Oberlin at Cornell
Saturday, October 9, 1909 Share
Cornell beat Oberlin 16–6. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 8–0.
FinalHigh 82°F, low 48°F
In the newspapers

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

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.

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 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.
The series
Every Oberlin–Cornell gameCornell leads 13–1–1 in 15 meetings, counting the seven 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. 15, 1910
- SeasonOberlin in 1909
- ProgramOberlin history and records
Cornell
- Next gamevs. FordhamOct. 16, 1909
- SeasonCornell in 1909
- ProgramCornell history and records
