Susquehanna at Colgate

Saturday, October 28, 1922

Colgate beat Susquehanna 87–⁠6. It was their sixth meeting; Colgate leads the series 5–⁠0–⁠1.

AwaySusquehanna0–⁠1 in 1922
6
HomeColgate6–⁠3 in 1922
87

Final

In the newspapers

  • The The New York herald's story: Colgate's 81 Points Swamp Susquehanna Sweeney Makes Spectacular Run os 90 Yards.

    The New York herald, October 29, 1922, page 54

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    Colgate’s 81 Points Swamp Susquehanna Sweeney Makes Spectacular Run os 90 Yards. Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD HAMILTON. N. Y, Oct. 2S.-Colgate overwhelmed Susauehanna here this afternoon by an 81 to score. The Maroon backs gained almost at will through the Pennsylvanian’s l’he and completed several forward passes The work of Sweeney. right halfbac Tor the visitors, was feature of the afternoon. He made several lonP gains from scrimmage around the Maroon wings and ran back kickoff ninety eight yards from the only touchdown II. ade by the visitors. Colgate gained most Of her ground by lire bucks, gaining a total of twenty three first downs to one for her opponents. The Pennsylvanian’s attack threatened most when Sweeney. the elusive halfback, was on the receiving end of forward passes. 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 86% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Colgate leads 5–⁠0–⁠1 in six meetings.

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

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