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Cornell vs. Penn State

Cornell and Penn State have 13 meetings on file, the first in 1895; Cornell leads the series 7–⁠4–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Cornell 6–⁠3.

Cornell wins
7
Penn State wins
4
Ties
2
Earliest on file
1895
Longest streak
4 Cornell
Current streak
1 Cornell
Last 10 meetings
Cornell 6–⁠3
Most recent
1943

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s1–⁠0–⁠1
1900s1–⁠1
1910s0–⁠3
1930s4–⁠0
1940s1–⁠0–⁠1
Average margin
14.5 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cornell
7–⁠4–⁠2 Cornell’s record at home
Shutouts
5

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Cornell’s biggest win1939: Cornell 47, Penn State 0by 47 points
  2. Penn State’s biggest win1912: Penn State 29, Cornell 6by 23 points
  3. Upset1943: Cornell 13, Penn State 0Cornell had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsCornellSeriesPenn State
1936–⁠1939Carl Snavely4–⁠0Bob Higgins

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Cornell’s side (Snavely 4–⁠0 against Higgins). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cornell and Penn State, 1895 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 The Washington herald's story of the 1907 game: PENN STATE BEATS CORNELL Two Goals Turn Trick on the Ithacans, Eight to Six. Not Until Near Close of second Half Is Big Red Team Able to Get Touchdown.

    1907 · The Washington herald, Oct 20, 1907

  • The The Washington times's story of the 1908 game: CORNELL TROUNCES PENN STATE TEAM

    1908 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Nov 1, 1908

  • The The Washington herald's story of the 1911 game: CORNELL LOSES TO PENN STATE Blocked Kick Beats Ithacans by ) to O..

    1911 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Oct 15, 1911

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1912 game: CORNELL BEATEN AGAIN Penn State 0verWhelms Itha- cans in 0ne-Sided Battle. HARD DAY FOR PLAYERS Nearly the Whole Team Goes to Infrmary After Strug. gle on Gridiron.

    1912 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 20, 1912

  • The The Richmond Virginian's story of the 1919 game: Columbia Humbled by Wesleyan Team Navy Runs Biggest Score OF Day On Colby, 121 TO o. Army Comes Close With so to O.

    1919 · The Richmond Virginian, Richmond, Va., Nov 16, 1919

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

Nov 6, 1943Cornell 13, Penn State 0at Cornell
Oct 17, 1942Cornell 0, Penn State 0at Cornell
Oct 21, 193912Cornell 47, Penn State 0at Cornell
Oct 22, 1938Cornell 21, Penn State 6at Cornell
Sep 25, 1937Cornell 26, Penn State 19at Cornell
Oct 24, 1936Cornell 13, Penn State 7at Cornell
Nov 15, 1919Penn State 20, Cornell 0at Cornell
Oct 19, 1912Penn State 29, Cornell 6at Cornell
Oct 14, 1911Penn State 5, Cornell 0at Cornell
Oct 31, 1908Cornell 10, Penn State 4at Cornell
Oct 19, 1907Penn State 8, Cornell 6at Cornell
Oct 30, 1897Cornell 45, Penn State 0at Cornell
Oct 5, 1895Cornell 0, Penn State 0at Cornell

Every game is listed as played on the field.