Lafayette at Brown

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 18, 1942, page 35

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  Margarita’s 64-Yard Run Brings Brown 7-to-0 Triumph Score in Final Period Conquers Lafayette, Nets Third Straight PROVIDENCE, R. l., Oct. H. Browns all-America backfeld can didate, Bob Margarita,. put on a one-man running show in the fourth period here today to lead. the Brown Bears to their third straight triumph of the year, a TO conquest of Lafayette. Margarita raced 64 yards off his own left tackle midway in the final quarter for the touchdown that meant the ball game. Later in the same session the Medford, Mass, speedster cut off his own left tackle again for “a yards and an apparent second touchdown, but had that effort nullifed when the Bruins were adjudged guilty of holding. Stymied pretty we’ll by a rugged Leopard defense during the first three quarters the Bruins nevertheless did manage to hold the upper hand on the offense They had II first downs to Lafayette’s two, gained 241 yards from scrimmage to Lafayette’s 68 and in general held a statistical advantage. Browns conversion point was contributed by Jay Pattee, reserve blocking back. who thus added his 18th straight placement point with out a miss this season

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Brown leads 5–⁠3 in eight meetings, counting the one since this game.