Cornell at Lafayette

Saturday, October 16, 1897

Cornell and Lafayette tied 4–⁠4. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 4–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayCornell5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1897
4
HomeLafayette9–⁠2–⁠1 in 1897
4

FinalHigh 84°F, low 58°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Wichita daily eagle's story: R1IlV1Qi3

    The Wichita daily eagle, Wichita, Kan., October 17, 1897, page 2

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    R1IlV1Qi3 Northwestern university today, u to 6. The result was surprise to both victors and vanquished. MICHIGAN “a: OHIO 0. Ann Arbor, Mich, Oct. 16.-The Uni versity of Michigan eleven defeated Ohio State University by a score OF “a to today. LAFAYETTE 4: CORNELL 4. Easton, Pa, Oct. 1.-the Lafayette Cornell game played here this afternoon resulted in q tie, each eleven scoring four points. CHICAGO SO; BELOIT 8. Chcoga, Oct 1.-THE University Of Chicago football team defea ted the Beloit college of Marshfield this afternoon, 80 to 6. WESTERN RESERVE 20; KENYON O.. Cleveland, o., Oct. 1s.-Western Re serve university defeated Kenyon col lege on the gridiron today, 30 to 0. LAWRENCE %; WARRENSBURG o. Lawrence, Kan, Oct 1S.-Kansas State University %; Warrensburg, No., Nor mai school o.

  • The The morning news's story: FOOT BALL RESULTS. Gordon Institute and Mercer Univer- sity Break Even at BarnesviIIe.

    The morning news, Savannah, Ga., October 17, 1897, page 7 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL RESULTS. Gordon Institute and Mercer Univer- sity Break Even at BarnesviIIe. sity Break Even at BarnesV1IIe. GAINESVILLE Ga. Oct. 16.-Mercer Uni versity 0; Gordon Institute, o. At Philadelphia, Oct. 16-Pennsylvania, “a; Dartmouth, O. At nnapolis-Pennsylv Reserve, 0; Navy, 20. At Easton Pa.-Lafayette, 4; Cornell, 4. At West Point, n. Y.-Harvard, 10; Ca diets 0. , AT Albany, N. Y.-Lehigh, 8; Williams. 0. AT Cleveland-Western Reserve, 30; Ken yon, 0. At Newton Mass.-Yale, 10; Newton, o. AT Lexington, Va.-Washington and Lee. 30; Allegheny Institute, 0. At Princeton-Princeton, IS; Carlisle. D. At Nashville-Vanderbilt IA. University of Kentucky 10. At Observation-Disclosures of Nashville, 6; SeWanee, s.

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)

Lafayette 70% to win.

Cornell leads 9–⁠5–⁠1 in 15 meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
1950Cornell 27, Lafayette 0
1942Cornell 20, Lafayette 16
1919Lafayette 21, Cornell 2
1913Cornell 10, Lafayette 3
1902Cornell 28, Lafayette 0
1900Lafayette 17, Cornell 0

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