Niagara at Cornell
Saturday, October 3, 1931 Share
Cornell beat Niagara 37–6. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 11–0.
FinalHigh 83°F, low 47°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 4, 1931, page 65
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LONG RUN AVERTS BLANK Niagara, Beaten by Cornell, 37–6, Scores in Last Period. ITHACA, N. Y, October 3 GPD.-Cornell turned back scrappy Niagara Uni versity foot ball team today. 1916, but 1t remained for one of the visitors to provide the outstanding feature of the game. Held scoreless by the big Red defense for three periods, Niagara counted in the final quarter, when Clancy took a pass from Clark and raced 81 yards for touchdown. The Red steam roller, strengthened by reserves, pushed over four touchdowns in the final period. Ferraro passed to Condor for the initial score in the first period. and an ether pass, Handleman TO Kessler. &C. counted for another early in the second session. Excessive heat bothered both teams and frequent substitutions were made.
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The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 5, 1931, page 5 (results column)
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FOOTBALL \! ]! RESULTS The following are scores of prin- cipal football games played las Saturday: University of Washington 25 Montana 0. Idaho 0; Oregon 9. Santa Clara o; Stanford 6. St. Mary’s IA; California O. Oregon State O; Southern Cali fornia 30. Washington State 13: University of Southern California at Los An geleS 0. Notre Dame 25; Indiana o. Amherst 0; Princeton 27. Williams and Mary 6; Navy 13 College of Idaho 0; Utah 52. Montana State 6; Utah Aggies 21. Maine O. Yale l9. St. Lawrence 0; Colgate 45. Western Reserve 0; Purdue 28. Bates 0; Harvard 28. Knox 6; Army 67. Washington and Jefferson 10; Carnegie Tech T. Florida 34; North Carolina 0. Niagara 6; Cornell 37 Buffalo 0; Dartmouth 61. SWarthmore 2; Pennsylvania 32. Virginia Military I nst i t u te 0; Duke 13. Whitman 37; Albany College al Portland 0. Virginia 6; Maryland ‘. Northwestern 19; Nebraska 2.
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 92% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Niagara–Cornell gameCornell leads 13–0 in 13 meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1949 | Cornell 27, Niagara 0 | |
| 1932 | Cornell 7, Niagara 0 | |
| 1931 | Cornell 37, Niagara 6 | |
| 1930 | Cornell 61, Niagara 14 | |
| 1929 | Cornell 22, Niagara 6 | |
| 1928 | Cornell 34, Niagara 0 |
Around this game
Niagara
- Next gameat CornellOct. 1, 1932
- SeasonNiagara in 1931
- ProgramNiagara history and records
Cornell
- Next gamevs. RichmondOct. 10, 1931
- SeasonCornell in 1931
- ProgramCornell history and records
