Colgate at Cornell

Saturday, October 1, 1955

Colgate beat Cornell 21–⁠6. It was their 42nd meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 30–⁠10–⁠2.

AwayColgate6–⁠3 in 1955
21
HomeCornell5–⁠4 in 1955
6

FinalHigh 66°F, low 49°F, 0.04 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Reseryist for Colgate Sparks 21-6 Victory Over Cornell

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 2, 1955, page 68

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    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.

Cornell leads 48–⁠39–⁠3 in 90 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Colgate 20, Cornell 7
2025Colgate 41, Cornell 21
2024Colgate 41, Cornell 24
2023Colgate 35, Cornell 25
2022Cornell 34, Colgate 31
2021Cornell 34, Colgate 20

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