Cornell vs. Ohio State

Cornell and Ohio State first met in 1939 and have played 2 times; Cornell leads the series 2–⁠0. Over the last 2 meetings it’s Cornell 2–⁠0, and Cornell has won the last 2.

Cornell wins
2
Ohio State wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1939
Longest streak
2 Cornell
Current streak
2 Cornell
Last 10 meetings
Cornell 2–⁠0
Most recent
1940

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cornell and Ohio State, 1939 on1300150017001900194019501960197019801990200020102020

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 Wilmington morning star's story of the 1940 game: Cornell Coach Charged With Rule Violation As Result OF Cylinder Waving

    1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Oct 29, 1940

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 26, 19401Cornell 21, Ohio State 7at Cornell
Oct 28, 19397Cornell 23, 4Ohio State 14at Ohio State

Every game is listed as played on the field.