Amherst vs. Cornell

Amherst and Cornell first met in 1890 and have played 2 times; the series is tied 1–⁠1. Over the last 2 meetings it’s even at 1–⁠1.

Amherst wins
1
Cornell wins
1
Ties
0
First meeting
1890
Longest streak
1 Amherst
Current streak
1 Cornell
Last 10 meetings
even at 1–⁠1
Most recent
1908

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Amherst and Cornell, 1890 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1908 game: CORNELL BARELY WINS AMHERST FIGHTS HARD. Ithacans Sh0zC True Form in Second Half and Make Touchd0z0n.

    1908 · New-York tribune, New York, Nov 8, 1908

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Nov 7, 1908Cornell 6, Amherst 0at Cornell
Oct 29, 1890Amherst 18, Cornell 0at Amherst

Every game is listed as played on the field.