Harvard at Cornell

Saturday, October 13, 1951

No. 17 Cornell beat Harvard 42–⁠6. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 11–⁠7.

AwayHarvard3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1951
6
Home17Cornell6–⁠3 in 1951
42

FinalHigh 55°F, low 26°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Quick Cornell Scores Set Pace in Defeat OF Harvard, AZ 10 6

    Evening star, October 14, 1951, page 49

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    Quick Cornell Scores Set Pace in Defeat OF Harvard, AZ 10 6 ITHACA, N. Y, Oct. 13.-Cornell scored two touchdowns early in the first period today to show just what it could do, then went on to play good. bad and-indifferent football the rest of the way and Smothered an outclassed Harward team before 10000 Home coming fans. AZ to 6. From the moment Bob Engel isprinted around his left end for I27 yards Immediately after Cor nell took the opening kickoff on its q, the course Of the battle was mapped. Cornell continued what Engel, who injured his knee on the play and will be out indefinitely, had started. Stu Merz drove over from the one-foot line after 3:19 min utes of play. . A penalty stopped a second drive, but the next time Cornell got the ball it went all the way again. a 53-yard pass play. Bill Scazzaro to Dick Cliggott, carry ling the ball to the Harvard seven. On the fourth play, Hal Seidenberg, who accounted for three Of the Big Reds touchdowns, rammed lover from the three. | Cornell, threatening every time lit got the ball. added one touch down in the second period when Seidenberg went over from the mine, two in the third. with Bill Scazzero punching through for three yards and Seidenberg driving over from the four, and a final score in the last minute of the , game on a 2O-yard pass play. Herb Bool to Frank Hummel. The CrimSon’S lone touchdown : followed End Fred Ravreby’s in Perception of a Cornell pass deep in Cornell territory and was finally stopped on the Cornell p; seven. Fullback Tom Ossman took the ball over from the two.

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 90% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Harvard leads 47–⁠21–⁠1 in 69 meetings, counting the 51 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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