Washington & Jefferson at Lafayette

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, October 26, 1924, page 10

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  LAFAYETTE WINS FROM “. & J. No. 6 Presidents Get Their First Set, back Of Grid Season NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-Lafayette continued it’s winning spurt today, de. feating Washington and Jefferson nt the Yangee stadium 20 to 6. A power full line plunging attack, coupled with q deceptive use of the forward pass en- abled the Eastonians to romp through to victory, but in the final period the Presidents crossed the Lafayette goal line, the first time this season this feat has been accomplished. It also was the first setback regis- tered against the “. & J. team this season. Untile the final quarter, when yir- tually a new Lafayette team was on the field, the Presidents found their oppon- ents with a stone wall for front line and except for two first downs gained by penalties, were unable to advance to single first down by rushing. On the other hand the Lafayette team concentrated it’s attack on the weak left side of the Presidents line and with . varied attack, sandWiched line plungeF with end runs and forward passes and scored three teuchdowns. During the game the Lafayette team scored Is first downs to eight fer the Presidents, sin of the latter coming agaisnt serut team in the final quarter when the w X J. team scored its only touchdown, GebhaFdt and Chieknoski carried tho brunt of the Lafayette attack on theiV shoulders, while Carlin was the main cos in w. & Us weak offense Twenty thousand persons attended thu game.

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  The Washington times, District of Columbia, October 29, 1924, page 1

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  Lafayette Climbs To Tie With w. and ]. On Gridiron Lafayette, defeating WASH ington and Jefferson Saturday, 20 to s, succeeded in bringing their football series to a tie, each team winning three games, with one ending in a tie. Here’s q compact history Of their games: 1S9S-W. l. J., 16; Lafayette, 0. 1902 Lafayette, IL; w. & j., 2. 1906-Lafayette, ID; w. & j., g.. 1915-W. & j., IA; Lafayette, Is. 1922-W. & j., ID; Lafayette, Is. 1923-Lafayette, 6; w. & j., 6. 19M-Lafayette, 20; w. & j., 6. Victories Lafayette, 8; w. and j., 8; one tie game.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 26, 1924, page 1 (results column)

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  Scores Of Foremost Foot Ball Games Yesterday Three of Washington’s five college foot ball teams won yes terday. George Washington defeated st. Joseph’s of Philadelphia, Al to 0. and GaIlaudet downed Drexel, also of the Quaker City, 80 to 0, i’m games here, while Maryland scored over North Carolina<at Chapel Hill, 6 to 0. Georgetown sue cumbed to Bucknen here, IA to g., and Catholic University bowed to WESTERN. Maryland at Hanover. Pa, 13 to Z. There was only one startling upset. That was Navy’s defeat at the hands of West Virginia Wesleyan, 10 to Z. However, Dartmouth’s 6-to-0 win over Harvard was somewhat unexpected. Other big games resulted as follows: Notre Dame. 12; Princeton, 0. Yale, 13; Browns. Lafayette, 20; Washington and Jefferson, 6. Syracuse, 10; Penn State, 6. West Virginia.. IS; Centre, 6. Penn, 81: Virginia o. Chicago, 8; Ohio. State, 8. Michigan, 81: Wisconsin. 0. Iowa, 13, Minnesota. 0. Nebraska, IA; Kansas, Z. Alabama, IA; Georgia Tech, 0. Georgia. g.; Vanderbilt. 0. Virginia Poly, o; Washington and Lee. D.

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Washington & Jefferson leads 8–⁠6–⁠2 in 16 meetings, counting the nine since this game.