Princeton at Cornell
Saturday, October 27, 1956 Share
Princeton beat Cornell 32–21. It was their 39th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 24–14–1.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 37°F, 0.25 in. of rain
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 28, 1956, page 71
Read the text
Star As Tigers Whip 32–21 ITHACA. N. Y. Oct. 81 P.- Hewes Agnew made two great runs and four touchdowns and Ron Nelson contributed a brilliant scoring dash as Princeton whipped Cornell, 1921, in a game dominated by players who weren’t even supposed to be on the team. The victory was Princeton’s fifth and put the Tigers back
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)
Princeton 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Princeton–Cornell gamePrinceton leads 54–30–2 in 86 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.
| 2025 | Cornell 20, Princeton 17 | |
| 2024 | Cornell 49, Princeton 35 | |
| 2023 | Princeton 14, Cornell 3 | |
| 2022 | Princeton 35, Cornell 9 | |
| 2021 | Princeton 34, Cornell 16 | |
| 2019 | Princeton 21, Cornell 7 |
Around this game
Princeton
- Next gamevs. BrownNov. 3, 1956
- SeasonPrinceton in 1956
- ProgramPrinceton history and records
Cornell
- Next gameat ColumbiaNov. 3, 1956
- SeasonCornell in 1956
- ProgramCornell history and records