Cornell at Yale
Saturday, October 27, 1945 Share
Yale beat Cornell 18–7. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Yale led the series 6–3.
FinalHigh 54°F, low 30°F, 0.06 in. of rainAttendance 30,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, October 28, 1945, page 18
Read the text
Yale Eleven Beats Dekdebrun, One-Mun Cornell Team, 1877 old rivalry or. rather, 1t was Dekdebrun who did it. as he got some cooperation from his mates for one of the few times during the game. Starting on the Cornell 81, the Big Red had its touchdown in exactly nine plays. Their Yall sewed up the game with a fourth 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 51% to win. Yale won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Cornell–Yale gameYale leads 45–20–2 in 67 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.
| 2026 | Cornell 38, Yale 25 | |
| 2025 | Yale 41, Cornell 24 | |
| 2024 | Cornell 47, Yale 23 | |
| 2023 | Cornell 23, Yale 21 | |
| 2022 | Yale 38, Cornell 14 | |
| 2021 | Yale 23, Cornell 17 |
Around this game
Cornell
- Next gameat ColumbiaNov. 3, 1945
- SeasonCornell in 1945
- ProgramCornell history and records
Yale
- Next gamevs. DartmouthNov. 3, 1945
- SeasonYale in 1945
- ProgramYale history and records