Rochester (NY) at Yale
Saturday, September 18, 1943 Share
Rochester (NY) beat Yale 14–12. It was their first meeting; after it, Rochester (NY) led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 66°F, low 38°F
In the newspapers

Detroit evening times, September 19, 1943, page 13
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Yale Is Beaten By Rochester Navy–Powered Team Scores Second Victory NEW HAVEN. Conn, Sept 1S tINS The navy-poWered Uni verSlty of Rochester football team today scored IFS second straight victory, beating Yale. IA TO y. Yale took a 10 0 lead in the second period, but went down before a Rochester last period surge in which George Sutch. former Temple back, scored all IA points for the winners. Yale’s second period touchdown came when Scussel plunged from the one-yard line after a 45-yard march. That score stood until the last period when Sutch smashed through center for the knotting touchdown, then added the extra point from placement 10 put Rochester in front, Z 10 6. Yale came bouncing back TO snatch the lead again on an So yard march, but Sutch climaxed march from RocheSter’s 80 10 score his second touchdown.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Yale 71% to win. Rochester (NY) pulled the upset.
The series
Every Rochester (NY)–Yale gameTied 1–1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1944 | Yale 32, Rochester (NY) 0 | |
| 1943 | Rochester (NY) 14, Yale 12 |
Around this game
Rochester (NY)
- Next gamevs. ColgateSept. 25, 1943
- SeasonRochester (NY) in 1943
- ProgramRochester (NY) history and records
Yale
- Next gamevs. Coast GuardSept. 25, 1943
- SeasonYale in 1943
- ProgramYale history and records
