Colgate–Cornell football rivalry

Colgate–Cornell football rivalry

First contested	September 26, 1896 Cornell 6, Colgate 0
Number of meetings	100
Most recent meeting	October 13, 2018 Colgate 31, Cornell 0
Next meeting	October 19, 2019
All-time series	Cornell leads, 49–48–3
Largest victory	Colgate, 60–7 (1983)
Longest win streak	Cornell, 10 (1896–1905) Colgate, 10 (1993–2005)
Current streak	Colgate, 2 (2017–present)

The Colgate–Cornell football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Colgate Raiders and the Cornell Big Red. The two teams have met 100 times since their first meeting in 1896, and Colgate–Cornell was the 17th most-played college football rivalry as of 2013. Cornell has played Colgate in football more times than any other opponent except Ivy League rivals Penn and Columbia. Cornell leads the series 49–48–3, but Colgate has won 28 of 34 meetings since 1980.

History

Colgate University, located in Madison County, New York, and Cornell University, located in Tompkins County, New York, are less than 100 miles from each other. Their close proximity and membership in rival athletic conferences (the Patriot League and the Ivy League, respectively) contribute to the rivalry between the two schools.

The Colgate and Cornell football teams met for the first time in Ithaca on September 26, 1896, a game that ended in a 6–0 victory for Cornell. Cornell would go on to win or tie the next 13 meetings until Colgate clinched its first win in the series, 13–7, in 1912. Cornell continued to dominate the series, compiling a 29–7–2 record against Colgate through 1951. Colgate took 9 of 13 meetings from 1952 through 1964, after which Cornell returned to dominance, winning 8 of 10 from 1965 through 1974. Since then, Colgate has held the advantage in the series, but Cornell's early dominance has rendered the all-time series record nearly even.

The game is usually played in late September or early October and has alternated between Colgate's Andy Kerr Stadium in Hamilton, New York, and Cornell's Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, New York, since 2009. The rivalry has been largely uninterrupted from its beginning in 1896, but the teams did not meet in 1909–10, 1915–16, 1918, and 1924–36. The Colgate–Cornell game has been annual since 1937, save for four exceptions in 1994, 1995, 1998, and 2012. Of the teams' more notable meetings, Colgate was Cornell's opponent when Cornell played its first-ever Friday night home game in 2015, which Colgate won 28–21. In 2016, the Big Red defeated the nationally-ranked Raiders in Hamilton, 39–38, after having trailed 28–5; it was the first time Cornell defeated a ranked team on the road since 1950.

Game results

Colgate victories

Cornell victories

Tie games

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	September 26, 1896	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	6–0
2	September 25, 1897	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	6–0
3	September 24, 1898	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	29–5
4	September 23, 1899	Richfield Springs, NY	Cornell	42–0
5	September 26, 1900	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	16–0
6	September 28, 1901	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	17–0
7	September 27, 1902	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	5–0
8	October 10, 1903	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	12–0
9	September 28, 1904	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	17–0
10	September 30, 1905	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	12–11
11	September 29, 1906	Ithaca, NY	Tie	0–0
12	October 12, 1907	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	18–0
13	October 17, 1908	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	9–0
14	September 30, 1911	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	6–0
15	September 28, 1912	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	13–7
16	October 4, 1913	Ithaca, NY	Tie	0–0
17	October 3, 1914	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	7–3
18	October 20, 1917	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	20–0
19	October 18, 1919	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	21–0
20	October 23, 1920	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	42–6
21	October 22, 1921	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	31–7
22	October 21, 1922	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	14–0
23	October 20, 1923	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	34–7
24	October 2, 1937	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	40–7
25	October 1, 1938	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	15–6
26	November 11, 1939	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	14–12
27	October 5, 1940	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	34–0
28	October 25, 1941	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	21–2
29	October 3, 1942	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	18–6
30	October 23, 1943	Syracuse, NY	Colgate	20–7
31	October 14, 1944	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	14–7
32	November 10, 1945	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	20–6
33	October 12, 1946	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	13–9
34	October 11, 1947	Hamilton, NY	Cornell	27–18
35	November 6, 1948	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	14–6
36	October 1, 1949	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	39–27
37	November 11, 1950	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	26–18
38	October 6, 1951	Hamilton, NY	Cornell	41–18
39	September 27, 1952	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	14–7
40	September 26, 1953	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	27–7
41	September 25, 1954	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	19–14
42	October 1, 1955	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	21–6
43	September 29, 1956	Hamilton, NY	Colgate	34–6
44	September 28, 1957	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	14–13
45	September 27, 1958	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	13–0
46	September 26, 1959	Hamilton, NY	Cornell	20–15
47	September 24, 1960	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	28–8
48	September 30, 1961	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	34–0
49	September 29, 1962	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	23–12
50	September 28, 1963	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	21–17
51	October 3, 1964	Hamilton, NY	Colgate	8–3

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
52	September 25, 1965	Ithaca, NY	Tie	0–0
53	October 1, 1966	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	15–14
54	October 7, 1967	Hamilton, NY	Cornell	23–7
55	September 28, 1968	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	17–0
56	September 27, 1969	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	28–24
57	September 26, 1970	Hamilton, NY	Cornell	17–7
58	September 25, 1971	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	38–20
59	September 30, 1972	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	37–7
60	September 29, 1973	Hamilton, NY	Cornell	35–21
61	September 28, 1974	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	40–21
62	September 27, 1975	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	24–22
63	September 25, 1976	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	25–20
64	September 24, 1977	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	28–22
65	September 30, 1978	Hamilton, NY	Cornell	21–12
66	September 29, 1979	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	36–21
67	September 27, 1980	Hamilton, NY	Colgate	38–20
68	September 26, 1981	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	34–10
69	September 25, 1982	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	21–6
70	September 24, 1983	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	60–7
71	September 29, 1984	Hamilton, NY	Colgate	35–7
72	September 28, 1985	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	21–20
73	September 27, 1986	Hamilton, NY	Cornell	21–12
74	September 26, 1987	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	27–3
75	September 24, 1988	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	17–14
76	September 22, 1990	Hamilton, NY	Colgate	59–24
77	September 28, 1991	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	31–13
78	October 17, 1992	Hamilton, NY	Cornell	25–7
79	September 25, 1993	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	22–6
80	October 19, 1996	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	31–21
81	September 27, 1997	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	44–38OT
82	October 16, 1999	Hamilton, NY	Colgate	55–16
83	October 14, 2000	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	23–16
84	September 29, 2001	Hamilton, NY	Colgate	35–32
85	October 19, 2002	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	42–13
86	October 4, 2003	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	27–24
87	October 16, 2004	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	10–6
88	October 1, 2005	Hamilton, NY	Colgate	34–20
89	October 14, 2006	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	38–14
90	October 13, 2007	Ithaca, NY	Cornell	17–14
91	October 18, 2008	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	38–22
92	October 3, 2009	Hamilton, NY	Colgate	45–23
93	October 16, 2010	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	44–3
94	October 15, 2011	Hamilton, NY	Colgate	35–28OT
95	October 5, 2013	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	41–20
96	September 20, 2014	Hamilton, NY	Colgate	27–12
97	October 2, 2015	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	28–21
98	October 1, 2016	Hamilton, NY	Cornell	39–38
99	September 30, 2017	Ithaca, NY	Colgate	21–7
100	October 13, 2018	Hamilton, NY	Colgate	31–0
Series: Cornell leads 49–48–3
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See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

External links

• Colgate Archives from the Cornell Football Association

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