Cornell at Pennsylvania

Thursday, November 26, 1931

Cornell beat Pennsylvania 7–⁠0. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 27–⁠9–⁠2.

AwayCornell7–⁠1 in 1931
7
HomePennsylvania6–⁠3 in 1931
0

FinalHigh 46°F, low 38°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: CORNELL WINS FIRST PERIOD D fe ats Pennsylvania in Thanksgiving Day Football Game

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 27, 1931, page 5

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    CORNELL WINS FIRST PERIOD D fe ats Pennsylvania in Thanksgiving Day Football Game PHILADELPHIA, Penn, Nov. 27. Seventy thousand persons wit messed the football game here yes- terday afternoon in which Cornell defeated Pennsylvania by a score of ‘ to 0. Viviano scored a touch down in the first period.

  • The Carolina watchman's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    Carolina watchman, Salisbury, N.C., November 27, 1931, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS. Catawba IS; Lenoir-Rhyne 2. Carolina IS; Virginia s. University South Carolina 16; Al burn -. V. M. l. 6; V. P. I. IS. Vanderbilt s; Alabama IA. Wake Forest 7; Davidson 0. Furman 0; Clemson 0. Kentucky 6; Tennessee E.. Cornell 7; Pennsylvania 0. Maryland s.; John Hopkins IA. Colgate Is; Brown 7. Pitt 40; Nebraska 0.

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)

Pennsylvania 55% to win. Cornell won as Elo’s underdog.

Pennsylvania leads 65–⁠40–⁠5 in 110 meetings, counting the 72 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Cornell 39, Pennsylvania 17
2024Pennsylvania 67, Cornell 49
2023Pennsylvania 23, Cornell 8
2022Pennsylvania 28, Cornell 21
2021Cornell 15, Pennsylvania 12
2019Pennsylvania 21, Cornell 20

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