Yale at Columbia

Saturday, October 9, 1943

Yale beat Columbia 20–⁠7. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Yale led the series 17–⁠4.

AwayYale4–⁠5 in 1943
20
HomeColumbia0–⁠8 in 1943
7

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Hustling Yale Eleven Downs Columbia, 2O-7

    The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., October 10, 1943, page 9

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    Hustling Yale Eleven Downs Columbia, 2O-7 NEW YORK, Oct. 9-R-Columbia may be the gem of the ocean but it wasn’t even dime trinket to the Yale football team today as the Ellis exploded in the sec ond period for 20 to 7 triumph before $4,000 spectators.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL : SCORES ;

    The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, October 11, 1943, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL : SCORES ; The following are scores of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon: University OF Washington Al, Spokane Air Commandos IL. College of Pacific IL, California 6. Southern California 10, st. Mary’s Preflight 0. March Field At, UCLA Z. Notre Dame 35, Michigan ~. Colgate 0, Penn State 0. West Virginia 0. Pittsburgh 20. Dartmouth 8, Pennsylvania z. Yale 20. Columbia 7. Maryland 10, Richmond Army 6. Temple 0, Army 81. Iowa Preflight rs, Iowa 0. Tufts 8. Brown IS. Illinois IS, Wisconsin 7. Richmond l6, Virginia T. Ohio State 6, Great Lakes 10. Indiana 81, Nebraska 10. Camp Grant 0, Purdue 10. Carnegie Tech 10, Case SO. North Carolina State 0, Camp Davis ~. Kansas State IA, Missouri z. Navy IA, Duke 49, Cornell 80, Princeton O. Georgia Tech IS, Georgia Preflight z. Indiana 81, Nebraska 49, Texas 10, Oklahoma Z. / Tulane 80, Rice 0.

  • The Evening star's story: Results of Football Games

    Evening star, October 10, 1943, page 25 (results column)

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    Results of Football Games Local. MARYLAND. 10: Richmond Air Base. g.. Eastern. Z Western, 0. Bulls, l3; St. Johns, 0. Gonzaga. 80: Dewitt, O. Georgetown Prep, 33; Charlotte Hall, s. St. Christopher, 81; Episcopal, 0. East. Army, 81; Temple, 0. Navy, IA: Duke, l3. Brown, 35: Tufts, g. Franklin and Marshall, 12 Buck nell. g. Yale, 20; Columbia, 7. Swarthmore, IA: Muhlenberg, l3. Pennsylvania, 7; Dartmouth. 6. Colgate, 0; Penn. State. 0 Ctie). Pittsburgh, 20: w. Virginia, 0. Cornell, 80; Princeton, O. Rochester, 26; Rennsselear Poly. 0. Willow Grove Naval Training Sta ton, 6; Ursinus. O. Bates, l3; Camp Edwards, 7. Worcester Poly. 13: Harvard. 0. New Jersey Army Juniors, l6; Camp kilnar, 6. Virginia Military Institute, IL; Cle.nson, 7. South Carolina, 20; Presbyterian, Z.

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)

Columbia 72% to win. Yale pulled the upset.

Yale leads 62–⁠17–⁠2 in 81 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Yale 24, Columbia 10
2024Columbia 13, Yale 10
2023Yale 35, Columbia 7
2022Yale 41, Columbia 16
2021Yale 37, Columbia 30
2019Yale 45, Columbia 10

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