Wesleyan (CT) at Williams

Saturday, October 3, 1896

Williams beat Wesleyan (CT) 6–⁠0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Wesleyan (CT) led the series 3–⁠1.

AwayWesleyan (CT)4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1896
0
HomeWilliams6–⁠4–⁠1 in 1896
6

Final0.12 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story: PRINCETON ELEVEN NOT ABLE TO SCORE AGAINST LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, FIFTEEN MINUTE HALVES msNO PLAYED AND NEITHER SIDE ABLE TO COUNT A POINT. mEooRD BROKEN AT LEXINGTON. "A Fast nile Was Paced by Star Pointer in the Free for All Event.

    The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 8, 1896, page 1

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    PRINCETON ELEVEN NOT ABLE TO SCORE AGAINST LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, FIFTEEN MINUTE HALVES msNO PLAYED AND NEITHER SIDE ABLE TO COUNT A POINT. mEooRD BROKEN AT LEXINGTON. “A Fast nile Was Paced by Star Pointer in the Free for All Event. EASTON, Pa, Oct. THE Lafayette 8oOt ball team covered itself with glory in today’s game with Princeton. 1.-Two fifteen minute halves were played and the game ended without either team scoring. The game was wit messed by about $500 persons. Both beams played an aggressive game The features of the game were runs by Barclay. Walbridge, Dolly and Poe and Reinhart’S work at guard OTHER GAMES. BRADFORD, Pa. Oct. IA fair sized crowd witnessed the football game between ByAdl> ~d’s company c and the University of Buffalo today A dizzling rain fell during a greater porton of the game, leaving the grounds ih bad condition. The game resulted in score of Is to in favor of Buffalo, Williamstown, Mass, Oct. T. Williams 6; Wesleyan, 0. New Haven, Conn, Oct. Foot lball-Yale IS, Brown O.

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story: Foot Ball. on-Colby, 4; Techs, 0.

    Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., October 8, 1896, page 1

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    Foot Ball. on-Colby, 4; Techs, 0. At Boston-Colby, 4; Techs, o. AT New Haven-Yale. IS; Brown. O. At Eatson, Pa.-Lafayette, 0; Prince ton 0. AT nnapolis-Pennsylva 8; Ma val Cadets, o. AT Williamstown, Mass.-Williams. 6; Wesleyan. 0.

  • The The times's story: The University of Pennsylvania wins oS !" score ofStoO- Othcr Games.

    The times, Richmond, Va., October 8, 1896, page 2 (results column)

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    The University of Pennsylvania wins oS !” score ofStoO- Othcr Games. ANNAPOLIS. oct. THE UniYersi.s of PENNSYLVANIA defeated the CADETS =. the Naval Academy this afternoon At football by a score of to U. Inc ga, diets played a sharp, snappy game lu’‘ of pluck. and succeeded by their ndshing play i’m keeping the ball III feilisvivania’s territory half the time. W me the middies advanced the pan III po’n halves as far as Pennsylvania htteehyard line the Quakers goal was never seriously threatened. Most OF the gains made by the cadets was due 10 the me pun.iny of Henderson, their full-pack’ Henderson received fine protection from his forwards. and out-kicked Minds, OF Pennsylvania. Hunt and Shea, at the ends. and Williams, at left hali-back’ also did some good work for the qua kers. PENNSYLVANIA played the poorest game of the year. The game lacked dash. and the men played listlessly. Again and again the cadets were through on Minds before he fairly got the ball Minds punting was poor. PENNSYLVANIA scored two touch-downs I’m the first half. from which Woodruff failed to kick goals. and in the second half never got nearer than the cadets 25-yard line. HARVARD. “a; TRINITY 0. CAMBRIDGE. MASS, oct. z, Harward, 81; Trinity 0. AMHERST. o: BOWDOIN, o. AMHERST, MASS. oct. Amherst. 0. Bowdoin. o. WILLIAMS 6: WESLEYAN. 0. WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS, oct. g. Williams. 8, Wesleyan, o. LAFAYETTE. 0; PRINCETON. 0. EASTON. PA, Oct. 7.-Lafayette. 0; Princeton. o. YALE. :: BROWN. o. NEW HAVEN. oct. Yale T; Brown. 0.

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)

Williams 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Wesleyan (CT) leads 8–⁠5–⁠1 in 14 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1906Williams 18, Wesleyan (CT) 11
1905Wesleyan (CT) 18, Williams 0
1904Williams 23, Wesleyan (CT) 0
1903Wesleyan (CT) 5, Williams 5
1902Williams 28, Wesleyan (CT) 5
1901Williams 11, Wesleyan (CT) 5

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