Cornell at Harvard

Saturday, October 5, 1957

Cornell beat Harvard 20–⁠6. It was their 22nd meeting; after it, Harvard led the series 13–⁠9.

AwayCornell3–⁠6 in 1957
20
HomeHarvard3–⁠5 in 1957
6

FinalHigh 62°F, low 42°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Cornell Spurf |InSecond Half Beats Harvard

    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.

Harvard leads 47–⁠21–⁠1 in 69 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Harvard 41, Cornell 29
2025Harvard 34, Cornell 10
2024Harvard 38, Cornell 20
2023Harvard 41, Cornell 23
2022Harvard 35, Cornell 28
2021Harvard 24, Cornell 10

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