Columbia at Yale

Saturday, October 6, 1934

Columbia beat Yale 12–⁠6. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Yale led the series 15–⁠3.

AwayColumbia7–⁠1 in 1934
12
HomeYale5–⁠3 in 1934
6

FinalHigh 65°F, low 54°F, 1.27 in. of rainAttendance 25,000

On the newsreel

  • COLUMBIA LIONS DOWN YALE AS OLD GRID FEUD RESUMESLou Little’s football “Brain Trust” out-maneuvers the Bulldog to win, 12-6. Al Barabas eludes the whole dark Blue team, dashing 75 yards for a touchdown.Universal Newsreel, October 8, 1934. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Columbia 57% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 62–⁠17–⁠2 in 81 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Yale 24, Columbia 10
2024Columbia 13, Yale 10
2023Yale 35, Columbia 7
2022Yale 41, Columbia 16
2021Yale 37, Columbia 30
2019Yale 45, Columbia 10

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