Cornell at Harvard
Saturday, October 5, 1957 Share
Cornell beat Harvard 20–6. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 13–9.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 42°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 6, 1957, page 1
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Cornell Spurf |InSecond Half Beats Harvard CAMBRIDGE. Mass oct. 5 Cornell foiled q Harvard touchdown bid 1t the goal. then, led ~ lrv Robertson, marched Tor two nocond-half scores for . aO-6 wv League victory today. The Big Red put together scoring drives Of 60 and 70
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)
Harvard 57% to win. Cornell won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Cornell–Harvard gameHarvard leads 47–21–1 in 69 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.
| 2026 | Harvard 41, Cornell 29 | |
| 2025 | Harvard 34, Cornell 10 | |
| 2024 | Harvard 38, Cornell 20 | |
| 2023 | Harvard 41, Cornell 23 | |
| 2022 | Harvard 35, Cornell 28 | |
| 2021 | Harvard 24, Cornell 10 |
Around this game
Cornell
- Next gamevs. SyracuseOct. 12, 1957
- SeasonCornell in 1957
- ProgramCornell history and records
Harvard
- Next gamevs. OhioOct. 12, 1957
- SeasonHarvard in 1957
- ProgramHarvard history and records

