Colgate at Columbia

Saturday, October 20, 1945

No. 17 Columbia beat Colgate 31–⁠7. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 10–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayColgate3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1945
7
Home17Columbia8–⁠1 in 1945
31

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Columbia Is Victor Over Colgate, 31-7

    Detroit evening times, Michigan, October 21, 1945, page 19

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    Columbia Is Victor Over Colgate, 31–⁠7 NEW YORK, Oct. 20 CUP)- Columbia’s RaIoping Greek, Gene Rossides. led his mates 10 a thrill packed 81 10 7 football victory over Colgate today before a record crowd Of 10000 fans who came away convinced Lou Little has another Bowl bound team after L long years. The game turned into a rout in the closing minutes as Colgate wilted but through the third period IL was as close as a steam hated room with RoSSides proving the difference. ably assisted by quarterback Leon Will and full back Lou kusSerow

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)

Columbia 51% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

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

Recent meetings
1981Colgate 41, Columbia 3
1980Colgate 35, Columbia 22
1979Colgate 24, Columbia 14
1977Colgate 48, Columbia 36
1967Columbia 17, Colgate 14
1966Colgate 38, Columbia 0

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