Georgia at Columbia

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  Evening star, October 20, 1940, page 32

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  Alert Columbia Deals Georgia 19–⁠13Loss To Stay Unbeaten CopitoIizes on Poor Punt For Winning Touchdown In lost-Period RoIIy NEW YORK. Oct. ia savage collection of Columbia Lions out fought a heavier Georgia eleven today to snare l9-to-l3 victory that preserved their undefeated record and warmed the cookies of a crowd of $4,000 bundled into little Baker Field. The Lions twice capitalized on poor punts by Jim Todd to score touchdowns and twice they held Tor downs IN the shadow of their own goal. The winning score came on the third play of the last period after Todd had booted the ball out OF bounds on his own 40 in a punt that travelled only 10 yards. Paul Governali quickly passed to Thornley, Wood for yards and on the next play spiraled the ball to Len Will. who was surrounded on the Crackers 80 and flashed a lat eral to Phil Bayer outside the jam for an open field run to the goal. Will placed-kicked the extra point.

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 20, 1940, page 1

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  Columbia Lions Defeat Georgia Bulldogs 1913 NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-lR-A saw age collection of Columbia Lions outfought a heavier Georgia eleven today to snare a 10 to 13 victory that preserved t indicated record and warmed the cookies OF a crowd of %, 1000 bundled into little Baker field. 1t was a wild, spectacular aerial show befitting the games ranking as one of the days leading intersectional encounters, and even aft er the Lions put the final score IN the bag with a 40-yard forward lateral pass in the final stanza, no one was sure the Strings we’re tied. Twice the Lions capitalized on poor punts by Jim Todd to score touchdowns and twice they held for downs in the shadow of their W goal. The winning score came on the third play of the last period after Todd had booted the ball out Of bounds on his own 48 in a punt that travelled only ten yards. l

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 19, 1940, page 1 (results column)

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  [2{s3||| The following are final scores of football games played this after noon: Illinois 0; Michigan 28. Columbia 19; Georgia 13. Drake o. Navy 19. Syracuse 6; Cornell B. Holy Cross IS; New York Univer- sity T. Fordham “A; Pittsburgh 12. Dartmouth ‘: Yale 13. Army g.; Havard 6, tie. Pennsylvania State 34; Lehigh 0. Connecticut 13: Maine 6. Minnesota 13; Ohio State T.

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