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 April 5, 1898 with Hobart prevailing by a score of 2-1.[4][1] As of 2019, Cornell leads the series 87–47–4.[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

Cornell Big Red Hobart Statesmen
First meeting	April 5, 1898 Hobart 2, Cornell 1[1]
Latest meeting	February 22, 2019 Cornell 19, Hobart 16
Statistics
Meetings total	138
All-time series	Cornell: 87–47–4[2][3]
Largest victory	Cornell, 20–2 (1968)
Longest win streak	Cornell, 12 (2004–2016)
Current win streak	Cornell, 2 (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

The following summarizes the accomplishments of the two programs.

Team	Cornell Big Red	Hobart Statesmen
Pre-NCAA National Titles	4	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

Cornell victories

Hobart victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 1898 Ithaca, NY Hobart 2–1 2 1898 Ithaca, NY Cornell 3–1 3 1899 Geneva, NY Cornell 11–0 4 1899 Ithaca, NY Cornell 7–1 5 1900 Ithaca, NY Cornell 2–1 6 1900 Geneva, NY Cornell 3–1 7 1901 Geneva, NY Cornell 2–0 8 1901 Ithaca, NY Cornell 5–0 9 1901 Geneva, NY Cornell 5–2 10 1902 Ithaca, NY Cornell 6–2 11 1902 Geneva, NY Hobart 3–2 12 1903 Ithaca, NY Hobart 2–1 13 1903 Geneva, NY Hobart 4–3 14 1904 Geneva, NY Hobart 5–1 15 1904 Ithaca, NY Cornell 4–2 16 1905 Geneva, NY Tie 3–3 17 1905 Ithaca, NY Cornell 9–0 18 1906 Geneva, NY Hobart 6–0 19 1906 Ithaca, NY Hobart 5–1 20 1907 Ithaca, NY Cornell 3–2 21 1907 Geneva, NY Cornell 4–3 22 1908 Geneva, NY Tie 3–3 23 1908 Ithaca, NY Cornell 8–7 24 1909 Geneva, NY Hobart 6–3 25 1910 Geneva, NY Cornell 7–4 26 1910 Ithaca, NY Cornell 14–2 27 1911 Ithaca, NY Cornell 9–5 28 1912 Geneva, NY Cornell 5–4 29 1912 Ithaca, NY Cornell 6–3 30 1913 Ithaca, NY Cornell 11–0 31 1913 Geneva, NY Cornell 7–4 32 1914 Geneva, NY Cornell 6–2 33 1914 Ithaca, NY Cornell 16–0 34 1915 Geneva, NY Hobart 4–2 35 1916 Ithaca, NY Cornell 16–3 36 1920 Geneva, NY Tie 2–2 37 1920 Ithaca, NY Cornell 3–2 38 1921 Geneva, NY Hobart 4–3 39 1922 Ithaca, NY Cornell 5–4 40 1923 Geneva, NY Hobart 8–2 41 1924 Ithaca, NY Cornell 3–2 42 1925 Geneva, NY Hobart 7–4 43 1926 Ithaca, NY Cornell 10–2 44 1927 Geneva, NY Cornell 3–0 45 1928 Ithaca, NY Cornell 5–1 46 1929 Geneva, NY Hobart 5–0 47 1930 Ithaca, NY Cornell 5–1 No. Date Location Winner Score 48 1931 Geneva, NY Cornell 4–1 49 1932 Ithaca, NY Cornell 6–0 50 1933 Ithaca, NY Cornell 17–1 51 1933 Geneva, NY Cornell 7–3 52 1934 Geneva, NY Cornell 8–3 53 1934 Ithaca, NY Cornell 5–2 54 1935 Ithaca, NY Hobart 8–3 55 1935 Geneva, NY Hobart 17–5 56 1936 Ithaca, NY Hobart 10–4 57 1936 Geneva, NY Hobart 16–4 58 1937 Geneva, NY Hobart 17–3 59 1938 Ithaca, NY Hobart 9–4 60 1939 Geneva, NY Tie 15–15 61 1940 Ithaca, NY Hobart 19–6 62 1941 Geneva, NY Hobart 9–8 63 1942 Ithaca, NY Hobart 13–11 64 1947 Geneva, NY Cornell 8–4 65 1947 Ithaca, NY Hobart 7–2 66 1948 Ithaca, NY Cornell 8–7 67 1949 Geneva, NY Hobart 10–6 68 1950 Ithaca, NY Cornell 8–7 69 1951 Ithaca, NY Hobart 12–2 70 1951 Geneva, NY Hobart 12–9 71 1952 Ithaca, NY Hobart 7–4 72 1952 Geneva, NY Hobart 11–7 73 1953 Geneva, NY Cornell 8–6 74 1954 Ithaca, NY Cornell 17–10 75 1955 Geneva, NY Hobart 8–6 76 1956 Ithaca, NY Hobart 10–8 77 1957 Geneva, NY Cornell 10–2 78 1958 Ithaca, NY Cornell 14–5 79 1959 Geneva, NY Cornell 5–3 80 1960 Ithaca, NY Cornell 7–2 81 1961 Geneva, NY Cornell 8–6 82 1962 Ithaca, NY Hobart 13–10 83 1963 Geneva, NY Cornell 13–7 84 1964 Ithaca, NY Cornell 11–9 85 1965 Geneva, NY Cornell 11–2 86 1966 Ithaca, NY Cornell 14–4 87 1967 Geneva, NY Cornell 14–5 88 1968 Ithaca, NY Cornell 20–2 89 1969 Geneva, NY Hobart 14–11 90 1970 Ithaca, NY Cornell 19–2 91 1971 Geneva, NY Cornell 14–8 92 1972 Ithaca, NY Hobart 11–10 93 1973 Ithaca, NY #10 Cornell 12–2 94 1974 Geneva, NY #4 Cornell 17–12 No. Date Location Winner Score 95 1975 Ithaca, NY #2 Cornell 19–5 96 1976 Geneva, NY #1 Cornell 14–8 97 1978 Ithaca, NY #1 Cornell 13–11 98 1979 Geneva, NY #3 Cornell 8–5 99 1980 Ithaca, NY Hobart 11–8 100 1981 Geneva, NY Hobart 8–6 101 1982 Ithaca, NY #10 Cornell 14–6 102 1983 Geneva, NY Hobart 15–7 103 1984 Ithaca, NY Cornell 14–13^OT 104 1985 Geneva, NY #11 Cornell 15–13 105 1986 Ithaca, NY Hobart 23–11 106 1987 Geneva, NY #2 Cornell 16–12 107 1988 Ithaca, NY Cornell 17–15 108 1989 Geneva, NY #10 Cornell 13–12 109 1990 Ithaca, NY Hobart 15–14^OT 110 1991 Geneva, NY #14 Cornell 11–9 111 1992 Ithaca, NY #16 Cornell 14–12 112 1993 Geneva, NY Hobart 9–7 113 1994 Ithaca, NY Hobart 11–9 114 1995 Geneva, NY Cornell 14–7 115 1996 Ithaca, NY Hobart 10–8 116 1997 Geneva, NY #19 Hobart 12–9 117 1998 Ithaca, NY #8 Hobart 13–12 118 1999 Ithaca, NY Hobart 13–12 119 2000 Geneva, NY #15 Hobart 14–10 120 2001 Ithaca, NY #14 Cornell 11–3 121 2002 Geneva, NY #10 Cornell 10–6 122 2003 Ithaca, NY #9 Cornell 14–5 123 2004 Geneva, NY #17 Hobart 12–10 124 2004 Ithaca, NY #9 Cornell 11–5 125 2005 Ithaca, NY #3 Cornell 10–5 126 2006 Geneva, NY #3 Cornell 15–6 127 2007 Ithaca, NY #1 Cornell 17–4 128 2008 Geneva, NY #8 Cornell 15–7 129 2009 Ithaca, NY #6 Cornell 8–7 130 2010 Syracuse, NY #7 Cornell 10–7 131 2011 Ithaca, NY #8 Cornell 14–9 132 2013 Syracuse, NY #7 Cornell 19–11 133 2014 Ithaca, NY #16 Cornell 12–8 134 2015 Binghamton, NY #10 Cornell 16–8 135 2016 West Palm, FL Cornell 10–8 136 2017 Geneva, NY Hobart 16–8 137 2018 Ithaca, NY Cornell 15–8 138 2019 Geneva, NY #4 Cornell 19–16 Series: Cornell leads 87–47–4 Source:[7]

References

1. "The History of Hobart Lacrosse". Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
2. "Hobart Lacrosse All-Time Records". Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
3. "Cornell vs. All Opponents" (PDF). Cornell University.
4. "Cornell University History and Timeline" (PDF). Cornell University.
5. All-Time Results (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". Retrieved 17 March 2019.