Cornell vs. Trinity (CT)

Cornell and Trinity (CT) first met in 1890 and have played 3 times; Cornell leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Cornell 3–⁠0, and Cornell has won the last 3.

Cornell wins
3
Trinity (CT) wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1890
Longest streak
3 Cornell
Current streak
3 Cornell
Last 10 meetings
Cornell 3–⁠0
Most recent
1908

The series at a glance

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

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cornell and Trinity (CT), 1890 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 times's story of the 1898 game: CORNELL DEFEAT TRINITY. At No Time Was the Ithacans' Goa in Danger.

    1898 · The times, Oct 2, 1898

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 21, 1908Cornell 18, Trinity (CT) 6at Cornell
Oct 1, 1898Cornell 47, Trinity (CT) 0at Cornell
Oct 18, 1890Cornell 26, Trinity (CT) 0at Trinity (CT)

Every game is listed as played on the field.