Cornell vs. Richmond

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

1. Cornell’s biggest win1927: Cornell 53, Richmond 0by 53 points
2. Richmond’s biggest win1934: Richmond 6, Cornell 0by 6 points
3. Upset1934: Richmond 6, Cornell 0Richmond had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

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

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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  1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 11, 1931

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  1932 · Evening star, Oct 9, 1932

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  1933 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 8, 1933

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  1934 · The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, Oct 8, 1934

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
• Richmond vs. William & Mary81 meetings, Richmond 39–⁠40–⁠2
• Richmond vs. VMI70 meetings, Richmond 33–⁠32–⁠5
• Richmond vs. Virginia Tech51 meetings, Richmond 10–⁠37–⁠4
• Richmond vs. Davidson30 meetings, Richmond 20–⁠9–⁠1