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Trinity (CT) at Cornell

Saturday, October 1, 1898

Cornell beat Trinity (CT) 47–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayTrinity (CT)2–⁠5–⁠2 in 1898
0
HomeCornell10–⁠2 in 1898
47

FinalHigh 80°F, low 57°F

In the newspapers

  • The The times's story: CORNELL DEFEAT TRINITY. At No Time Was the Ithacans' Goa in Danger.

    The times, October 2, 1898, page 7

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    CORNELL DEFEAT TRINITY. At No Time Was the Ithacans’ Goa in Danger. Ithaca, N. Y, Oct. L-Cornell defeated Trinity at football today by the score of AZ to 0. The game was extremely one-sded. At no time did Cornells goal prove to be in danger.

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 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Trinity (CT)–Cornell game

Cornell leads 3–⁠0 in three meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1908Cornell 18, Trinity (CT) 6
1898Cornell 47, Trinity (CT) 0
1890Cornell 26, Trinity (CT) 0

Around this game

Trinity (CT)

Cornell