Colgate vs. Cornell
Colgate and Cornell have 90 meetings on file, the first in 1896; Cornell leads the series 48–39–3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Colgate 7–3, and Colgate has won the last 4. Share
- Colgate wins
- 39
- Cornell wins
- 48
- Ties
- 3
- Earliest on file
- 1896
- Longest streak
- 10 Cornell
- Current streak
- 4 Colgate
- Last 10 meetings
- Colgate 7–3
- Most recent
- 2026
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 0–8–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 4–1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 0–3 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 3–7 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 5–5 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 5–4–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 3–7 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 5–2 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 8–1 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 4–2 |
- Average margin
- 13.5 points; 31 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Colgate
- 10–9 Colgate’s record at home
- At Cornell
- 39–28–3 Cornell’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 1–0 Colgate first
- Shutouts
- 19
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Colgate’s biggest win2010: Colgate 44, Cornell 3by 41 points
- Cornell’s biggest win1899: Cornell 42, Colgate 0by 42 points
- Upset2016: Cornell 39, Colgate 38Cornell had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1952: Colgate 14, Cornell 7Colgate had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset2023: Colgate 35, Cornell 25Colgate had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Colgate | Series | Cornell |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937–1940 | Andrew Kerr | 0–4 | Carl Snavely |
| 1947–1951 | Paul Bixler | 0–5 | George James |
| 1952–1956 | Hal Lahar | 4–1 | George James |
| 1962–1965 | Hal Lahar | 3–0–1 | Tom Harp |
| 1968–1974 | Neil Wheelwright | 1–6 | Jack Musick |
| 1977–1981 | Frederick Dunlap | 3–2 | Bob Blackman |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Colgate’s side (Kerr 0–4 against Snavely). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
Both programs through the years
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
1896 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Sep 27, 1896
1897 · The Saint Paul globe, Sep 26, 1897
1898 · The Portland daily press, Maine, Sep 26, 1898
1899 · The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., Sep 24, 1899
1902 · The Providence news, Providence [R.I.], Sep 29, 1902
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 19, 2026 | Colgate 20, Cornell 7 | at Colgate | ||
| Oct 4, 2025 | Colgate 41, Cornell 21 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 21, 2024 | Colgate 41, Cornell 24 | at Colgate | ||
| Sep 30, 2023 | Colgate 35, Cornell 25 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 1, 2022 | Cornell 34, Colgate 31 | at Colgate | ||
| Oct 15, 2021 | Cornell 34, Colgate 20 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 19, 2019 | Colgate 21, Cornell 20 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 13, 2018 | Colgate 31, Cornell 0 | at Colgate | ||
| Sep 30, 2017 | Colgate 21, Cornell 7 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 1, 2016 | Cornell 39, Colgate 38 | at Colgate | ||
| Oct 2, 2015 | Colgate 28, Cornell 21 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 20, 2014 | Colgate 27, Cornell 12 | at Colgate | ||
| Oct 5, 2013 | Colgate 41, Cornell 20 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 15, 2011 | Colgate 35, Cornell 28 | at Colgate | ||
| Oct 16, 2010 | Colgate 44, Cornell 3 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 3, 2009 | Colgate 45, Cornell 23 | at Colgate | ||
| Oct 18, 2008 | Colgate 38, Cornell 22 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 13, 2007 | Cornell 17, Colgate 14 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 14, 2006 | Cornell 38, Colgate 14 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 1, 2005 | Colgate 34, Cornell 20 | at Colgate | ||
| Oct 16, 2004 | Colgate 10, Cornell 6 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 4, 2003 | Colgate 27, Cornell 24 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 26, 1981 | Colgate 34, Cornell 10 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 27, 1980 | Colgate 38, Cornell 20 | at Colgate | ||
| Sep 29, 1979 | Cornell 36, Colgate 21 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 30, 1978 | Cornell 21, Colgate 12 | at Colgate | ||
| Sep 24, 1977 | Colgate 28, Cornell 22 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 25, 1976 | Colgate 25, Cornell 20 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 27, 1975 | Colgate 24, Cornell 22 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 28, 1974 | Cornell 40, Colgate 21 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 29, 1973 | Cornell 35, Colgate 21 | at Colgate | ||
| Sep 30, 1972 | Cornell 37, Colgate 7 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 25, 1971 | Cornell 38, Colgate 20 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 26, 1970 | Cornell 17, Colgate 7 | at Colgate | ||
| Sep 27, 1969 | Colgate 28, Cornell 24 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 28, 1968 | Cornell 17, Colgate 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 7, 1967 | Cornell 23, Colgate 7 | at Colgate | ||
| Oct 1, 1966 | Cornell 15, Colgate 14 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 25, 1965 | Cornell 0, Colgate 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 3, 1964 | Colgate 8, Cornell 3 | at Colgate | ||
| Sep 28, 1963 | Colgate 21, Cornell 17 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 29, 1962 | Colgate 23, Cornell 12 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 30, 1961 | Cornell 34, Colgate 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 24, 1960 | Colgate 28, Cornell 8 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 26, 1959 | Cornell 20, Colgate 15 | at Colgate | ||
| Sep 27, 1958 | Cornell 13, Colgate 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 28, 1957 | Colgate 14, Cornell 13 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 29, 1956 | Colgate 34, Cornell 6 | at Colgate | ||
| Oct 1, 1955 | Colgate 21, Cornell 6 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 25, 1954 | Colgate 19, Cornell 14 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 26, 1953 | Cornell 27, Colgate 7 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 27, 1952 | Colgate 14, Cornell 7 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 6, 1951 | Cornell 41, Colgate 18 | at Colgate | ||
| Nov 11, 1950 | Cornell 26, Colgate 18 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 1, 1949 | Cornell 39, Colgate 27 | at Cornell | ||
| Nov 6, 1948 | Cornell 14, Colgate 6 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 11, 1947 | Cornell 27, Colgate 18 | at Colgate | ||
| Oct 12, 1946 | Cornell 13, Colgate 9 | at Cornell | ||
| Nov 10, 1945 | Cornell 20, Colgate 6 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 14, 1944 | Colgate 14, Cornell 7 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 23, 1943 | Colgate 20, Cornell 7 | Neutral site | ||
| Oct 3, 1942 | Colgate 18, Cornell 6 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 25, 1941 | Cornell 21, Colgate 2 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 5, 1940 | Cornell 34, Colgate 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Nov 11, 1939 | 5Cornell 14, Colgate 12 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 1, 1938 | Cornell 15, Colgate 6 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 2, 1937 | Cornell 40, Colgate 7 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 20, 1923 | Cornell 34, Colgate 7 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 21, 1922 | Cornell 14, Colgate 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 22, 1921 | Cornell 31, Colgate 7 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 23, 1920 | Cornell 42, Colgate 6 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 18, 1919 | Colgate 21, Cornell 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 20, 1917 | Colgate 20, Cornell 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 3, 1914 | Colgate 7, Cornell 3 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 1, 1913 | Cornell 0, Colgate 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 28, 1912 | Colgate 13, Cornell 7 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 30, 1911 | Cornell 6, Colgate 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 17, 1908 | Cornell 9, Colgate 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 12, 1907 | Cornell 18, Colgate 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 29, 1906 | Cornell 0, Colgate 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 30, 1905 | Cornell 12, Colgate 11 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 28, 1904 | Cornell 17, Colgate 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 10, 1903 | Cornell 12, Colgate 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 27, 1902 | Cornell 5, Colgate 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 28, 1901 | Cornell 17, Colgate 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 22, 1900 | Cornell 16, Colgate 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 23, 1899 | Cornell 42, Colgate 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 24, 1898 | Cornell 29, Colgate 5 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 25, 1897 | Cornell 6, Colgate 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Sep 26, 1896 | Cornell 6, Colgate 0 | at Cornell |
Every game is listed as played on the field.