Cornell vs. Colgate
Saturday, October 23, 1943 Share
Colgate beat Cornell 20–7. It was their 30th meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 22–6–2.
FinalHigh 54°F, low 38°FAttendance 16,000
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 24, 1943, page 29
Read the text
Stadium Jinx Rules as CoIoute Surprises Cornell, 20 to 7 . the oval to Jules Yakapovich, who raced to his left to the end zone Everett Sane converted for this one He also converted for the last score, but missed the second touchdown after-point. Little Bill Maceyko led the Big Red 49-yard touchdown march in the second quarter, going over from the one-yard stripe. Norm Dawson converted to tie the score. Muelheuser, who averaged 40 yards with four punts and rs yards in seven running attempts, took a 28yard pitch from Yakapovich for the third period tally. The 201-pound, 17-year- New Jersey boy passed IA yards as the raiders moved to the Cornell Is in the final period. They lost back to the 80 from where Micka shot a high pass to Glen Furey who scooted over from the five. Cornell’s HOWE Blose, who last week tied for the Eastern scoring leadership, was held to six yards in II tries, as Colgate rolled up l3 first downs to the Big Reds 8. out rushed them 1877 yards to 1875 and outpassed them ll3 yards to 80.
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)
Colgate 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Cornell–Colgate gameCornell leads 48–39–3 in 90 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.
| 2026 | Colgate 20, Cornell 7 | |
| 2025 | Colgate 41, Cornell 21 | |
| 2024 | Colgate 41, Cornell 24 | |
| 2023 | Colgate 35, Cornell 25 | |
| 2022 | Cornell 34, Colgate 31 | |
| 2021 | Cornell 34, Colgate 20 |
Around this game
Cornell
- Next gamevs. ColumbiaOct. 30, 1943
- SeasonCornell in 1943
- ProgramCornell history and records
Colgate
- Next gameat Holy CrossOct. 30, 1943
- SeasonColgate in 1943
- ProgramColgate history and records

