Cornell at Columbia

Saturday, October 31, 1936

Columbia beat Cornell 20–⁠13. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 12–⁠9–⁠3.

AwayCornell3–⁠5 in 1936
13
HomeColumbia5–⁠3 in 1936
20

FinalAttendance 28,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    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.

Cornell leads 52–⁠36–⁠3 in 91 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Columbia 29, Cornell 12
2024Columbia 17, Cornell 9
2023Columbia 29, Cornell 14
2022Columbia 45, Cornell 22
2021Columbia 34, Cornell 26
2019Cornell 35, Columbia 9

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