Cornell (IA) vs. Iowa State

Cornell (IA) and Iowa State have 16 meetings on file, the first in 1899; Iowa State leads the series 13–⁠2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Iowa State 8–⁠1.

Cornell (IA) wins
2
Iowa State wins
13
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1899
Longest streak
5 Iowa State
Current streak
1 Iowa State
Last 10 meetings
Iowa State 8–⁠1
Most recent
1936

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s0–⁠1
1900s2–⁠7
1910s0–⁠4
1930s0–⁠1–⁠1
Average margin
26 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cornell (IA)
2–⁠4 Cornell (IA)‘s record at home
At Iowa State
9–⁠0–⁠1 Iowa State’s record at home
Shutouts
11

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Cornell (IA)‘s biggest win1908: Cornell (IA) 6, Iowa State 0by 6 points
  2. Iowa State’s biggest win1906: Iowa State 81, Cornell (IA) 0by 81 points
  3. Upset1908: Cornell (IA) 6, Iowa State 0Cornell (IA) had a 13% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1902: Cornell (IA) 17, Iowa State 15Cornell (IA) had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cornell (IA) and Iowa State, 1899 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 Evening star's story of the 1935 game

    1935 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 29, 1935

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

Oct 17, 1936Iowa State 38, Cornell (IA) 0at Iowa State
Sep 28, 1935Iowa State 6, Cornell (IA) 6at Iowa State
Nov 7, 1914Iowa State 69, Cornell (IA) 0at Iowa State
Nov 8, 1913Iowa State 14, Cornell (IA) 0at Iowa State
Nov 9, 1912Iowa State 21, Cornell (IA) 0at Cornell (IA)
Nov 11, 1911Iowa State 15, Cornell (IA) 0at Iowa State
Nov 6, 1909Iowa State 18, Cornell (IA) 6at Iowa State
Oct 17, 1908Cornell (IA) 6, Iowa State 0at Cornell (IA)
Oct 26, 1907Iowa State 17, Cornell (IA) 0at Iowa State
Sep 29, 1906Iowa State 81, Cornell (IA) 0at Iowa State
Nov 18, 1904Iowa State 41, Cornell (IA) 6at Iowa State
Nov 20, 1903Iowa State 41, Cornell (IA) 0at Cornell (IA)
Oct 25, 1902Cornell (IA) 17, Iowa State 15at Cornell (IA)
Nov 21, 1901Iowa State 28, Cornell (IA) 12at Iowa State
Nov 24, 1900Iowa State 17, Cornell (IA) 0at Cornell (IA)
Sep 30, 1899Iowa State 32, Cornell (IA) 0at Cornell (IA)

Every game is listed as played on the field.