Penn State at Cornell

Saturday, October 31, 1908

Cornell beat Penn State 10–⁠4. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 2–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayPenn State5–⁠5 in 1908
4
HomeCornell7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1908
10

FinalHigh 38°F, low 33°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington times's story: CORNELL TROUNCES PENN STATE TEAM

    The Washington times, District of Columbia, November 1, 1908, page 1

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    CORNELL TROUNCES PENN STATE TEAM ITHACA, y Y. oct u.-COrnen defeated Pennsylvania State here this afternoon in a rough game, by 10 TO 4 First half. Cornell scored touch down. while Pennsylvania State kicked a goal from the field In the second half the home eleven’s line was impresnabIe against the visitors attack lone touchdown by Cornell consututed the only scoring in this half.

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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Cornell leads 7–⁠4–⁠2 in 13 meetings, counting the nine since this game.

Recent meetings
1943Cornell 13, Penn State 0
1942Penn State 0, Cornell 0
1939Cornell 47, Penn State 0
1938Cornell 21, Penn State 6
1937Cornell 26, Penn State 19
1936Cornell 13, Penn State 7

Around this game

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