Colgate at Brown

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  The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 25, 1932, page 1

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  RAIDERS UNBEATEN AND united; FOES UNABLE TO SCORE Football Coach’s Dream Be. comes a Reality For Canny Little Andy Kerr PRAISES HIS 1882 MACHINE Hamilton, N. Y, Outfit Rolled Up Total Of 264 Points in Nine Wins New York, Nov. 25.-(P)-The foot ball coach’s dream-a team neither beaten, tied on scored on-had come true Friday for the keeneyed, smiling little Scotchman, Andy Kerr of Col gate, whose fame as a teacher of the warner System” has spread from coast to coast since the day when he tossed his meagre 120 pounds into the gridiron play for dear old Dickinson |college. Rolling back from the battle-ground where his Colgate team completed its all-conquering march Thursday with a decisive 21–⁠0 victory Of a hitherto unbeaten Brown eleven, Andy Kerr paid tribute to his boys as “the most responsive to his coaching, the best team unit” he has ever had in more than a quarter century of athletic teaching. Kerr has coached other unbeaten teams, his 1921 Pittsburgh freshmen and the 1926 Washington e. jefferson varsity among them, but he belonged Friday with the select few of all-time who have turned out a defensive out fit yielding, not a single point. The gridiron records are somewhat loose on this feature of achievement but they apparently show the last major team in the country to finish With an absolutely clean slate was Texas A. & M. in 1919 and that no big eastern outfit has turned the trick since Pittsburgh and Navy in 1910 each blanked all opposition. Back in the good old days Yale held all foes score less in three seasons, 1888, 1891 and 1892. Michigan’s famous 1902 array enjoyed a similar distinction. Colgate, reaching its offensive peak against Brown in tussel for eastern championship honors, finished its nine-game schedule with total OF 264 points. The closest the Maroon goal line came to being crossed was on the last play of the first half against Brown. It was fourth down, with a scant two yards to 60 and Bob Chase, star Bruin back, failed by few inches to score on a line buck. Otherwise Inc team got within Colgate’S 1O-yard line all season. Tn e was no doubt about the out come, after Colgate turned back this threat. Clicking in every department of play, the Red Raiders routed the Bruins in the last half with a perfornance that heightened the teams chances of being selected to represent the East in the tournament OF Roses game at Pasadena New Years.

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  The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, November 25, 1932, page 20 (results column)

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  Colgate, one of the few major. teams in football history to finish its season undefeated, untitled and lnscored against, topped the east ern list by overwhelming the hith- erto unbeaten, united Brown Bears. at Providence, 21–⁠0. Finished on Top The Southern California Trojans nailed up the Pacific Coast flag by. pounding through to a 9–⁠6 win over Washington university’s strong, eleven while U. c. L.. A. the other. conference co-leader, lost it’s title. chance by lowing to Washington State 30 in it’s final ganse. F After these triunphs Andy Kerr’s Colgate Red Raiders and Howard Jones’ Trojans are gener-5, ally regarded as the most likely opponents for the Pasadena Rose Bowl game on New Years day. The Southern Conference race, was reduced to Q two team affair yesterday when Vanderbilt’s un- beaten Commodores were engulfed by sAlabama’s crimson tide, 20–⁠0, in, the biggest upset of the day. This leaves Auburn, which had an open date, leading, and Tennessee stin in the running after its in- pressive 26-O win over Kentucky. If Auburn loses to South Carolina in it’s final game, December B.. Tennessee has a chance to win by beating Florida on the same day. Texas retained it’s chance of ty- ing for the Southwest title by beat ing the Texas Aggies 21–⁠0, while the conference leader, Texas Chris tian had an open date. The Chris tians will cop the crown if they wallop Southern Methodist Satur-. day, but if they lose, Texas, which has finished its season, can tie. Quakers Up A minor upset occurred in tur-i key days big traditional game when Pennsylvania beat Cornell, 13–⁠7, givinE the Quakers 2S vic- tories to CSrnell’s nine in a series that started bcak in 1893. { George Washington also pro- vided a surprise by holding the powerful Oklahoma Sooners to n TT tie, but New York University. carried out predictions by lambast- ing Carnegie Tech 13–⁠6. In the midwest, Nebraska’s Corn Huskers, champions or the n1g SIX. trounced iow1y Missouri, 2i-6. Mis- souri has won only one game all season. Detroit upset predictions by downing the visiting Oregon State Beavers. 14–⁠0. The big game in the Rocky mountains ran off according to form with Denver clinching the Colorado state title by beating University of Colorado, 60. Other Scores Tn other interesting games, St Mary’s galloping Gaels shellacked Oregon, TO: North Carolina State and South Carolina were dead- locked TT; Virginia Poly beat vir- ginia Military Institute 26–⁠0; Vir. ginia trounced North Carolina. 17–⁠7: North Dakota downed Low ola of New Orleans 1876. and Gen. Itenary and Arkansas drew 0–⁠0.

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  Imperial Valley press, California, November 25, 1932, page 6 (results column)

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  GRID UPSETS ON HOLIDAY NEW YORK, Nov. 25.--Thanksgiving day victories gave Colgate the best final record of any major eastern football team and awarded Southern California the Pacific coast title, leaving only the southern and southwestern championships to be decided before the season closes next week. Colgate, one of the few major teams in football history to finish its season undefeated, united and unscored against, topped the East ern list by overwhelming the hitherto unbeaten, united Brown Bears at Providence, 21–⁠0. The Southern California Trojans nailed up the Pacific coast flag by pounding through to a 90 win over Washingtons strong eleven while U. C. L. A., the other conference contender, lost its title chance by bowling to Washington State 80. After these triumphs Andy Kerr’s Colgate Red Raiders and Howard Jones’ Trojans are generally regarded as the most likely opponents for the Pasadena Rose Bowl game New Years day. The Southern conference race was reduced to a two team affair when Vanderbilt’s unbeaten Com modores were engulfed by Alabamas Crimson Tide, 300. This leaves Auburn, which had an open date, leading, and Tennessee still in the running after its impressive 26–⁠0 win over Kentucky. Texas retained its chance of tying for the southwest title by defeating the Texas Aggies 21–⁠0, while the conference leader, Texas Chris tian, had an open date. The Chris tians will win the crown if they wallop Southern Methodist Saturday. A minor upset occurred in turkey days big traditional game when Pennsylvania beat Cornell 1877. George washington also provid-

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Colgate leads 25–⁠20–⁠7 in 52 meetings, counting the 35 since this game.