Cornell–Hobart lacrosse rivalry

The Cornell–Hobart rivalry is an intercollegiate lacrosse rivalry between the Cornell Big Red, which represent Cornell University, and the Hobart Statesmen, which represent Hobart College.[4][3] It is one of the oldest rivalries in college lacrosse; the inaugural game in the series was played on May 5, 1898, with Hobart prevailing by a score of 2–1.[4][1] As of 2024, Cornell leads the series 90–46–4.[3] The game is the oldest ongoing college lacrosse series. The Johns Hopkins–Maryland lacrosse rivalry began in 1895, but the teams only played 7 times before 1924.[5]

Cornell–Hobart lacrosse rivalry
First meetingMay 5, 1898
Hobart 2, Cornell 1[1]
Latest meetingFebruary 27, 2024
Cornell 23, Hobart 7
Statistics
Meetings total139
All-time seriesCornell: 90–46–4[2][3]
Largest victoryCornell, 20–2 (1968)
Longest win streakCornell, 12 (2004–2016)
Current win streakCornell, 5 (2018–present)

In 1995, Hobart promoted its team from Division III to Division I to preserve the lacrosse rivalry with Cornell and a similar one with the Syracuse Orange. In 2008, the continuation of the series was put in jeopardy when the Hobart Board of Trustees decided to reclassify its lacrosse program back to the Division III level on April 26. After an emotional reaction from the alumni community, however, the decision was reversed on May 1. The following day, Cornell played the first night game at Hobart's Boswell Field, in which the #8 Big Red beat the Statesmen by a score of 15 to 7.[6]

Like Cornell, Hobart has never awarded athletic scholarships, and could not after the men's lacrosse program moved to Division I in 1995 due to NCAA policy. Unlike Johns Hopkins, which was grandfathered, Statesmen lacrosse is one of only five Division III programs to compete in Division I without athletic scholarships.

Rival Accomplishments

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The following summarizes the accomplishments of the two programs.

Team Cornell Big Red Hobart Statesmen
Pre-NCAA National Titles 5 1
NCAA National Titles 3 15*
NCAA Final Four Appearances 13 20*
NCAA Tournament Appearances 28 26*
NCAA Tournament Record 33–25 55–11*
Conference Tournament Titles 2 1
Conference Championships 29 3
Tewaarton Award Recipients 2 0
Lt. Raymond Enners Award Recipients 6 0
Consensus First Team All-Americans 55 13
All-time Program Record 773–485–27 788–512–20
All-time Winning Percentage .612 .605
  • 21 of Hobart's NCAA tournament appearances and all 15 titles came at either the NCAA Division II or III level.

Game Results

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Cornell victoriesHobart victoriesTie games
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 May 5, 1898 Ithaca, NY Hobart 2–1
2 June 11, 1898 Ithaca, NY Cornell 3–1
3 April 22, 1899 Geneva, NY Cornell 11–0
4 April 29, 1899 Ithaca, NY Cornell 7–1
5 April 28, 1900 Ithaca, NY Cornell 2–1
6 May 5, 1900 Geneva, NY Cornell 3–1
7 April 27, 1901 Geneva, NY Cornell 2–0
8 May 16, 1901 Ithaca, NY Cornell 5–0
9 May 22, 1901 Geneva, NY Cornell 5–2
10 April 24, 1902 Ithaca, NY Cornell 6–2
11 May 17, 1902 Geneva, NY Hobart 3–2
12 April 22, 1903 Ithaca, NY Hobart 2–1
13 April 27, 1903 Geneva, NY Hobart 4–3
14 May 12, 1904 Geneva, NY Hobart 5–1
15 June 3, 1904 Ithaca, NY Cornell 4–2
16 May 5, 1905 Geneva, NY Tie3–3
17 May 9, 1905 Ithaca, NY Cornell 9–0
18 May 17, 1906 Geneva, NY Hobart 6–0
19 June 2, 1906 Ithaca, NY Hobart 5–1
20 April 25, 1907 Ithaca, NY Cornell 3–2
21 June 1, 1907 Geneva, NY Cornell 4–3
22 May 9, 1908 Geneva, NY Tie3–3
23 May 23, 1908 Ithaca, NY Cornell 8–7
24 May 14, 1910 Geneva, NY Cornell 7–4
25 May 28, 1910 Ithaca, NY Cornell 14–2
26 May 30, 1911 Ithaca, NY Cornell 9–5
27 May 4, 1912 Geneva, NY Cornell 5–4
28 May 25, 1912 Ithaca, NY Cornell 6–3
29 April 19, 1913 Ithaca, NY Cornell 11–0
30 May 17, 1913 Geneva, NY Cornell 7–4
31 April 18, 1914 Geneva, NY Cornell 6–2
32 May 9, 1914 Ithaca, NY Cornell 16–0
33 April 17, 1915 Ithaca, NY Cornell 6–0
34 May 1, 1915 Geneva, NY Hobart 4–2
35 May 13, 1916 Ithaca, NY Cornell 16–3
36 April 24, 1920 Geneva, NY Tie2–2
37 May 15, 1920 Ithaca, NY Cornell 3–2
38 May 24, 1921 Geneva, NY Hobart 4–3
39 April 28, 1922 Ithaca, NY Cornell 5–4
40 May 12, 1923 Geneva, NY Hobart 8–2
41 May 3, 1924 Ithaca, NY Cornell 3–2
42 May 9, 1925 Geneva, NY Hobart 7–4
43 May 14, 1927 Geneva, NY Cornell 3–0
44 May 5, 1928 Ithaca, NY Cornell 5–1
45 May 11, 1929 Geneva, NY Hobart 5–0
46 May 10, 1930 Ithaca, NY Cornell 5–1
47 May 9, 1931 Geneva, NY Cornell 4–1
48 May 7, 1932 Ithaca, NY Cornell 6–0
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
49 April 22, 1933 Ithaca, NY Cornell 17–1
50 May 6, 1933 Geneva, NY Cornell 7–3
51 April 18, 1934 Geneva, NY Cornell 8–3
52 May 12, 1934 Ithaca, NY Cornell 5–2
53 April 24, 1935 Ithaca, NY Hobart 8–3
54 May 4, 1935 Geneva, NY Hobart 17–5
55 April 11, 1936 Ithaca, NY Hobart 10–4
56 May 2, 1936 Geneva, NY Hobart 16–4
57 May 1, 1937 Geneva, NY Hobart 17–3
58 April 16, 1938 Ithaca, NY Hobart 9–4
59 May 6, 1939 Geneva, NY Tie15–15
60 April 27, 1940 Ithaca, NY Hobart 19–6
61 May 3, 1941 Geneva, NY Hobart 9–8
62 April 24, 1942 Ithaca, NY Hobart 13–11
63 April 19, 1947 Geneva, NY Cornell 8–4
64 May 10, 1947 Ithaca, NY Hobart 7–2
65 April 28, 1948 Ithaca, NY Cornell 8–7
66 April 20, 1949 Geneva, NY Hobart 10–6
67 April 18, 1950 Ithaca, NY Cornell 8–7
68 April 25, 1951 Ithaca, NY Hobart 12–2
69 May 9, 1951 Geneva, NY Hobart 12–9
70 April 23, 1952 Ithaca, NY Hobart 7–4
71 May 21, 1952 Geneva, NY Hobart 11–7
72 May 2, 1953 Geneva, NY Cornell 8–6
73 May 12, 1954 Ithaca, NY Cornell 17–10
74 May 21, 1955 Geneva, NY Hobart 8–6
75 May 9, 1956 Ithaca, NY Hobart 10–8
76 April 24, 1957 Geneva, NY Cornell 10–2
77 May 17, 1958 Ithaca, NY Cornell 14–5
78 May 16, 1959 Geneva, NY Cornell 5–3
79 May 14, 1960 Ithaca, NY Cornell 7–2
80 May 13, 1961 Geneva, NY Cornell 8–6
81 May 12, 1962 Ithaca, NY Hobart 13–10
82 May 11, 1963 Geneva, NY Cornell 13–7
83 May 16, 1964 Ithaca, NY Cornell 11–9
84 May 15, 1965 Geneva, NY Cornell 11–2
85 May 14, 1966 Ithaca, NY Cornell 14–4
86 May 13, 1967 Geneva, NY Cornell 14–5
87 April 24, 1968 Ithaca, NY Cornell 20–2
88 April 19, 1969 Geneva, NY Hobart 14–11
89 May 20, 1970 Ithaca, NY Cornell 19–2
90 May 18, 1971 Geneva, NY Cornell 14–8
91 May 9, 1972 Ithaca, NY Hobart 11–10
92 May 9, 1973 Ithaca, NY #10 Cornell 12–2
93 May 8, 1974 Geneva, NY #4 Cornell 17–12
94 April 2, 1975 Ithaca, NY #2 Cornell 19–5
95 April 24, 1976 Geneva, NY #1 Cornell 14–8
96 March 28, 1978 Ithaca, NY #1 Cornell 13–11
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
97 April 4, 1979 Geneva, NY #3 Cornell 8–5
98 April 2, 1980 Ithaca, NY Hobart 11–8
99 April 4, 1981 Geneva, NY Hobart 8–6
100 April 24, 1982 Ithaca, NY #10 Cornell 14–6
101 May 3, 1983 Geneva, NY Hobart 15–7
102 April 18, 1984 Ithaca, NY Cornell 14–13OT
103 April 24, 1985 Geneva, NY #11 Cornell 15–13
104 April 23, 1986 Ithaca, NY Hobart 23–11
105 April 22, 1987 Geneva, NY #2 Cornell 16–12
106 April 27, 1988 Ithaca, NY Cornell 17–15
107 April 26, 1989 Geneva, NY #10 Cornell 13–12
108 April 25, 1990 Ithaca, NY Hobart 15–14OT
109 April 24, 1991 Geneva, NY #14 Cornell 11–9
110 April 21, 1992 Ithaca, NY #16 Cornell 14–12
111 April 20, 1993 Geneva, NY Hobart 9–7
112 April 19, 1994 Ithaca, NY Hobart 11–9
113 April 18, 1995 Geneva, NY Cornell 14–7
114 April 16, 1996 Ithaca, NY Hobart 10–8
115 April 15, 1997 Geneva, NY #19 Hobart 12–9
116 April 14, 1998 Ithaca, NY #8 Hobart 13–12
117 April 20, 1999 Ithaca, NY Hobart 13–12
118 April 18, 2000 Geneva, NY #15 Hobart 14–10
119 April 17, 2001 Ithaca, NY #14 Cornell 11–3
120 May 4, 2002 Geneva, NY #10 Cornell 10–6
121 May 2, 2003 Ithaca, NY #9 Cornell 14–5
122 May 7, 2004 Geneva, NY #17 Hobart 12–10
123 May 15, 2004 Ithaca, NY #9 Cornell 11–5
124 May 6, 2005 Ithaca, NY #3 Cornell 10–5
125 May 5, 2006 Geneva, NY #3 Cornell 15–6
126 May 4, 2007 Ithaca, NY #1 Cornell 17–4
127 May 2, 2008 Geneva, NY #8 Cornell 15–7
128 May 2, 2009 Ithaca, NY #6 Cornell 8–7
129 February 28, 2010 Syracuse, NY #7 Cornell 10–7
130 February 26, 2011 Ithaca, NY #8 Cornell 14–9
131 February 24, 2013 Syracuse, NY #7 Cornell 19–11
132 February 22, 2014 Ithaca, NY #16 Cornell 12–8
133 February 20, 2015 Binghamton, NY #10 Cornell 16–8
134 February 27, 2016 West Palm, FL Cornell 10–8
135 February 25, 2017 Geneva, NY Hobart 16–8
136 February 24, 2018 Ithaca, NY Cornell 15–8
137 February 22, 2019 Geneva, NY #4 Cornell 19–16
138 March 1, 2022 Ithaca, NY #9 Cornell 15–12
139 February 28, 2023 Geneva, NY #3 Cornell 17–8
140 February 27, 2024 Ithaca, NY #9 Cornell 23–7
Series: Cornell leads 90–46–4
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References

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  1. ^ a b "The History of Hobart Lacrosse". Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
  2. ^ "Hobart Lacrosse All-Time Records". Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
  3. ^ a b c "Cornell vs. All Opponents" (PDF). Cornell University.
  4. ^ a b "Cornell University History and Timeline" (PDF). Cornell University.
  5. ^ All-Time Results Archived 2012-09-16 at the Wayback Machine (PDF), 2009 Johns Hopkins Men's Lacrosse Media Guide, p. 98, Johns Hopkins University, 2009.
  6. ^ Rahman, Jamil (February 17, 2017). "Men's Lacrosse Looks for First Win of Season Against Oldest Rival Hobart". Cornell Sun.
  7. ^ "Cornell All-Time Results" (PDF). Retrieved 17 March 2019.