Colgate at Cornell
Saturday, October 1, 1955 Share
Colgate beat Cornell 21–6. It was their 42nd meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 30–10–2.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 49°F, 0.04 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 2, 1955, page 68
Read the text
Reseryist for Colgate Sparks 21–6 Victory Over Cornell ITHACA. N. H. Oct. / iR. lEd Vantine. q reserve halfbacI from Colgate’s home town d Hamilton. sparked Colgate to . |2I-6 football victory over Cornell today. He scored one touchdown ION q spectacular run and set ur another with . pass interception Coleate’s hard-cracking line kept Cornell,s touted speedy |backfield In check throughout and the Big Red was unable t. score until Colgate Coach Hal lLahar gave some Of his reserves their chance In the closing minutes. aColgate’s Guy Martin failed to pass as much as expected Instead. he used his running workhorses, Frank Speno. half back from Ithaca: Jack CAN, Frank Nardulli. All haifhacks, and Fullback Ed Whitehair.
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. Colgate won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Colgate–Cornell gameCornell leads 48–39–3 in 90 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.
| 2026 | Colgate 20, Cornell 7 | |
| 2025 | Colgate 41, Cornell 21 | |
| 2024 | Colgate 41, Cornell 24 | |
| 2023 | Colgate 35, Cornell 25 | |
| 2022 | Cornell 34, Colgate 31 | |
| 2021 | Cornell 34, Colgate 20 |
Around this game
Colgate
- Next gamevs. Holy CrossOct. 8, 1955
- SeasonColgate in 1955
- ProgramColgate history and records
Cornell
- Next gameat HarvardOct. 8, 1955
- SeasonCornell in 1955
- ProgramCornell history and records

