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. Share
- 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
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1890s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 5–0 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 2–0 |
- 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
- Cornell’s biggest win1889: Cornell 124, Rochester (NY) 0by 124 points
Both programs through the years
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

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

1904 · New-York tribune, Oct 2, 1904

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

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, 1921 | Cornell 55, Rochester (NY) 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 2, 1920 | Cornell 13, Rochester (NY) 6 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 1, 1904 | Cornell 29, Rochester (NY) 6 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 3, 1903 | Cornell 11, Rochester (NY) 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 1, 1902 | Cornell 31, Rochester (NY) 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 2, 1901 | Cornell 50, Rochester (NY) 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 3, 1900 | Cornell 6, Rochester (NY) 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 1, 1890 | Cornell 98, Rochester (NY) 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 19, 1889 | Cornell 124, Rochester (NY) 0 | at Cornell |
Every game is listed as played on the field.