Penn State at Cornell
Saturday, October 14, 1911 Share
Penn State beat Cornell 5–0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–2–1.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 31°F
In the newspapers

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 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.
The series
Every Penn State–Cornell gameCornell leads 7–4–2 in 13 meetings, counting the eight since this game.
| 1943 | Cornell 13, Penn State 0 | |
| 1942 | Penn State 0, Cornell 0 | |
| 1939 | Cornell 47, Penn State 0 | |
| 1938 | Cornell 21, Penn State 6 | |
| 1937 | Cornell 26, Penn State 19 | |
| 1936 | Cornell 13, Penn State 7 |
Around this game
Penn State
- Next gamevs. VillanovaOct. 21, 1911
- SeasonPenn State in 1911
- ProgramPenn State history and records
Cornell
- Next gamevs. Washington & JeffersonOct. 21, 1911
- SeasonCornell in 1911
- ProgramCornell history and records

