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Cornell at Syracuse

Wednesday, October 5, 1898

Cornell beat Syracuse 30–⁠0. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 9–⁠0.

AwayCornell10–⁠2 in 1898
30
HomeSyracuse0–⁠2–⁠1 in 1898
0

FinalHigh 79°F, low 55°F, 0.26 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The daily morning journal and courier's story: CORNELL 30. SYRACUSE 0.

    The daily morning journal and courier, October 6, 1898, page 8

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    CORNELL 30. SYRACUSE 0. Syracuse Oct. 5.-Cornell defeated Syracuse to-day at football by a score of 30 to 0. The Syracusians played a magnificent game in the first half and took the ball within a short distance of Cornelrs goal. In this half Whiting ran the whole length of the field and scored a touchdown for Cornell. In the second half the Comedians scored four more touchdowns. Whiting scored three and Sleicher the other. Young, Cornell’s quarter back, kicked five goals. Cornelfs offensive work in the second half was fine.

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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Cornell–Syracuse game

Cornell leads 23–⁠11 in 34 meetings, counting the 25 since this game.

Recent meetings
1958Syracuse 55, Cornell 0
1957Syracuse 34, Cornell 0
1954Cornell 14, Syracuse 6
1953Syracuse 26, Cornell 0
1952Syracuse 26, Cornell 6
1951Cornell 21, Syracuse 14

Around this game

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