Columbia at Cornell

Saturday, October 30, 1943

Cornell beat Columbia 33–⁠6. It was their 31st meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 17–⁠11–⁠3.

AwayColumbia0–⁠8 in 1943
6
HomeCornell6–⁠4 in 1943
33

FinalHigh 59°F, low 38°F

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Columbia Loses Fifth Straight 10 Cornell

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 31, 1943, page 1

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    Columbia Loses Fifth Straight 10 Cornell ITHACA, n. Y, Oct 30 GNS) The Columbia gridiron squad took its fifth straight pasting today when Cornell sliced through and around the Lion line to a 1876 victory in Schoelkopf Stadium. Led by Bill Maceyko. a fast and tricky runner. Cornell scored two touchdownS in each of the first two periods and one more in the final quarter. The Lions thrust into Cornell territory only once during the game, tallying at the end of 53-yard march in the third period

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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Cornell leads 52–⁠36–⁠3 in 91 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Columbia 29, Cornell 12
2024Columbia 17, Cornell 9
2023Columbia 29, Cornell 14
2022Columbia 45, Cornell 22
2021Columbia 34, Cornell 26
2019Cornell 35, Columbia 9

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