Tufts at Cornell
Saturday, October 9, 1897 Share
Cornell beat Tufts 15–0. It was their fourth meeting; the series is even at 2–2.
FinalHigh 59°F, low 35°F
In the newspapers

The Scranton tribune, Scranton, Pa., October 11, 1897, page 1
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CorneIl-Tuns. The light Tufts team was beaten by Cornell. Score, 15–0. Summary: Referee, first half. Lang (Yale); second half. Davis U.afayette). Umpire, Hill (Yale). Linesmen, Cross (CornelD, Sweet (Tufts). Length of halves, twenty min utes. Touchdowns, Whiting tCornelD, 2. Goals, Young (CornelD Goals from field, Young (CornelD, !. Total score, Cornell Is. Tufts O.

The daily morning journal and courier, Connecticut, October 11, 1897, page 2 (results column)
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GAMES ON THE GRIDlRoN. a”ie won From Williams Saturday After noon-Other College Games. noon-other College Games. 1aie won from Williams at Yale Field Saturday afternoon by the score S2-O. Yale showed up in good form, consid- erlhg that the team which played the second half was composed almost en- tirely or members of the second eleven, while in the first half the team was weakened by the absence of McFar- land, who cannot play because he has condition, Cutten, who strained ten don In the knee few days ago, and hly’ Who also was injured, captain Rodgers was in the game a snort time, it being the first time this season, since this illness, that he has entered Q matched game. He entered the game against the advice of his phy- siclan’ but only played a short time “A feature of the game was the work or hlefer in running and interference, one or his runs being for fifty yards, ana winding up with a touchdown. CadWalader, the giant freshman, show ca signs of overwork and missed two out or the six goals for which he tried. Ihe attendance was about 1,200. The lineup was as follows: YALE. POSITIONS. WILLIAMS. Left End Hazen, (HalD ................Ch Chadwell Left Tackle. Rodgers (c), PosD. ......,.....Si Simmons Left Guard. S1u”dlauer .....................- BLACK Center. | HarVev pia1a, Right Guard. Brown, (Chadwick) ............ Lotz (c.l Right Tackle. Allen, (Hale) ...De Camp Right End. Dudley, (Warren) Rutter Quarter Back. De Saulles (Stoddar0 ...,..... Davis Left Half Back. Kiefer, OauteD ................Se SeeTey Right Half Back CorWin, (Marvin) ..............Br Branch | Full Back. Mcbride, (Hine) .Denman YALE FRESHMEN WON. The Yale freshmen defeated the Will liston academy eleven at Easthampton Mass, Saturday afternoon, by the score 6–4. It was the freshmen’s first game. Neither team scored in the first half. OTHER FOOTBALL GAMES. University of Pennsylvania defeated Lehigh 5S-O. Cornell defeated Tufts 15–0. West Point defeated Wesleyan 12–9. Princeton won from Annapolis Cadets 2S-0. Holy Cross and Amherst tied. Brown won from Boston university 44–0. Harvard beat Dartmouth 13 to O.
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 89% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Tufts–Cornell gameTied 2–2 in four meetings.
| 1897 | Cornell 15, Tufts 0 | |
| 1896 | Cornell 18, Tufts 0 | |
| 1893 | Tufts 6, Cornell 0 | |
| 1893 | Tufts 6, Cornell 0 |
Around this game
Tufts
- Next gamevs. New HampshireOct. 13, 1897
- SeasonTufts in 1897
- ProgramTufts history and records
Cornell
- Next gameat LafayetteOct. 16, 1897
- SeasonCornell in 1897
- ProgramCornell history and records
