Cornell at Yale

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 10, 1940, page 8

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  Yale Holds Cornell To 2l-O Victory Margin NEW HAVEN, Nov. 9.-lR- Yale’s thin blue line put up an astonishingly staunch defense today to hold the Cornell scoring machine to 81 to 0 margin of vic tory in what had been expected to prove a touchdown spree for leaders. Cornell, determined to prove its might and crush the Eli, tried too hard and did not look like it’s usual snappy robust self. Yale, with nothing to lose, anyway, fought itself blue in the face to achieve what the crowd of 10000 hailed as a moral victory. Not only did the sons of Eli force Cornell to fight hard for all three Of its touchdowns-one in each period except the third--but they rallied behind their brilliant quarterback, Ted Harrison, to push the Big Red all over the field in the final quarter. 2

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1940, page 30 (results column)

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  racing As yards for another touchdown. Meanwhile other unbeaten teams were having their troubles. Although Michigan and Southern Methodist alone we’re beaten, Penn State was tied and Cornell, Boston College, Lafayette and Notre Dame were none too i’m pressive in victory. It’s passing attack pretty well checked, Cornell had to fight every inch of the way in beat ing Yale, 21–⁠0; Boston College found the going tough in WIN ming from Boston University by the same score; Notre Dame had to come from behind to whip Navy, 1877, and Lafayette won only by the margin of an extra point from Rutgers, 7–⁠6. SYRIA cuse held Penn State to a 1913 draw. Georgetown performed up to expectations, running up a 41–⁠0 count on Maryland. Two New York teams, Ford ham and Columbia, turned back Western Conference opposition. Fordham won . dull game from

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Yale leads 45–⁠20–⁠2 in 67 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.