Oberlin at Cornell

Saturday, October 9, 1909

Cornell beat Oberlin 16–⁠6. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 8–⁠0.

AwayOberlin0–⁠1 in 1909
6
HomeCornell3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1909
16

FinalHigh 82°F, low 48°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: VICTORY FOR CORNELL Uses Forzcard Pass to Adrdntnge in Defeating Oberlin.

    New-York tribune, October 10, 1909, page 12

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    VICTORY FOR CORNELL Uses Forzcard Pass to Adrdntnge in Defeating Oberlin. Ithaca. y. Y. Oct. 9-COrne defeated Oberlin here to-day by the OF Is to {. The heat made snappy work impossible. and with the exception of the playing OF Captain Grey, of Oherlin the game was uninteresting. Cornell scored twice as the direct result Of forward passes and once as the result of onsde kick to Macarthur Oberln scored first when Grey received Tydemans punt on his own 30-yard line and carried it eighty yards for a touchdown. On the whole his work was the feature of the game; his running was brilliant, his judgment good and his defence strong The Cornell line played poorly The Oberin for wards broke through several times to nail the runner for a loss, and al times the best efforts could not net the distance. Baker, of Cornell handled the forward pass we’ll, getting away with four out of five attempts. Tydeman was consist ent and Hoffman, who replaced Krutsch, gave sew eral exhibitions of good lodging. Smson made good impression fullbaCk. His plunging was such that the coaches are calling him another Walder. There frequent penalties on both Sides and both teams were slow in getting off their plays

  • The Arizona republican's story: FOOTBALL FIELDS. As Uusua the Minor Schools Were OutpIayed.

    Arizona republican, Arizona, October 10, 1909, page 1

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    FOOTBALL FIELDS. As Uusua the Minor Schools Were OutpIayed. At Ithaca-Cornell. 16: Oberlin, 6. At Princeton-Princeton 3; Ford ham, o. At ambridge-Harvard, s; Will liams, 6. At Syracuse-Syracuse, II; Rochester, O. At New Haven-Yales. sc; Spring field, 0. At West Point-Army, II; Trim ity, 6. At Philadelphia-Penn 12; West Virginia, 0. At Providence-Brown. 10; Am herst, 0. At Chicago-Chicago. q; Indiana, o. At Observation-Disclosures, Is; Ames, 0. At iIkesbarre-Carlisle Indians, s; State, 8.

  • The Los Angeles herald's story: Victory for Cornell

    Los Angeles herald, October 10, 1909, page 24

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    Victory for Cornell ITHACA, N. Y, oct. 9-Oberlln gave Cornell a big scare today, scoring the first touchdown in seven minutes of play Grey, the Oberlin left halfback. ran back a punt from the 30-yard line through the entire Cornell team. Cor nell braced up, however, and scored three touchdowns, winning 16 to 6.

  • The The Calumet news's story: SATURDAYS FOOTBALL GAMES.

    The Calumet news, Calumet, Mich., October 11, 1909, page 7 (results column)

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    SATURDAYS FOOTBALL GAMES. Michigan 8; Case 0. Chicago 81; Indiana 0. Minnesota IS; Ames 0. Illinois Q, Kentucky G. Northwestern IA, Purdue 0. Wisconsin %; Lawrence 0. Marquette University IS; Dartmouth College 0. Yale So Springfield Training 0. Harvard s: Williams 6. Princeton 3; Fordham 0. Cornell 16; Oberlin 6. Army IL Trinity 6. Pennsylvania 70; West Virginia O.. Brown TO- Amherst 0. Carlisle Indians 8; state College 3. Dartmouth Is; Bowdoin 0. Beloit II: Oshkosh Normal >. Illinois State Normal o; Illinois Wesleyan 0. Iowa 8; Cornell college 0. Culver Military academy p; Grand Prairie seminary 0. Wabash college 0; Depauw o. Vanderbilt 2S Rose Polytechnic 3. Coe II: Leander Clark 0. Missouri 3: Kansas o. Milliken 3 Lake Forest 3. University of Cincinnati 22; Wittenberg 5. Union o: Worcester Polytechnic 6. Swarthmore 8; Franklin 0. Michigan Agricultural 81; Alma 0. Navy -; Rutgers 3. Creighton IL Morningside 6. Drury college s.; st. Louis Uni versity 3. Drake 10; Alumni 0. Nebraska “a; Knox o. Syracuse II; Rochester 0. Washington university ~; Shurtleft 6. Lombard 16; Iowa Wesleyan 0. Bellevue college 70; Highland Park college 3. Grinnell IA; Des Moines college 0. Notre Dame 8; Olivet o.

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 seven 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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