Cornell vs. Vermont

Cornell and Vermont first met in 1900 and have played 5 times; Cornell leads the series 5–⁠0. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Cornell 5–⁠0, and Cornell has won the last 5.

Cornell wins
5
Vermont wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1900
Longest streak
5 Cornell
Current streak
5 Cornell
Last 10 meetings
Cornell 5–⁠0
Most recent
1910

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s4–⁠0
1910s1–⁠0
Average margin
28.8 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cornell
5–⁠0 Cornell’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Cornell’s biggest win1901: Cornell 67, Vermont 0by 67 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cornell and Vermont, 1900 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 Waterbury Democrat's story of the 1901 game: ON THE GRIpIRoN. Talk Heard On the Side Lines After the Game.

    1901 · Waterbury Democrat, Nov 25, 1901

  • The The Lake County times's story of the 1908 game: SUMMARY OF SATURDAY SPORT Football.

    1908 · The Lake County times, Hammond, Ind., Oct 26, 1908

  • The Omaha daily bee's story of the 1909 game: CORNELL DOWNS VERMONT MEN open Foot Bau Tactics wins Game 16 TO o.

    1909 · Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, Oct 24, 1909

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 29, 1910Cornell 15, Vermont 5at Cornell
Oct 23, 1909Cornell 16, Vermont 0at Cornell
Oct 24, 1908Cornell 9, Vermont 0at Cornell
Nov 23, 1901Cornell 67, Vermont 0at Cornell
Nov 24, 1900Cornell 42, Vermont 0at Cornell

Every game is listed as played on the field.