Cornell at Columbia

Saturday, November 4, 1944

Cornell beat Columbia 25–⁠7. It was their 32nd meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 18–⁠11–⁠3.

AwayCornell5–⁠4 in 1944
25
HomeColumbia2–⁠6 in 1944
7

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Cornell Too Strong, Beats Columbia, Isl

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, November 5, 1944, page 16

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    Cornell Too Strong, Beats Columbia, Isl NEW YORK. Nov. 4 1UP) - Cornell University’s football team, scoring in every period but the second. proved too strong for Columbia today, winning, p to I, before 10000 fans who gathered in Baker Bowl to witness the 32d meeting of the Ivy League rivals.

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 52% to win. Cornell won as Elo’s underdog.

Cornell leads 52–⁠36–⁠3 in 91 meetings, counting the 59 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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