Cornell at Lafayette
Saturday, October 16, 1897 Share
Cornell and Lafayette tied 4–4. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 4–2–1.
FinalHigh 84°F, low 58°F
In the newspapers

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 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.
The series
Every Cornell–Lafayette gameCornell leads 9–5–1 in 15 meetings, counting the eight since this game.
| 1950 | Cornell 27, Lafayette 0 | |
| 1942 | Cornell 20, Lafayette 16 | |
| 1919 | Lafayette 21, Cornell 2 | |
| 1913 | Cornell 10, Lafayette 3 | |
| 1902 | Cornell 28, Lafayette 0 | |
| 1900 | Lafayette 17, Cornell 0 |
Around this game
Cornell
- Next gamevs. PrincetonOct. 23, 1897
- SeasonCornell in 1897
- ProgramCornell history and records
Lafayette
- Next gameat PennsylvaniaOct. 23, 1897
- SeasonLafayette in 1897
- ProgramLafayette history and records

