Penn State at Cornell

Saturday, October 14, 1911

Penn State beat Cornell 5–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayPenn State8–⁠0–⁠1 in 1911
5
HomeCornell7–⁠3 in 1911
0

FinalHigh 65°F, low 31°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Washington herald's story: CORNELL LOSES TO PENN STATE Blocked Kick Beats Ithacans by ) to O..

    The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 15, 1911, page 34

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    CORNELL LOSES TO PENN STATE Blocked Kick Beats Ithacans by ) to O.. Ithaca, y. Y. Oct. H.-Cornell went down TO defeat at the hands Of the Penn State team, 3 to 0. The visitors score was the result of a blocked kick in the second period. O’Connor’s slowness in punting gave Harlow a chance to get through. Engle made the touchdown. Mauthe failed to kick goal. MiIler’s running contributed a great deal toward States victory, while the Gripping OF Munk and Hawkins and the absence of Butler and UnderhiT told on Cornell. The lineup and summary:

  • The The daily Gate City's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, October 15, 1911, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS. y . . :. = . o = . . . . . q Virginia P, o. Yale, S3. Colgate. o; Princeton, 81. Williams, O; Harvard, 10. Villa Nova, o; University OF p, %. Penn State, 5; Cornell. 0. Rutgers. o; Army, 8. Bowdoin, O; Brown, Is. Carlisle, %; Georgetown, S. Washington and Jefferson, O: Navy, l6. Ohio State. O.; Western Reserve, o. State University. Il; Morningside College. 5. University Of Nebraska. So; Kansas Aggies. 0. Wisconsin, “a; Ripon, 0. Illinois. 9; st. Louis. 0. \, Earlham, 8; Cincinnati. 0. Miami, o: kentucky, IL. st. Marys, IL; Antioch. 0. Northwestern, 10; WESLEYAN, o. Case, 0; Denison. 0. Michigan, 10; M. A. c.. 8. Chicago, II; Purdue, 8.

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 56% to win. Penn State won as Elo’s underdog.

Cornell leads 7–⁠4–⁠2 in 13 meetings, counting the eight 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

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