Carlisle at Cornell
Saturday, October 19, 1901 Share
Cornell beat Carlisle 17–0. It was their second meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 40°F
In the newspapers

The San Francisco call, October 20, 1901, page 25
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NINETY -YARO RUN IN CORNELL CAME Carlisle Indians Lose at the Buffalo EXposi- ton. Teach the Men From Ithaca Few Points on the dfidiron. BUFFALO, n. Y, Oct. 19.-Fully 5000 people thronged the Pan-American sta dunn this afternoon to see the football game between the Carlisle Indians and the Cornell University. Cornell won-l7 TO 0-but it was game that taxed all the resources of the crimson and white, for the Indian ends got over the ground fast and showed the Ithacans few things in the way Of playing. The Cor nell team was the heavier. Hunt made a touchdown in the first half and Coffin kicked the goal Hunt made a ninety yard run for a touchdown in the second half and Coffin again kicked goal. TEere was an exchange of ‘punts and then Coffin stole around Carlisles right end and made a run Of seventy yards for the third and last touchdown. He was tackled SO hard behind the line that he was Woody and missed the goal. The lineup:
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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Carlisle–Cornell gameCornell leads 3–2 in five meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1914 | Cornell 21, Carlisle 0 | |
| 1913 | Carlisle 7, Cornell 0 | |
| 1902 | Carlisle 10, Cornell 6 | |
| 1901 | Cornell 17, Carlisle 0 | |
| 1898 | Cornell 23, Carlisle 6 |
Around this game
Carlisle
- Next gameat HarvardOct. 26, 1901
- SeasonCarlisle in 1901
- ProgramCarlisle history and records
Cornell
- Next gamevs. OberlinOct. 26, 1901
- SeasonCornell in 1901
- ProgramCornell history and records
