Michigan at Cornell

Saturday, November 10, 1951

Cornell beat Michigan 20–⁠7. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 12–⁠5.

AwayMichigan4–⁠5 in 1951
7
HomeCornell6–⁠3 in 1951
20

FinalHigh 47°F, low 32°FAttendance 35,300

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Cornell Upsets Michigan, 20-7, With Second-HoIf Comeback

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 11, 1951, page 58

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    Cornell Upsets Michigan, 20–⁠7, With Second-HoIf Comeback ITHACA. N. Y, Nov. TO- Aroused Cornell stormed back with three touchdowns in a violent second-half rally today to upset favored Michigan, 20–⁠7. before $500 fans. Giving Ivy League prestige 6 shot in the arm by trouncing the defending Big Ten champs, Cor. nell poured it on Michigan in g sensational second half. Trailing TO at half time, Coacf Lefty James pupils capped bril-. liant comeback with touchdown. by Indy Hull, Stu Merz and Ha Seidenberg. Jack Jaeckel, starting his frs game at quarterback in place, O. the ailing Rocco Calvo, disrupted the Michigan defense with hi. brilliant mixing of ground ane pass plays. Whatever James told the boy between the halves, it worked Michigan was on top TO on a A. yard pass from Don Peterson tt Tod Stanford in the second period but that didn’t mean a thing. Jaeckel’s 35-yard pass play tt Bill Whelan set up the tyins score as Cornell drove 80 yard! in II plays. Hull skirted righ1 end from the four for the score Bill Kinks first Of two placements made it TT. After Reggie Marchant ran bacl

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 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Cornell leads 12–⁠6 in 18 meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1952Michigan 49, Cornell 7
1951Cornell 20, Michigan 7
1933Michigan 40, Cornell 0
1917Michigan 42, Cornell 0
1916Cornell 23, Michigan 20
1915Cornell 34, Michigan 7

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