Alfred at Cornell

Wednesday, September 30, 1903

Cornell beat Alfred 26–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayAlfred0–⁠1 in 1903
0
HomeCornell6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1903
26

FinalHigh 73°F, low 37°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: CORNELL SCORES 90 AGAINST ALFRED.

    New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 1, 1903, page 1

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    CORNELL SCORES 90 AGAINST ALFRED. ithaca, y. y. Sept. 3o.-Cornen ceieated AIIIeo Collcga M, t,e- t7iea this afternoon by score OF % 10 O. Only twice were the visitors able 10 make first downs. The offensive and defensive playing Of the Cornell line was poor. and only the weakness OF the Alfred backs prevented the visitor, I rom scoring. The line bucking OF McAlIlster anu iohs runs by Snider and Rice were tne lrdtuttes 20 ,to day Within two minutes from inc oPela s ;” CO. game Snidar stirted AIfred’s right emo I9i my yards and touchdown. McAlIlstsr 49, t,h on straight line ulnnging. and the half ended WIN score ~ IL 70 q ‘Tfe first touchdown In the sec ond bslf Vas made ON a fifty yard run by RcS. Champaign made the mai scoro.

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 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Cornell leads 3–⁠0 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1936Cornell 74, Alfred 0
1931Cornell 54, Alfred 0
1903Cornell 26, Alfred 0

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