Oberlin at Cornell
Saturday, October 10, 1908 Share
Cornell beat Oberlin 23–10. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 7–0.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 28°F, 0.32 in. of rain
In the newspapers

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:

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.
The series
Every Oberlin–Cornell gameCornell leads 13–1–1 in 15 meetings, counting the eight since this game.
| 1919 | Cornell 9, Oberlin 0 | |
| 1917 | Cornell 22, Oberlin 0 | |
| 1915 | Cornell 34, Oberlin 7 | |
| 1913 | Cornell 37, Oberlin 12 | |
| 1912 | Oberlin 13, Cornell 0 | |
| 1911 | Cornell 15, Oberlin 3 |
Around this game
Oberlin
- Next gameat CornellOct. 9, 1909
- SeasonOberlin in 1908
- ProgramOberlin history and records
Cornell
- Next gamevs. ColgateOct. 17, 1908
- SeasonCornell in 1908
- ProgramCornell history and records
