Lafayette at Cornell
Saturday, September 26, 1942 Share
Cornell beat Lafayette 20–16. It was their 14th meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 8–5–1.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 40°F, 0.18 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, September 28, 1942, page 6 (results column)
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FOOT BAIL @ .ll3SW2 IFS Mr The following are final scores O leading football games played las Saturday afternoon, the opening date of the grid season: College of Pacific 0; University of Washington 27. Oklahoma 0; Oklahoma State 0 tie Wake Forest 0; North Carolina 6 Tennessee 0; South Carolina 0 tie. Lakehurst Naval Station G. Princeton 20. Marquette IA; Kansas 0. Kansas State 0; Texas GA. Fordham IA; Purdue ‘. Geneva 26; Carnegie Tech O. Lafayette 16; Cornell 20 Wesleyan 6; Coast Guard IA. William and Mary 3; Navy O. American International o; Bos- ton 6. Lawrence 0; Colgate 49. Ohio State 59; Knox 0. Georgia Navy Preflight IA; Penn 6. Notre Dame T; Wisconsin ‘. Nebraska 0; Iowa 27. South Dakota 0; Illinois 27 Auburn 0; Georgia Tech IS. Great Lakes 0; Michigan 9. North Carolina Navy Preflight IS; Harvard 0. Dartmouth IT; Holy Cross 6. Fort Monmouth O; Columbia 39. Duke 21; Davidson O. Iowa Naval Preflight School, 25; Northwestern 12. Pittsburgh 2; Minnesota 50. California 6; St. Mary’s 0. Washington State 6; Stanford O. Oregon State 32; Idaho o. St. Mary’s Preflight 10; Oregon 9. Tulane 27; Southern California l3. Santa Clara 12; Utah o.
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 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Lafayette–Cornell gameCornell leads 9–5–1 in 15 meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1950 | Cornell 27, Lafayette 0 | |
| 1942 | Cornell 20, Lafayette 16 | |
| 1919 | Lafayette 21, Cornell 2 | |
| 1913 | Cornell 10, Lafayette 3 | |
| 1902 | Cornell 28, Lafayette 0 | |
| 1900 | Lafayette 17, Cornell 0 |
Around this game
Lafayette
- Next gameat ArmyOct. 3, 1942
- SeasonLafayette in 1942
- ProgramLafayette history and records
Cornell
- Next gamevs. ColgateOct. 3, 1942
- SeasonCornell in 1942
- ProgramCornell history and records

