Colgate at Columbia

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  Evening star, November 26, 1939, page 31

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  Five Goal Tries Miss In Colgate Columbia ScoreIess Battle Each Rolls Up 10 First Downs; Red Raiders Outeoin New Workers NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-Success eluded both Colgate and Columbia today as they sought to cap a drab football campaign with final victory and instead stumbled into 90 stalemate in full view of 10000 fur and blanket bundled fans. The game had its moments of exelement, five field goals being tried at one time or another, but on the whole it was a test of two Intellectual football machines which proved nothing except that in seven at tempts since 1921 Columbia never has beaten Colgate. The teams each rolled up 10 first downs and the difference in yardage gained was only 18 yards. This was In favor of Colgate’s Red Raiders and just about measured whatever advantage there was to be found in the fray. Drive of 60 Yards Curbed. In the first period Columbia blocked one of Walt Davids’ punts and recovered on Colgates SO, but fumbled the ball away. Then Davids and Joe Hoague ran the ball back to the Lions “a only to founder. In the second period the Raiders manufactured the days best march, q 6o-yard tour to Columbia’s 20. but this, too, fixxeled and an attempted field goal from placement by Ed Van Loan from the q was short. The Raiders, in another drive, went to the IL before Van Loan tried for another field goal and again failed With John Naylor running and passing in smart style, Columbia pressed back to Colgate’s IL late in the third period, but a placement field goal try from the 10 by Leonard Will failed. Goal Try From Is Misses. y Late in the final chapter Harold Lube fumbled a punt and Don lew recovered for Columbia on the Raiders IS. After working down to the 8, Will tried and missed a place Kick from the 49, Colgate was Off SIDE and he tried again from the l3, and also missed. nc Neither team ever got out of its own territory again

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 25, 1939, page 5 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores o. football games received up to press time this afternoon. Yale 20; Harvard 2. Kansas State 2; Boston College 38 Cornell 26: Penn o. Pittsburgh 0; Penn State 1G Ohio State IA; Michigan 21. Duke 28; North Carolina State 0 Purdue 0; Indiana 6. Georgia Tech 2l; Florida ‘. Missouri 20; Kansas 0. Wisconsin 6; Minnesota B. Baylor O; South. Methodist 2l. Southern Calf. 20; Notre Dame l2 Illinois 46; Chicago 0. Villanova ?; Manhattan 0. Colgate 0; Columbia 0; tic. Bucknell 6; George Wash. T. Temple 2; Michigan State IS. Duquesne 9; Carnegie Tu,h T. Navy 0; Princeton 28. Clemson IA; Furman 3.

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Colgate leads 15–⁠4–⁠1 in 20 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.