Susquehanna at Colgate

Saturday, October 4, 1919

Colgate beat Susquehanna 34–⁠7. It was their third meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 3–⁠0.

AwaySusquehanna0–⁠2 in 1919
7
HomeColgate5–⁠1–⁠1 in 1919
34

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The sun's story: COLGATE TRIUMPHS. SHOWS susQuehanna Under by q 81 to Score.

    The sun, New York, October 5, 1919, page 1

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    COLGATE TRIUMPHS. SHOWS susQuehanna Under by q 81 to Score. HAMILTON, N. Y. Oct AIN the last thirty seconds of play the light but scrappy Susquehanna University team scored a touchdown on Colgate here today, escaping a shutout. The big Maroon eleven triumphed by a score OF “a to Z. Bankhart used practically three teams and II was due to a substitute Lineup that Susquehanna was able TO put over a touchdown. In the final period Anderson held on the ball before throwing a forawrd pass. Swartz captured 1t and raced thirty yeards, placing the pigskin on the yard line. The Maroon held for one down. Swartz went over on his second attempt and had just enough time to kick the goal. The Maroon team showed dashing form, Watkins running fifty yards for a count In the third period, while Gillo never failed to go through for Ave or ten yards every time he took the ball. The lineup:

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 text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Colgate 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Colgate leads 5–⁠0–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1922Colgate 87, Susquehanna 6
1921Colgate 21, Susquehanna 6
1920Susquehanna 0, Colgate 0
1919Colgate 34, Susquehanna 7
1916Colgate 34, Susquehanna 0
1915Colgate 44, Susquehanna 0

Around this game

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