Cornell–Penn football rivalry
The Cornell–Penn football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Cornell Big Red and Penn Quakers.[1][2][3] Traditionally, the game was played on Thanksgiving Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[1] but now alternates between Philadelphia and Ithaca, New York. The game was often played as the last game of the regular season for both teams. Beginning in 2018, Cornell will face Columbia in the last game of the regular season, while Penn will face Princeton in the last game of the regular season. In the 125 meetings since 1893 (interrupted only in 1918), Penn leads the series 75–46–5, with Penn forfeiting the game in 1997 (because of the participation of an academically ineligible player).[4][5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Rivalry Game has been cancelled. This is the first time since 1918, after an uninterrupted streak of 101 games that a game has been cancelled.
Sport | Football |
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First meeting | November 18, 1893 Penn 50, Cornell 0 |
Latest meeting | November 9, 2019 Penn 21, Cornell 20 |
Trophy | Trustees' Cup |
Statistics | |
Meetings total | 126 |
All-time series | Penn leads, 75–46–5 |
Largest victory | Penn, 59–6 (1945) |
Longest win streak | Penn, 8 (1893–1900, 1940–1947) |
Current win streak | Penn, 6 (2014–present) |
Locations of Cornell and Penn |
Attendance
The Thanksgiving Cornell–Penn football game, broadcast on national radio before the television era, attracted huge crowds to Franklin Field in Philadelphia.[1] The 1931 game attracted a reported 70,000, and earned a story on the front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer along with a quarter-by-quarter breakdown of every detail of the game.[6] The 1947 game attracted a crowd estimated at "about 80,000".[7] The 1959 game attracted 23,661.[7] By 1965 attendance was down to 10,543, and the Thanksgiving tradition was ended and a standard home-and-away schedule was instituted.[7]
Played in Philadelphia for 69 consecutive meetings from 1894 through 1963 before alternating between Philadelphia and Ithaca, Cornell–Penn is the fifth-most played college football rivalry as of 2019.[8] Dedicated in 1995, the Trustees' Cup has since been awarded annually to the winner of the Cornell–Penn game. Penn has won the Trustees' Cup 18 times to Cornell's 7.[9]
Game results
Cornell victories | Penn victories | Tie games | Forfeits |
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External links
- "Video: UPenn vs Cornell Football Game, Thanksgiving Day 1915 [no sound]". YouTube. Penn Archives. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
See also
References
- Fleischman, Bill (1 February 1989). "Quakers Try To Recapture A Tradition Thanksgiving Day Matchup With Cornell Being Revived". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- "Ancient Feuds Among Eastern Colleges Mark Holiday Grid Program". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. 26 November 1929. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- "Revitalized Penn Upends Cornell, 14-6". The Troy Record. Associated Press. November 29, 1957. p. 16.
Fred Duelling and Jack Hanlon, picked holes in the Cornell line yesterday to give Penn's reborn Quakers a 14-6 Ivy League football victory in the 64th meeting of these traditional rivals.
- "Cornell vs Pennsylvania". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- "Marrow ineligibility forces Penn to forfeit games". The Daily Pennsylvanian. 12 January 1998. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- "U. of P. Defeated by Cornell, 7-0, Before 70,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 27 November 1931. pp. 1, 22. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- Juliano, Joe (23 November 1989). "Penn-Cornell recalls Thanksgivings of past". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1-C, 16-C. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- "Penn Football 2012 Fact Book" (PDF). Penn Athletics. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- "Football Out To End Season By Taking Trustees' Cup Home From Penn". Cornell Athletics. Retrieved 11 May 2016.