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Cornell vs. Western Reserve

Cornell and Western Reserve have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1895; Cornell leads the series 5–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Cornell 5–⁠1.

Cornell wins
5
Western Reserve wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1895
Longest streak
5 Cornell
Current streak
1 Western Reserve
Last 10 meetings
Cornell 5–⁠1
Most recent
1935

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1890s2–⁠0
1900s1–⁠0
1920s2–⁠0
1930s0–⁠1
Average margin
42.8 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Cornell
5–⁠1 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 win1921: Cornell 110, Western Reserve 0by 110 points
  2. Western Reserve’s biggest win1935: Western Reserve 33, Cornell 19by 14 points
  3. Upset1935: Western Reserve 33, Cornell 19Western Reserve had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Cornell and Western Reserve, 1895 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 New-York tribune's story of the 1895 game: CORNELL DEFEATS WESTERN RESERVE

    1895 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 13, 1895

  • The The morning times's story of the 1896 game: I .l,ipit, Princeton. CORNELL SCORED 4s. Western Reserve Team Failed to Tally Against the Ii hacaus

    1896 · The morning times, Oct 11, 1896

  • The New-York tribune's story of the 1903 game: CORNELL BEATS WESTERN RESERVE lay TELEGRAPH TO the rRIRUNE.l

    1903 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 25, 1903

  • The The New York herald's story of the 1921 game: CORNELL SCORES no | WESTERN RESERVE, o. Powerful Ithaca Eleven Never Gives Lighter Team Chance to Launch an 0ffense.

    1921 · The New York herald, New York, Oct 16, 1921

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 19, 1935Western Reserve 33, Cornell 19at Cornell
Nov 16, 1929Cornell 36, Western Reserve 0at Cornell
Oct 15, 1921Cornell 110, Western Reserve 0at Cornell
Oct 24, 1903Cornell 41, Western Reserve 0at Cornell
Oct 10, 1896Cornell 48, Western Reserve 0at Cornell
Oct 12, 1895Cornell 12, Western Reserve 4at Cornell

Every game is listed as played on the field.