Colgate at Rutgers

Saturday, November 24, 1934

Colgate beat Rutgers 14–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayColgate7–⁠1 in 1934
14
HomeRutgers1–⁠2 in 1934
0

FinalHigh 64°F, low 40°F, 0.21 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Rutgers Team Makes . Colgate Hustle to Win, 40

    Evening star, November 25, 1934, page 26

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    Rutgers Team Makes . Colgate Hustle to Win, 40 kept in Rutgers territory most of the afternoon and were stopped within the Scarlet l0-yard line on three other occasions. Despite their regulations as magiclans, their power was more impressive today. Most Of the Raiders important gains we’re made by sheer gridiron strength and more often than not their trick plays were squelched. They rang up 19 first downs to 8 for the losing team. gained 230 yards by rushing to IS and gained 81 yards by passing to 36 for Rutgers. Starting on their own 25-yard mark, the Raiders marched rs yards to their first score, with Irwin and Ikeken. halfback from Waterbury, Conn, do ing most Of the ball carrying. A couple of trick plays were worked In. Kern making a long gain on delayed running play from punt fornlaton and getting of lateral to Harry Bausch, guard, that placed the ball on the Rutgers 10. A Rutgers on-side penalty and two irwin plunges brought the touchdown and Irwin place-kicked for the extra point.

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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Rutgers leads 27–⁠15 in 42 meetings, counting the 40 since this game.

Recent meetings
1993Rutgers 68, Colgate 6
1992Rutgers 41, Colgate 0
1990Rutgers 28, Colgate 17
1988Rutgers 41, Colgate 22
1985Rutgers 28, Colgate 14
1984Rutgers 17, Colgate 7

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