Cornell vs. Washington & Jefferson

Cornell and Washington & Jefferson first met in 1900 and have played 4 times; Cornell leads the series 4–⁠0. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Cornell 4–⁠0, and Cornell has won the last 4.

Cornell wins
4
Washington & Jefferson wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1900
Longest streak
4 Cornell
Current streak
4 Cornell
Last 10 meetings
Cornell 4–⁠0
Most recent
1912

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s2–⁠0
1910s2–⁠0
Average margin
17.5 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cornell
4–⁠0 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

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cornell and Washington & Jefferson, 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 The times's story of the 1900 game: Cornell. 18; Washington and Jeffer- son. >.

    1900 · The times, Washington [D.C.], Oct 14, 1900

  • The The Birmingham age-herald's story of the 1902 game

    1902 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 9, 1902

  • The The evening times's story of the 1911 game: Nfarouettc in Close Score. Cornell Played Hard.

    1911 · The evening times, Grand Forks, N.D., Oct 23, 1911

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1912 game: CORNELL ELEVEN WINS Buffers Kick Gives Victory Over Washington and Jefferson. FORWARD PASS A SUCCESS Both Teams Play Fast, and Only Score Is Made in Closing Minutes of Game.

    1912 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Sep 26, 1912

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

Sep 21, 1912Cornell 3, Washington & Jefferson 0at Cornell
Oct 21, 1911Cornell 6, Washington & Jefferson 0at Cornell
Nov 8, 1902Cornell 50, Washington & Jefferson 0at Cornell
Oct 13, 1900Cornell 16, Washington & Jefferson 5at Cornell

Every game is listed as played on the field.