Rochester (NY) at Cornell
Saturday, October 3, 1903 Share
Cornell beat Rochester (NY) 11–0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 6–0.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 49°F
In the newspapers

The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., October 5, 1903, page 1
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CORNELL PLAYS HARD GAME Rochester Shows Great Strength and a. Holds IthacanS’ Score Down. =. IOIuS It11dCa1S SCOTe DOWN.. Ithaca, N. Y, Oct 5.-Rochester showed unexpected strength in the game on Percy field Saturday, and the Ithacans had their hands full. The final score was Cornell, II; Rochester, 0. All the scoring was done in the Sec ond half While Cornell could not gain thru its opponents line, Rochester’s ends were easy marks, and the Ithacans circled the outside time and again. All of the touchdowns We’re made on end runs. Turnout the first half it was a battle royal. The visit ors’ line was heavy. Cornell had plenty of dash and vim in the second half. and but for hard luck would have scored more points. Lineup:

The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], October 4, 1903, page 8
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ROCHESTER TEAM HOLDS CORNELL’S SCORE DOWN ITHACA, Oct. 3.--The Rochester Uni versity team played Cornell to a stand still during the first seventeen minute half today. Snyder made run Of thirty-lve yards in the second half for a touchdown. and Rice. the freshman half back. who made a forty-yard run to yard run for a score. Voris kicked one o. the goals, making the final score II TO 0 in favor of Cornell. Cornell’s game as but little better than Rochester’s.
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 94% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Rochester (NY)–Cornell gameCornell leads 9–0 in nine meetings, counting the three since this game.
Around this game
Rochester (NY)
- Next gameat CornellOct. 1, 1904
- SeasonRochester (NY) in 1903
- ProgramRochester (NY) history and records
Cornell
- Next gamevs. ColgateOct. 10, 1903
- SeasonCornell in 1903
- ProgramCornell history and records
