Colgate at Cornell

Saturday, September 29, 1962

Colgate beat Cornell 23–⁠12. It was their 49th meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 33–⁠14–⁠2.

AwayColgate3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1962
23
HomeCornell4–⁠5 in 1962
12

FinalHigh 58°F, low 48°F, 0.45 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Colgate Defeats Cornell, 23-12

    Evening star, September 30, 1962, page 61

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    Colgate Defeats Cornell, 23–⁠12 ITHACA, N. Y, Sept 20 fAP) !. talent showed the way for Colgate today in q 23- IL victory over Cornell in the 49th renewal of rivalry dating to 1896. Colgate had lost its opener to Brown last week. It was Cornell’s opener. Gary Barudin, a 19-year-old sophomore from Leonia, N. j., filling in for the injured Mike Heating at quarterback, did an excellent job of leading the Red Raiders and contributed the first score with a 3-yard keeper on an end run in the first period, completing a Ga yard march in II plays. Barudin, who gained 116 yards over all, handed off to Jim Deegan, senior halfback, for the second touchdown in the second period after Wayne Demikoff had quarterbacked the club down the field.

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 57% to win. Colgate won as Elo’s underdog.

Cornell leads 48–⁠39–⁠3 in 90 meetings, counting the 41 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Colgate 20, Cornell 7
2025Colgate 41, Cornell 21
2024Colgate 41, Cornell 24
2023Colgate 35, Cornell 25
2022Cornell 34, Colgate 31
2021Cornell 34, Colgate 20

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