Cornell vs. Lafayette

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

1. Cornell’s biggest win1898: Cornell 47, Lafayette 0by 47 points
2. Lafayette’s biggest win1919: Lafayette 21, Cornell 2by 19 points
3. Upset1899: Lafayette 6, Cornell 5Lafayette had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1895: Lafayette 6, Cornell 0Lafayette had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1919: Lafayette 21, Cornell 2Lafayette had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

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.

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  1895 · New-York tribune, New York, Oct 20, 1895

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  1897 · The Wichita daily eagle, Wichita, Kan., Oct 17, 1897

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  1899 · The Worcester spy, Worcester, Mass., Nov 12, 1899

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  1900 · The times, Washington [D.C.], Nov 18, 1900

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  1902 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Nov 16, 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 is listed as played on the field.

• Cornell vs. Pennsylvania110 meetings, Cornell 40–⁠65–⁠5
• Cornell vs. Columbia91 meetings, Cornell 52–⁠36–⁠3
• Cornell vs. Colgate90 meetings, Cornell 48–⁠39–⁠3
• Cornell vs. Dartmouth87 meetings, Cornell 32–⁠54–⁠1
• Lafayette vs. Lehigh88 meetings, Lafayette 46–⁠38–⁠4
• Lafayette vs. Pennsylvania80 meetings, Lafayette 21–⁠55–⁠4
• Lafayette vs. Rutgers52 meetings, Lafayette 16–⁠35–⁠1
• Lafayette vs. Colgate49 meetings, Lafayette 11–⁠35–⁠3