Massachusetts at Cornell

Saturday, November 18, 1916

Cornell beat Massachusetts 37–⁠0. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayMassachusetts0–⁠3 in 1916
0
HomeCornell6–⁠2 in 1916
37

FinalHigh 40°F, low 28°F

In the newspapers

  • The Norwich bulletin's story: CORNELL EASILY DEFEATED MASS. AGGIES ithacans Roll Up 37 Points While Bay r State Boys Were Unable to Score.

    Norwich bulletin, November 20, 1916, page 3

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    CORNELL EASILY DEFEATED MASS. AGGIES ithacans Roll Up 37 Points While Bay r State Boys Were Unable to Score. Cornell easily defeated Massachu- setts Agricultural College, 37 to o, on Saturday at Ithaca on a mud soaked field. Conditions made open play inn possible and botE teams resorted to line plunging. The Ithaca backfield gained almost at will. Speed making four of the touchdowns. In six at tempts only one goal from touchdown star quarterback. did not play, the coaches saving him for the Pennsyl- vania game. Tilley, Cornelrs right guard, injured a leg in the third period and may be out for the rest of the season. The lineup: Cornell 27 Mass Assies 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 97% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Cornell leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

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