Cornell at Princeton

Saturday, October 26, 1957

Princeton beat Cornell 47–⁠14. It was their 40th meeting; after it, Princeton led the series 25–⁠14–⁠1.

AwayCornell3–⁠6 in 1957
14
HomePrinceton7–⁠2 in 1957
47

FinalHigh 48°F, low 32°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Princeton Routs Cornell, 47-14, as Sochs Stors

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 27, 1957, page 1

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    Princeton Routs Cornell, 47–⁠14, as Sochs Stors PRINCETON. N. j.. Oct. % B.-Dan Sachs. q 1.-THE. 10 year-old sophomore. fought on q case Of the fiu and went on 10 first-period scoring hinge today to lead Princeton to q 47-i4 rout over Cornell in an Ivy League game. Sachs. who had seen limited service most Of the year. scored three touchdowns. although right up until game time there was doubt that he could play. His first-half performance kept the Tigers alive. for when he was on the bench their at tack suffered. At the half. they held q ALA lead. solely the result Of Sachs. Cornell’s defenses fell apart In the fourth period. however. and the food gates opened. The victory left Princeton UNI defeated IN Ivy League competition and tied with Dart mouth for the lead. When Cornell found its run ming game completely stymied In the first half. Tom Brogan decided 70 use his arm. and It was mainly his accurate passes

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 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Princeton leads 54–⁠30–⁠2 in 86 meetings, counting the 46 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Cornell 20, Princeton 17
2024Cornell 49, Princeton 35
2023Princeton 14, Cornell 3
2022Princeton 35, Cornell 9
2021Princeton 34, Cornell 16
2019Princeton 21, Cornell 7

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