Cornell vs. Swarthmore
Cornell and Swarthmore first met in 1905 and have played 3 times; Cornell leads the series 2–1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Cornell 2–1, and Cornell has won the last 2. Share
- Cornell wins
- 2
- Swarthmore wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1905
- Longest streak
- 2 Cornell
- Current streak
- 2 Cornell
- Last 10 meetings
- Cornell 2–1
- Most recent
- 1907
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 20 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Cornell
- 2–1 Cornell’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
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
1905 · The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, Nov 5, 1905
1907 · The Washington herald, District of Columbia, Nov 17, 1907
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
| Nov 16, 1907 | Cornell 18, Swarthmore 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Nov 17, 1906 | Cornell 28, Swarthmore 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Nov 4, 1905 | Swarthmore 14, Cornell 0 | at Cornell |
Every game is listed as played on the field.