Cornell at Princeton
Saturday, October 9, 1937 Share
Cornell beat Princeton 20–7. It was their 26th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 18–7–1.
FinalHigh 51°F, low 32°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 10, 1937, page 31
Read the text
CORNELL CRUSHES PRINCETON, 70 TOT Combines Ground, Air Play Effectively in Second Halt Rally for Win. RINCErON, n. j.. October g. - Cornelrs big Red foot ball team drove onward toward 4 fame and glory today by over powering an inexperienced. but stub born Princeton eleven 20 to 7. before q cheering crowd Of about $4,000 In vast Palmer Stadium. Conquerors of Penn State and Col gate, the stalwarts from high above Cayuga’s waters put on . convincing show Of their might on the ground and their tinesse In the air. Combining both modes of attack effectively in the second half after trailing by . rs margin at the intermission, they gained their first triumph over the Tigers since 1881 and thereby avenged humiliating defeats Cf the last three years.
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.
On the newsreel
- NEW STARS RISE IN GRID SKYCornell’s Big Red team proves its victory over Colgate was no accident by crushing the Tiger in a thriller, 20 to 7
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)
Princeton 71% to win. Cornell pulled the upset.
The series
Every Cornell–Princeton gamePrinceton leads 54–30–2 in 86 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.
| 2025 | Cornell 20, Princeton 17 | |
| 2024 | Cornell 49, Princeton 35 | |
| 2023 | Princeton 14, Cornell 3 | |
| 2022 | Princeton 35, Cornell 9 | |
| 2021 | Princeton 34, Cornell 16 | |
| 2019 | Princeton 21, Cornell 7 |
Around this game
Cornell
- Next gamevs. SyracuseOct. 16, 1937
- SeasonCornell in 1937
- ProgramCornell history and records
Princeton
- Next gameat ChicagoOct. 16, 1937
- SeasonPrinceton in 1937
- ProgramPrinceton history and records

