Cornell at Princeton
Saturday, October 28, 1950 Share
Princeton beat No. 10 Cornell 27–0. It was their 33rd meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 20–12–1.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 38°FAttendance 47,500
In the newspapers
Evening star, District of Columbia, October 31, 1950, page 20
Read the text
Nine Major EIevens Among 38 Sporting Perfect Records Nine major teams are among the 38 college elevens which have yet to lose or tie football game this season. They are Southern Methodist, Army, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Cali fornia, Miami Fla.), Princeton, Loyola of California and Wyoming Two Of the majors-Cornell and NorthWestern-were among the Is which had perfect records soiled last week end. Cornell was beaten by Prince ton. 27–0. Northwestern fell before Wisconsin, 14–13. The unbeaten-untied list:
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.
On the newsreel
- PRINCETON MAULS CORNELLClash of unbeaten greats at Palmer Stadium, with favored Cornell crashing down to defeat at the hands of a Princeton powerhouse. Kazmaier sparks Tigers to 27-0 victory and Ivy League leadership
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Princeton 51% to win. Princeton pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Cornell–Princeton gamePrinceton leads 54–30–2 in 86 meetings, counting the 53 since this game.
| 2025 | Cornell 20, Princeton 17 | |
| 2024 | Cornell 49, Princeton 35 | |
| 2023 | Princeton 14, Cornell 3 | |
| 2022 | Princeton 35, Cornell 9 | |
| 2021 | Princeton 34, Cornell 16 | |
| 2019 | Princeton 21, Cornell 7 |
Around this game
Cornell
- Next gameat ColumbiaNov. 4, 1950
- SeasonCornell in 1950
- ProgramCornell history and records
Princeton
- Next gamevs. ColgateNov. 4, 1950
- SeasonPrinceton in 1950
- ProgramPrinceton history and records