Colgate at Cornell

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 2, 1938, page 33

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  TW0L0NC DASHES COP FOR CORNELL Holland Sprints 81 Yards, Brown So to Score as Colgate Bows, 1876. ITHACA. N. Y. Oct. 1.-Cornells highly regarded football team opened its season with a 1915 victory over Colgate today as Brud Holland, all America end. and Ken Brown. reserve fullback who weighs only ITO pounds, reeled of touchdown runs of 81 and SO yards Cornell. getting an automatic safe ty by blocking Walt Davids’ punt in the end zone in the first three min utes Of play, put the two touchdowns together in the space Of six plays midway in the second period. Colgate came back three plays later to score OH two aerial thrusts that covered 70 yards, with Don Wemple, right end, taking 30-yard pass from Hal Lube and racing the remanning IS yards out In front of Cornell’s defense. With that burst OF scoring over, both teams settled down to conservative football, neither able to put on sustained offensive. The second half was drab all the way.

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Cornell leads 48–⁠39–⁠3 in 90 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.