Williams at Cornell

Saturday, October 11, 1902

Cornell beat Williams 37–⁠6. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 6–⁠1–⁠3.

AwayWilliams3–⁠6–⁠1 in 1902
6
HomeCornell8–⁠3 in 1902
37

FinalHigh 59°F, low 47°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: CORNELL. 81. WILLIAMS 8 lay TELEGRAPH To TIE rR1BUNEl

    New-York tribune, New York, October 12, 1902, page 10

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    CORNELL. 81. WILLIAMS 8 lay TELEGRAPH To TIE rR1BUNEl lthaca n L, Oct u-Cornell was scored On ., day. for the first time this season bv tho s,ro, Williams eleven. Early in the irst hair Peat,s7, broke through the Cornell line and blocked Cen. punt and with clear field ran thirty-7vs ,,,-4s for a touchdown Williams played pucky game and fully eo,,allsd Cornell In weight hut could rot cope with H. r5at and White. as the final score 81 TO 6 shows C,ofs kicked on Tor Cornell. and punts vera svcb.,5 IN Nlhams’s territory. Purcell and conn ,,,sb1 INC nali down the field in short order hut vviIiar hsid on the Vineyard line. Watson fun,bis5 ,h pass for punt and was downed for So -, hVe minutes OF play After the next kickory ne4 advanced the ball -apidly on end rms b.. 90 m and Purcell until the latter ran sigbt,- -. Iot touchao|n A few minutes later Psaho1,raised Nhllams’s hopes by making his to,,cb5 rom olockto Kick. but In three nin-tas C,a.,., warner repeated the play for COrnaU r,.lt -, sDo4e – to Luecer left tackle mada ,b I5 LIS ‘ne , - u G-e game az the close OF rho baIf yards 10 the goal. ‘aeNie ana ran sixty ia ~ Ihs second half Purcell who had bea, q ann. ss-1s h-ss o,Iheti; was replaced by Shenari WIN red IN this half and fought asrcai’ tne Yen Inlnutes play Coffin and Srnttb after - “ o4i near enough for HaIIids- S.or1s,i, tuAnack, 10 dive through fbe itns 90 -,i-s ~ lliaIns weakened for a few rrinrtaS “a ,1.o Sillltn ana Shepard TO circle the ENDS Tor 49, ...ttg arc runs and touchdown Tba ,-ist,ors ,1-,t-. sSSls splenold exhibition OF gameness ana -srs ,sGstu Iof downs between their ave ana tsn E@ro me nut corners third sttsmpt suScss5sd

  • The The Indianapolis journal's story: Cornell Beats williams, 81 to @.

    The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 12, 1902, page 6

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    Cornell Beats williams, 81 to @. ITHACA. n. Y, Oct. u.-Thirty-seven points to six tells the story of the Cornell Williams football game on Percy Field today, and the size of the Ithacans’ score was beyond the sanguine hope OF the sup porters of the red and white Cornells coaches claim the scoring of Williams was due to an accident. The game was spec tacular throughout and punts were exchanged frequently. Time Of halves, 70 minutes.

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 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Cornell leads 13–⁠5–⁠3 in 21 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.

Recent meetings
1926Cornell 49, Williams 0
1925Cornell 48, Williams 0
1924Williams 14, Cornell 7
1923Cornell 28, Williams 6
1919Cornell 3, Williams 0
1917Williams 14, Cornell 10

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