Cornell at Columbia
Saturday, October 31, 1936 Share
Columbia beat Cornell 20–13. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 12–9–3.
FinalAttendance 28,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 1, 1936, page 1 (results column)
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trimmed Yale. ll-7. and villanoYa succumbed to Bucknell, 60. Leading Foot Ball Scores. Rice, IL; George Washington, 6. Florida, z: Maryland 6. Georgetown, Al: Shenandoah. 0. Gallaudet, 81; Wilson Teachers, 8. Northwestern, 6: Minnesota, o. Fordhafn, o: Pittsburgh, o. Dartmouth, IL: Yale, Z. Colgate. IA; Army. Z. Temple, 3; Holy Cross, o. Bucknell, 6; Villanova, o. Southern Methodist. II; Texas, Z. Harvard, II; Princeton, IA. Pennsylvania, Is; Navy 6. Columbia, 20; Cornell, 13. Purdue. 2; Carnegie Tech. 6. Notre Dame, z: Ohio State, 2. L. 8. u. 10: Vanderbilt, o. Alabama, IA: Kentucky, o. .--... North Carolina, 81; North Carolina State, 8. Santa Clara, II; Auburn. 0. Stamford, 10; q. G. L. A.. 6. Washington State, II; California, 10.
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)
Columbia 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Cornell–Columbia gameCornell leads 52–36–3 in 91 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.
| 2025 | Columbia 29, Cornell 12 | |
| 2024 | Columbia 17, Cornell 9 | |
| 2023 | Columbia 29, Cornell 14 | |
| 2022 | Columbia 45, Cornell 22 | |
| 2021 | Columbia 34, Cornell 26 | |
| 2019 | Cornell 35, Columbia 9 |
Around this game
Cornell
- Next gameat PrincetonNov. 7, 1936
- SeasonCornell in 1936
- ProgramCornell history and records
Columbia
- Next gameat DartmouthNov. 7, 1936
- SeasonColumbia in 1936
- ProgramColumbia history and records

