Kentucky at Manhattan

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 8, 1936, page 27

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  MANHATTAN’Sb|G PERIOD IS ENOUGH Gets All Points in Second to Conquer Kentucky by 13 to 7. ~ ROOKLYN. November MAN – haitian came up with two rapier-like scoring thrusts to- - day to win from Kentucky. IS to Z, and send the Wildcats scream ing back to the hills of the Blue Grass country. Paced by John Byrne, a substitute fullback from Hohokus, N. j., the Jaspers put on a rousing second period drive. A crowd Of 10000 saw the battle at Ebbets Field. Byrne scored both Manhattan touch downs and missed third by matter Of feet. His bull-like rushes ripped Kentucky’s line to shreds throughout the second-period scoring spree, but it braced to stop him on his third attempt in the last quarter. Outrushed 224 yards to n, Ken lucky got no nearer to a touchdown than the Manhattan 20-yard line until the fourth, when the big Wild cat backs finally wore down the Man haitian forwards and staged a spirited 91-yard march to score their only touchdown,

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Tied 1–⁠1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.