Cornell at Harvard

Saturday, October 14, 1950

No. 17 Cornell beat Harvard 28–⁠7. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 11–⁠6.

Away17Cornell7–⁠2 in 1950
28
HomeHarvard1–⁠7 in 1950
7

FinalHigh 57°F, low 39°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Cornell Beats Harvard, 28-7 Despite Sputtering Attack

    Evening star, October 15, 1950, page 46

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    Cornell Beats Harvard, 28–⁠7 Despite Sputtering Attack West early in the second period. With the score tied TT, Cor nell took the second half kickoff and five plays later was on Harwards one-yard line. From there, Fleischmann banged over, only to tumble in the end zone, where Harvard recovered. In the final session, after pull ing into 21–⁠7 lead. Engel was robbed of a second touchdown because of back-in-motion penalty. Cornell’s aerial attack fire. quently broke down at the most embarrassing stages, but the last of its % passing attempts was a killer-diller. Late in the finale, after intercepting a pass on the Harvard’s 35, Cornell passed to Winger Vic Pujo on the 4, from where Merz plunged to end the games scoring.

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 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 47–⁠21–⁠1 in 69 meetings, counting the 52 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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