Clarkson vs. Cornell

Clarkson and Cornell first met in 1927 and have played 5 times; Cornell leads the series 5–⁠0. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Cornell 5–⁠0, and Cornell has won the last 5.

Clarkson wins
0
Cornell wins
5
Ties
0
First meeting
1927
Longest streak
5 Cornell
Current streak
5 Cornell
Last 10 meetings
Cornell 5–⁠0
Most recent
1931

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠3
1930s0–⁠2
Average margin
51 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cornell
5–⁠0 Cornell’s record at home
Shutouts
5

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. Cornell’s biggest win1931: Cornell 68, Clarkson 0by 68 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Clarkson and Cornell, 1927 on130015001700193019351940

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 Evening star's story of the 1929 game: CORNELL is BRILLIANT IN SWAMPING CLARKSON

    1929 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 29, 1929

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

Sep 26, 1931Cornell 68, Clarkson 0at Cornell
Sep 27, 1930Cornell 66, Clarkson 0at Cornell
Sep 28, 1929Cornell 60, Clarkson 0at Cornell
Oct 6, 1928Cornell 20, Clarkson 0at Cornell
Sep 25, 1927Cornell 41, Clarkson 0at Cornell

Every game is listed as played on the field.