Cornell vs. Rutgers
Cornell and Rutgers first met in 1920 and have played 11 times; Rutgers leads the series 6–5. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Rutgers 6–4, and Rutgers has won the last 4. Share
- Cornell wins
- 5
- Rutgers wins
- 6
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1920
- Longest streak
- 4 Rutgers
- Current streak
- 4 Rutgers
- Last 10 meetings
- Rutgers 6–4
- Most recent
- 1981
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 2–1 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1970s | 2–2 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 0–2 |
- Average margin
- 17.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Cornell
- 4–3 Cornell’s record at home
- At Rutgers
- 3–1 Rutgers’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Cornell’s biggest win1925: Cornell 41, Rutgers 0by 41 points
- Rutgers’s biggest win1980: Rutgers 44, Cornell 3by 41 points
- Upset1924: Rutgers 10, Cornell 0Rutgers had a 33% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Coach against coach
| Years | Cornell | Series | Rutgers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968–1972 | Jack Musick | 3–1 | John Bateman |
| 1977–1981 | Bob Blackman | 0–3 | Frank Burns |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Cornell’s side (Musick 3–1 against Bateman). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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
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 3, 1981 | Rutgers 31, Cornell 17 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 4, 1980 | Rutgers 44, Cornell 3 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 1, 1977 | Rutgers 30, Cornell 14 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 2, 1976 | Rutgers 21, Cornell 14 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 7, 1972 | Cornell 36, Rutgers 22 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 2, 1971 | Cornell 31, Rutgers 17 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 4, 1969 | Rutgers 21, Cornell 7 | at Rutgers | ||
| Oct 5, 1968 | Cornell 17, Rutgers 16 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 17, 1925 | Cornell 41, Rutgers 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 18, 1924 | Rutgers 10, Cornell 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 30, 1920 | Cornell 24, Rutgers 0 | at Cornell |
Every game is listed as played on the field.