Oberlin at Cornell

Wednesday, October 2, 1907

Cornell beat Oberlin 22–⁠5. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 6–⁠0.

AwayOberlin0–⁠1 in 1907
5
HomeCornell8–⁠2 in 1907
22

FinalHigh 69°F, low 33°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington herald's story: CORNELL, 22; OBERLIN, 5. Ithacans Scored On, but Make a strong Finish.

    The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 6, 1907, page 10

    Read the text

    CORNELL, 22; OBERLIN, 5. Ithacans Scored On, but Make a strong Finish. Ithaca. Oct 5.-Afte. the first five min utes of the game this afternoon. which Cornell won. % to 8, Oberlin gave the big red team a good scare. Taking advantage Of the wet ground. their half backs ripped up the Cornell line and got within 30 yards Of the goal They Gray. OF the visitors. dodged Capt. Cook and ran i0r a touchdown after that 10 was an Cornell The giant line of the Tthacaus. with the exception Of Brint0n. proved a stone wall and. after COsgroye was substituted Tor B-iutOn. The line was ImpTeEudbIg. The Cornell back field gained about 20 yards on the forward pass

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 13–⁠1–⁠1 in 15 meetings, counting the nine since this game.

Recent meetings
1919Cornell 9, Oberlin 0
1917Cornell 22, Oberlin 0
1915Cornell 34, Oberlin 7
1913Cornell 37, Oberlin 12
1912Oberlin 13, Cornell 0
1911Cornell 15, Oberlin 3

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