Oberlin at Cornell

Saturday, October 10, 1908

Cornell beat Oberlin 23–⁠10. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 7–⁠0.

AwayOberlin0–⁠1 in 1908
10
HomeCornell7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1908
23

FinalHigh 66°F, low 28°F, 0.32 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: LONG RUNS At CORNELL. Oberlin GiUes Red and White Team Scare, but Is Beaten.

    New-York tribune, October 11, 1908, page 11

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    LONG RUNS At CORNELL. Oberlin GiUes Red and White Team Scare, but Is Beaten. ithaca, N Y Oct 10-Cornen defeated Oberlin here the score being q 10. The features OF the game were sensational by waIder and Movie. OF Cornell. and by Gray. OF Oberlin- Cornell kicked off to Oberlin. An exchange OF punts was followed by long runs by Shearer. Tydeman then put the ball Oberiin’s 5-yard line, Walder made the touchdown and Gardner kicked the goal. In the second half Walder took the ball on kickoff and ran sixty-dve yards to Oberiin’s 10 yard line A drop kick fell short, and Gray caught the ball and ran 1o5 yards for a touchdown. Hau- Ser kicked the goal On the next Kickoff Gray fumbled and Move. who recovered the ball placed It on Oberlins 2 yard line. Walder made the touchdown, and Caldwell kicked goal Hauser kicked to Move and after an exchange OF punts Movie ran seventy yards for a touchdown. Caldwell again kicked a goal. From the kickoff Ebling made forty yards and added thirty-dve to II forward pass Cornell was forced to punt. Clark made a long run. Then came an on side kick which brought the ball close enough for Hauser TO kick goal from placement The final scoring came after an exchange OF kicks a M-yard run by Hutchins and a 3S-yard forward pass TO him. Caldwell failed at goal The lineup follows:

  • The Evening star's story: oberlin Scores on Cornell.

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 11, 1908, page 1

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    oberlin Scores on Cornell. ITHACA, N. Y, October 1O.-Oberln succeeded in scoring on Cornell today on drop kick. which was recovered by an Oberlin man and carried nearly the length Of the field, and again by place kick from the twenty eight-yard line. Cor nell made four touchdowns. Final score Cornell, %; Oberlip, 10.

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 eight 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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