Cornell vs. Rochester (NY)

Cornell and Rochester (NY) have 9 meetings on file, the first in 1889; Cornell leads the series 9–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 9 meetings it’s Cornell 9–⁠0, and Cornell has won the last 9.

Cornell wins
9
Rochester (NY) wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1889
Longest streak
9 Cornell
Current streak
9 Cornell
Last 10 meetings
Cornell 9–⁠0
Most recent
1921

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1880s1–⁠0
1890s1–⁠0
1900s5–⁠0
1920s2–⁠0
Average margin
45 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cornell
9–⁠0 Cornell’s record at home
Shutouts
7

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Cornell’s biggest win1889: Cornell 124, Rochester (NY) 0by 124 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cornell and Rochester (NY), 1889 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 Minneapolis journal's story of the 1903 game: CORNELL PLAYS HARD GAME Rochester Shows Great Strength and a. Holds IthacanS' Score Down.

    1903 · The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., Oct 5, 1903

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1904 game: ROCHESTER SCORES ON CORNELL

    1904 · New-York tribune, Oct 2, 1904

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1920 game: CORNELL HAS HARD TIME IN WINNING Rochester Puts Up Vigorous Battle on GridirOn-ScOre Is ID to 6.

    1920 · The New York herald, New York, N.Y., Oct 3, 1920

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1921 game: Powerful Cornell Backs Crush Rochester, 55 to 0 Eddie kaw Stars in One Sided Victory.

    1921 · The New York herald, New York, Oct 9, 1921

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 8, 1921Cornell 55, Rochester (NY) 0at Cornell
Oct 2, 1920Cornell 13, Rochester (NY) 6at Cornell
Oct 1, 1904Cornell 29, Rochester (NY) 6at Cornell
Oct 3, 1903Cornell 11, Rochester (NY) 0at Cornell
Oct 1, 1902Cornell 31, Rochester (NY) 0at Cornell
Oct 2, 1901Cornell 50, Rochester (NY) 0at Cornell
Oct 3, 1900Cornell 6, Rochester (NY) 0at Cornell
Oct 1, 1890Cornell 98, Rochester (NY) 0at Cornell
Oct 19, 1889Cornell 124, Rochester (NY) 0at Cornell

Every game is listed as played on the field.