Cornell vs. Williams
Cornell and Williams first met in 1888 and have played 21 times; Cornell leads the series 13–5–3. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Cornell 7–3, and Cornell has won the last 2. Share
- Cornell wins
- 13
- Williams wins
- 5
- Ties
- 3
- First meeting
- 1888
- Longest streak
- 4 Cornell
- Current streak
- 2 Cornell
- Last 10 meetings
- Cornell 7–3
- Most recent
- 1926
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1890s | 4–1–3 | ||||||||||
| 1900s | 1–1 | ||||||||||
| 1910s | 4–2 | ||||||||||
| 1920s | 3–1 |
- Average margin
- 17.7 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Cornell
- 10–4 Cornell’s record at home
- At Williams
- 1–3–3 Williams’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 9
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Cornell’s biggest win1926: Cornell 49, Williams 0by 49 points
- Williams’s biggest win1912: Williams 24, Cornell 10by 14 points
- Upset1924: Williams 14, Cornell 7Williams had a 7% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1917: Williams 14, Cornell 10Williams had a 8% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
- Upset1909: Williams 3, Cornell 0Williams had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
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
1892 · New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], Oct 30, 1892
1893 · The Anaconda standard, Anaconda, Mont., Oct 29, 1893
1896 · The morning times, District of Columbia, Nov 15, 1896
1898 · The times, District of Columbia, Nov 6, 1898
1899 · The times, District of Columbia, Oct 8, 1899
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 9, 1926 | Cornell 49, Williams 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 10, 1925 | Cornell 48, Williams 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 11, 1924 | Williams 14, Cornell 7 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 13, 1923 | Cornell 28, Williams 6 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 11, 1919 | Cornell 3, Williams 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 6, 1917 | Williams 14, Cornell 10 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 14, 1916 | Cornell 42, Williams 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 9, 1915 | Cornell 46, Williams 6 | at Cornell | ||
| Nov 2, 1912 | Williams 24, Cornell 10 | at Cornell | ||
| Nov 4, 1911 | Cornell 15, Williams 14 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 30, 1909 | Williams 3, Cornell 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 11, 1902 | Cornell 37, Williams 6 | at Cornell | ||
| Oct 7, 1899 | Cornell 12, Williams 0 | at Cornell | ||
| Nov 5, 1898 | Cornell 12, Williams 0 | at Williams | ||
| Nov 6, 1897 | Cornell 42, Williams 0 | at Williams | ||
| Nov 14, 1896 | Williams 0, Cornell 0 | at Williams | ||
| Nov 14, 1894 | Williams 0, Cornell 0 | at Williams | ||
| Oct 28, 1893 | Williams 10, Cornell 10 | at Williams | ||
| Oct 29, 1892 | Cornell 24, Williams 12 | at Williams | ||
| Oct 8, 1890 | Williams 18, Cornell 8 | at Williams | ||
| Oct 27, 1888 | Cornell 20, Williams 0 | at Cornell |
Every game is listed as played on the field.