Cornell vs. Pittsburgh

Cornell and Pittsburgh have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1905; Cornell leads the series 4–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Cornell 4–⁠2, and Pittsburgh has won the last 2.

Cornell wins
4
Pittsburgh wins
2
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1905
Longest streak
4 Cornell
Current streak
2 Pittsburgh
Last 10 meetings
Cornell 4–⁠2
Most recent
1914

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s3–⁠0
1910s1–⁠2
Average margin
15.2 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cornell
4–⁠2 Cornell’s record at home
Shutouts
2

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Cornell’s biggest win1905: Cornell 30, Pittsburgh 0by 30 points
  2. Pittsburgh’s biggest win1913: Pittsburgh 20, Cornell 7by 13 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cornell and Pittsburgh, 1905 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 Minneapolis journal's story of the 1906 game: CORNELL WALKS AWAY WITH CAME Score of 25 to 0 Is Piled Up Against Western University Of Pennsylvania.

    1906 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Nov 4, 1906

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1911 game: CORNELL HAS STRENGTH Defeats Pittsburgh Eleven in Well Played Game. REVEALS BETTER FORM Improvement Shown in Tackling, Interference and Funda- mentals of the Sport.

    1911 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 29, 1911

  • The Evening star's story of the 1913 game: PITTSBURGH P|PP|NS Come Strong in Second Half and Beat Cornell, 20 to Z. TOUCHDOWNS ARE FEUKES Barrett Drops Punt and Wagner Makes 50-Yard Run for Victors. TOUCHDOWNS ARE FEUKES

    1913 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 26, 1913

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 30, 1914Pittsburgh 9, Cornell 3at Cornell
Oct 25, 1913Pittsburgh 20, Cornell 7at Cornell
Oct 28, 1911Cornell 9, Pittsburgh 3at Cornell
Nov 2, 1907Cornell 18, Pittsburgh 5at Cornell
Nov 3, 1906Cornell 23, Pittsburgh 0at Cornell
Oct 21, 1905Cornell 30, Pittsburgh 0at Cornell

Every game is listed as played on the field.