Cornell vs. Holy Cross

Cornell and Holy Cross first met in 1906 and have played 3 times; Cornell leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Cornell 3–⁠0, and Cornell has won the last 3.

Cornell wins
3
Holy Cross wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1906
Longest streak
3 Cornell
Current streak
3 Cornell
Last 10 meetings
Cornell 3–⁠0
Most recent
1943

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠0
1910s1–⁠0
1940s1–⁠0
Average margin
22.7 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cornell
3–⁠0 Cornell’s record at home

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cornell and Holy Cross, 1906 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 The Washington times's story of the 1906 game: HOLY CROSS SCARE CORNELL ELEVEN But Ithacans Come Back Strong and Overwhelm Opponents, 10 to 8.

    1906 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Nov 11, 1906

  • The The times dispatch's story of the 1914 game: TWENTY-FIVE PLAYERS IN GAME AGAINST COLGATE Yale So Far Outclasses Opponents That Coach Hinkey Sends In En- tire Second.String Squad. PRINCETON AND WILLIAMS TIE Open Football Featured Mt Philadel- pllia-Hopkins. Quarterback, Seri- ously Injured--Cornell BurieS Holy Cross-Big Score for Pittsbu

    1914 · The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., Nov 1, 1914

  • The Detroit evening times's story of the 1943 game: Continued on Page Four Holy Cross Dropped From Unbeaten Class

    1943 · Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, Oct 17, 1943

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 16, 1943Cornell 20, Holy Cross 7at Cornell
Oct 31, 1914Cornell 48, Holy Cross 3at Cornell
Nov 10, 1906Cornell 16, Holy Cross 6at Cornell

Every game is listed as played on the field.