Ohio Wesleyan at Colgate
Saturday, October 27, 1923 Share
Colgate beat Ohio Wesleyan 27–0. It was their second meeting; Colgate leads the series 2–0.
FinalAttendance 6,000
In the newspapers

Atlanta tri-weekly journal, Atlanta, Ga., October 30, 1923, page 6 (results column)
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SOUTHERN FOOTBALL GAMES RUN TRUE To EXPECTATIONS Southern football teams played true to form Saturday and the day witnessed none of the surprises which characterized previous week ends. The most important game was that at South Bend. Ind, in which Notre Dame defeated Georgia Tech by the score of 35 to Z. The Irish men were too fast for the southern ers and had little trouble. in making long runs for touchdowns at crucial moments but Tech showed considcradle offensive power and made more first downs than its opponents. Douglas Wycoff, the Arkansas full back, again starred for Tech in all departments of play. Sewanee defeated the crippled Oglethorpe team at Atlanta, Is to c.. University Of Alabama had a field day with Spring HILL winning, so to 0, and Auburn found Ford Ben ming excellent practice for the game with Georgia next Saturday, win ming, “a to 0. Vanderbilt beat Tulane II to O, while Louisiana State was being overcome by Arkansas in a thrilling 26-to-13 battle Virginia swamped Trinity 33 to O., while V. M. I. was furnishing North Carolina State, % to Z, and V. P. L. was losing to Washington and Lee, II to 0. Mississippi Aggies succumbef to University of Tennessee, Z to 8, and University of Mississippi was over. whelmed by St. Louis, % to 8. Centre was outclassed by Penn, losing “a to 0. On Friday Mercer defeated Biz mingham-Southern, II to O.. Here are scores OF other games Saturday, the feature being the defeat of Harvard by Dartmouth TO. the first time in sixteen years. Oklahoma IL; Oklahoma Aggies 0. Georgia Freshmen, II; North Car DINA Freshmen, O.. Georgia Reserves, 20; Dahlonega, 7. Dartmouth, 16; Harvard, 0. Holy Cross, 10; Boston universe. ty, 0. West Virginia Wesleyan, IA; Car roll o. University of Michigan. 81; Mich. igan Aggies, 0. Syracuse, A; Springfield, 0. Yale, 81; Brown, O. Rutgers, 6; Lafayette, G.. Maryland, IA; North Carolina, 0. Minnesota, 0; Wisconsin, 0 (tie). William, 10; Columbia, 0. Iowa, 20; Ohio State, 0. Army, 70; Lebanon Valley, 0. Lehigh, IA; Muhlenburg, 3. Colgate, 27; Ohio Wesleyan, 0. Florida, 16; Wake Forest, 7. California 9; Washington State college 0. Idaho 0; Oregon o. Carnegie Tech z; Pittsburg 2. University of Texas A; Southwest. ern 0. Centenary %; Texas Christian university 0. Alabama Freshmen 25; Wander bilt Freshmen 3. Kentucky Wesleyan College. 49, Morris Harvey, 0. Louisville University 13; Rose Poly, 7. Nebraska, 7; University of Missouri,, 7. Baylor, 16; Ouachita. 3. University of Kentucky, 95; Georgetown (Ky) College, 0. Mississippi College, s; Louisiana College, 0. Tennessee Meds, Z; Carson New man. 0. Illinois 9; Northwestern O.. Purdue s; Chicago 20. Presbyterian 0; Citadel 0. Furman %; Richmond 7. South Carolina freshmen, 20; Ben edictine college, 0. Third Army Corps, IA; George town, Z. University of Detroit 0; Washing ton and Jefferson 6.
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 89% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Ohio Wesleyan–Colgate gameColgate leads 2–0 in two meetings.
| 1923 | Colgate 27, Ohio Wesleyan 0 | |
| 1914 | Colgate 40, Ohio Wesleyan 0 |
Around this game
Ohio Wesleyan
- Next gameat Ohio StateOct. 18, 1924
- SeasonOhio Wesleyan in 1923
- ProgramOhio Wesleyan history and records
Colgate
- Next gameat NavyNov. 3, 1923
- SeasonColgate in 1923
- ProgramColgate history and records
