Cornell vs. Fordham
Cornell and Fordham have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1890; Fordham leads the series 4–1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Fordham 4–1, and Fordham has won the last 4. Share
- Cornell wins
- 1
- Fordham wins
- 4
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1890
- Longest streak
- 4 Fordham
- Current streak
- 4 Fordham
- Last 10 meetings
- Fordham 4–1
- Most recent
- 2012
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2000s | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 2010s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 24.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Cornell
- 1–3 Cornell’s record at home
- Neutral sites
- 0–1 Cornell first
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Cornell’s biggest win1890: Cornell 82, Fordham 4by 78 points
- Fordham’s biggest win1917: Fordham 27, Cornell 6by 21 points
- Upset1909: Fordham 12, Cornell 6Fordham had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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
1909 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 17, 1909
1917 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Nov 21, 1917
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 15, 2012 | Fordham 34, Cornell 27 | Coffey Field | ||
| Oct 17, 2009 | Fordham 39, Cornell 27 | at Cornell | ||
| Nov 17, 1917 | Fordham 27, Cornell 6 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 16, 1909 | Fordham 12, Cornell 6 | at Cornell | ||
| Dec 6, 1890 | Cornell 82, Fordham 4 | at Cornell |
Every game is listed as played on the field.