Allen, Yale. IS. Linemen-Tinson and Rogers. Other Games. EASTON Pa. Sept. 26.-Lafayette Col lege, “A; Volunteer Athletic Club, New York, Q. ITHACA n. Y, Sept. 26.-Cornell defeated Colgate this afternoon before 1.500 people by a score of 6 to 0. LANCASTER. Pa, Sept. 26.-The Univer sity of Pennsylvania team defeated the Franklin and Marshall TODAY “a to @,

  • The The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current's story: FOOTBALL SEASON OPENED. About 1900 People Saw Cornell Goose egg Colgate.

    The news & observer. (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, North Carolina, September 27, 1896, page 1

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    FOOTBALL SEASON OPENED. About 1900 People Saw Cornell Goose egg Colgate. Ithaca, N. Y, Sept. 26.-Cornell lined up against Colgate this afternoon before 500 people and won out in pref tily played football contest. Final score: Cornell, 6; Colgate, 0. Hartford, Conn, Sept. 26.-The foot ball season opened here to-day with a game between Yale and Trinity. Yale won by a score of 6 to 0, and had a hard time doing it.

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 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Cornell leads 48–⁠39–⁠3 in 90 meetings, counting the 89 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Colgate 20, Cornell 7
2025Colgate 41, Cornell 21
2024Colgate 41, Cornell 24
2023Colgate 35, Cornell 25
2022Cornell 34, Colgate 31
2021Cornell 34, Colgate 20

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