Colgate at Cornell

Saturday, September 30, 1905

Cornell beat Colgate 12–⁠11. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 10–⁠0.

AwayColgate5–⁠4 in 1905
11
HomeCornell6–⁠4 in 1905
12

FinalHigh 83°F, low 54°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Cornell Wins From Colgate.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 1, 1905, page 50

    Read the text

    Cornell Wins From Colgate. ITHACA. N. Y, September 30--Corneli defeated Colgate this afternoon by a score of Il to IL. Rice made the first score for Cornell in six minutes of play Halliday kicking goal. but many substitutes later weakened the team. Near the end of the first half. Runge of Colgate made touch down, Carter failing to kick goal. After Martinez has scored for Cornell on a man. for the visitors. made a sensational eight-six yard run around Goodspeed for another. Sloweil kicked goal

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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Cornell leads 48–⁠39–⁠3 in 90 meetings, counting the 80 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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