Cornell at Columbia

Saturday, November 1, 1952

Cornell beat Columbia 21–⁠14. It was their 40th meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 22–⁠15–⁠3.

AwayCornell2–⁠7 in 1952
21
HomeColumbia2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1952
14

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Blocked Kick Helps In Late Rally Giving Big Red ; Scores

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 2, 1952, page 67

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    Blocked Kick Helps In Late Rally Giving Big Red ; Scores NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-Cornell’s winless football team, bruised and beaten in five straight games. struck for three touchdowns in the fourth period today and up set Columbia, 21–⁠14. Cornell’s flnal-quarter explosion turned what had looked like a

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)

Columbia 58% to win. Cornell won as Elo’s underdog.

Cornell leads 52–⁠36–⁠3 in 91 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Columbia 29, Cornell 12
2024Columbia 17, Cornell 9
2023Columbia 29, Cornell 14
2022Columbia 45, Cornell 22
2021Columbia 34, Cornell 26
2019Cornell 35, Columbia 9

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