Colgate at Cornell

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 13, 1907, page 57

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  CORNELL DEFEATS COLGATE. Latter Introduces Puzzline, Ground-Gaining Plav. ITHACA, y. Y, October 12-Cornen defeated Colgate today, Is to q. in the best foot ball game of the season on Percy Field. Tire Colgate eleven fought every inch of-the way. Cornell three times lost Lhe ball on downs and once on fumbles within fifteen yards of the Colgate goal The visitors had puZZling pay in which the ball was twice zigzagsed before being passed ahead 1t netted them eighty yards before the Ithacans could solve it.

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.

Cornell leads 48–⁠39–⁠3 in 90 meetings, counting the 78 since this game.