Cornell at Princeton

Saturday, October 9, 1937

Cornell beat Princeton 20–⁠7. It was their 26th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 18–⁠7–⁠1.

AwayCornell5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1937
20
HomePrinceton4–⁠4 in 1937
7

FinalHigh 51°F, low 32°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: CORNELL CRUSHES PRINCETON, 70 TOT Combines Ground, Air Play Effectively in Second Halt Rally for Win.

    Evening star, October 10, 1937, page 31

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    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 7Universal Newsreel, October 11, 1937. Catalog record at the National Archives

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.

Princeton leads 54–⁠30–⁠2 in 86 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Cornell 20, Princeton 17
2024Cornell 49, Princeton 35
2023Princeton 14, Cornell 3
2022Princeton 35, Cornell 9
2021Princeton 34, Cornell 16
2019Princeton 21, Cornell 7

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