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Washington & Jefferson at Cornell

Saturday, October 21, 1911

Cornell beat Washington & Jefferson 6–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Cornell led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayWashington & Jefferson6–⁠4 in 1911
0
HomeCornell7–⁠3 in 1911
6

FinalHigh 61°F, low 55°F

Spalding’s Official Foot Ball Guide (1912) gives Cornell 6–⁠3, in both teams’ records (the scan on the Internet Archive).

In the newspapers

  • The The evening times's story: Nfarouettc in Close Score. Cornell Played Hard.

    The evening times, Grand Forks, N.D., October 23, 1911, page 1

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    Nfarouettc in Close Score. Cornell Played Hard. Ithaca. N. y, Oct. 23.-Cornell defeated Washington and Jefferson Saturday 6 to 0 | ma kicking game Of football, two field goals by Butler. quarterback being the only score made. Neither goal was threatened more tina nonce. Both teams played raggedly and penalties were frequent. Cornell was superior at punting while the teams were equally matched in defensive work.

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 60% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Washington & Jefferson–Cornell game

Cornell leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1912Cornell 3, Washington & Jefferson 0
1911Cornell 6, Washington & Jefferson 0
1902Cornell 50, Washington & Jefferson 0
1900Cornell 16, Washington & Jefferson 5

Around this game

Washington & Jefferson

Cornell