Cornell at Williams

Saturday, November 5, 1898

Cornell beat Williams 12–⁠0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 4–⁠1–⁠3.

AwayCornell10–⁠2 in 1898
12
HomeWilliams3–⁠8 in 1898
0

FinalHigh 56°F, low 37°F

In the newspapers

  • The The times's story: CORNELL RouTs WILLIAMS. A Game I'm Which There Was Glory Even In Defeat.

    The times, District of Columbia, November 6, 1898, page 9

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    CORNELL RouTs WILLIAMS. A Game I’m Which There Was Glory Even In Defeat. Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. 5.-In one of the fiercest transforms that has visited BUT falo this Fall, Cornell and Williams fought for supremacy on the gr.diron tlis afternoon 1t was a game in which there was glory even in defeat. Cornell secured one touchdown In the first half. whi.e Williams failed to score. A large crowd witnessed the game. F’umbles were numerous because of the rain and slippery ground. II was grow ing dark and raining hard and fumbl, 5 were numerous when time was called, leaving the score u to 0.

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 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Cornell leads 13–⁠5–⁠3 in 21 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.

Recent meetings
1926Cornell 49, Williams 0
1925Cornell 48, Williams 0
1924Williams 14, Cornell 7
1923Cornell 28, Williams 6
1919Cornell 3, Williams 0
1917Williams 14, Cornell 10

Around this game

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