Harvard at Cornell

Saturday, October 9, 1948

Cornell beat No. 18 Harvard 40–⁠6. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 11–⁠4.

Away18Harvard4–⁠4 in 1948
6
HomeCornell8–⁠1 in 1948
40

FinalHigh 60°F, low 43°F, 0.79 in. of rainAttendance 25,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Ithaca 5 Steamro|Ier FIaHens Harvard In 4O-6 Meeting

    Evening star, October 10, 1948, page 40

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    Ithaca 5 Steamro|Ier FIaHens Harvard In 4O-6 Meeting ITHACA, N. Y, Oct. “a dynamite-laden Cornell gridiron machine scored a 40–⁠6 triumph over Ivy League Rival Harvard today in a contest that established the Big Red as top contender for Eastern foot ball honors. A crowd of $4,000 was on hand to see the Big Red chalk up its third triumph of the season against sligh. ly favored Harvard. Cornell previously rolled over N. Y. U. and tripped Navy. Scoring honors went to fast STEP ping Hillary Chollet of New Orleans, La. who crossed the Crimson goal line three times. Halfback Paul Girolamo of the Bronx accounted for two other Cornell touchdowns, and Fullback jeff Fleishmann tai lied once to round out the Big Red scoring parade. Cornell jumped into the lead in the first period with Fleishmann hitting pay dirt from the six inch line. A poor kick by Harvard’s Charley Roche. who was rushed, put the ball in scoring position on the Crimson 18. The Big Red added another pair of six pointers in the second period, capitalizing> on Harvard tumble and an intercepted pass. Harvard’s lone tally was scored by tullback Paul Shafer, who shared an 18-yard Jim ,Noonan pass on the 2 and stepped over the goal line.

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

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 11, 1948, page 2 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES The following are .inai scores of important football g a m es played over the weekend. USC 2; Rice 0. Washington 27; UCLA 6. Oregon 15; Idaho 8. California 40; Wisconsin 14. Santa Clara 27; Stanford l4. Oregon State 32; Portland 6. Washington State 48; Montana O.. Idaho State 13; wyoming 40. Nebraska 6; Colorado 19. Montana State 12; North Da- kota U. 6. Utah 30; Brigham Young 0. College of Pacific 41; San Diego State IA. Southern Methodist IA Missouri 20. Michigan 40: Purdue O. Oklahoma 20; Texas IA. Amherst 27; Bowdoin l9. George Washington 20; Virginia 12. South Carolina 0; Tulane IA. Vanderbilt T; Mississippi 20. Iowa 14; Ohio State 2. Princeton 2; Penn 29. Harvard 6; Cornell 40. Washington VPI 0; Maryland 23. New Hampshire 27; Maine 6. Depauw 6; Rochester 13. Rhode Island State 6; Brown B. Holy Cross 6; Dartmouth 19. Navy T; Duke 28. Columbia 34; Yale 20. Michigan State 2; Notre Dame 26. Kentucky 12; Georgia Tech. 23. Chattanooga 0; Tennessee 26. Minnesota 16; Northwestern l9. Army 26; Illinois 2l. Bates T. Tufts 28. North Carolina 28; Wake Forest T. Marietta 21; Carnegie Tech ‘. Rutgers 34; Temple 20 Kansas 20; Iowa State ‘. West Virginia 6; Pitt l6. Hawaii University 55; Redlands O. Eastern Washington 31 Western Washington ‘. Pacific Lutheran T; Central Wash ington 0. DOC WALKER Be sure and tune in and listen to Dec Walker tonight at 9:30 o’clock over KINY. 12 1t

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 60% to win. Cornell pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 47–⁠21–⁠1 in 69 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Harvard 41, Cornell 29
2025Harvard 34, Cornell 10
2024Harvard 38, Cornell 20
2023Harvard 41, Cornell 23
2022Harvard 35, Cornell 28
2021Harvard 24, Cornell 10

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