Cornell at Pennsylvania

Thursday, November 26, 1903

Pennsylvania beat Cornell 42–⁠0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Pennsylvania led the series 10–⁠1.

AwayCornell6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1903
0
HomePennsylvania9–⁠3 in 1903
42

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Perth Amboy evening news's story: CORNELL WAS WHITEWAsHED. Pennsylvania wound Up Her season with 81 Great victory.

    Perth Amboy evening news, New Jersey, November 27, 1903, page 1

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    CORNELL WAS WHITEWAsHED. Pennsylvania wound Up Her season with 81 Great victory. With 81 Great Victory. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 81. - Penn sylv’nia wound up her football season of disappointment by defeating Cor neil by the overwhelming score of IL to O. 1t was the best game that the red AMI blue have played this fall. Cornell. except fer the first five minutes OF play, was powerless to stay the attack. and her efforts to gain ground were equally futile. AS the game progressed tho Quaker attack grew more fierce, while Cor nelvs defense was made to appear cor responsibility weak. After rolling up twelve points in the first half the Penn sylvania eleven came back in the sec ond half and piled I’D thirty more. Only” t|Nc during the game were tleGthach boys able to hold Pennsyl- .yknia for downs, and they gained their distance only five fines and these nnnr- ~ al by fake plays. There was a fash OF fire in Cornell’s opening play, but after losing the ball on n mlserabic tumble when well within tho Quaicrs’ territory the spark seemed to suddenly disappear.

  • The The Indianapolis journal's story: Only Twice Were the Quakers Held for Downs, and Five Times Did Cornell Gain It's Distance. BROWN SEVERELY TR0UNCED TEN THOUSAND PERSONS SAW DART MOUTH WIN By 81 TO o. Georgetown Defeated by Lehigh II to 5-VictOries for Pennsylvania State and WATERFOWL A. G.

    The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 27, 1903, page 6

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    Only Twice Were the Quakers Held for Downs, and Five Times Did Cornell Gain It’s Distance. BROWN SEVERELY TR0UNCED TEN THOUSAND PERSONS SAW DART MOUTH WIN By 81 TO o. Georgetown Defeated by Lehigh II to 5-VictOries for Pennsylvania State and WATERFOWL A. G. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 26.-Pennsylvania wound up her football season of disappointment to-day by defeating Cornell by the overwhelming score of AZ to o. Only twice during the game were the Ithaca boys able to hold Pennsylvania for downs and they gained their distance only five times and these nearly all by fake plays. Early in the second half Brewster was forced to retire on account of injuries and Lyman took his place. The latter did poor work in the back field. Lineup:

  • The Waterbury evening Democrat's story: CORNELL WAS WHiTEWAsHED. Pennsylvania Wound Up Her Seaso1 With a Great Victory,

    Waterbury evening Democrat, Connecticut, November 27, 1903, page 9

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    CORNELL WAS WHiTEWAsHED. Pennsylvania Wound Up Her Seaso1 With a Great Victory, With a Great Victory. PHILADELPHIA, Nov, 27 - Penn sylvania wound up her football season of disappointment by defeating Cor nell by the overwhelming score of 42 to 0. It was the best game that the red and blue have played this fall. Cornell. except for the first five minutes of play, was powerless to stay the attack and her efforts to gain ground were equally futile. AS the game progressed the Quaker

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)

Pennsylvania 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Pennsylvania leads 65–⁠40–⁠5 in 110 meetings, counting the 99 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Cornell 39, Pennsylvania 17
2024Pennsylvania 67, Cornell 49
2023Pennsylvania 23, Cornell 8
2022Pennsylvania 28, Cornell 21
2021Cornell 15, Pennsylvania 12
2019Pennsylvania 21, Cornell 20

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