Colgate at Columbia
Saturday, October 20, 1945 Share
No. 17 Columbia beat Colgate 31–7. It was their 13th meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 10–2–1.
Final
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Colgate–Columbia gameColgate leads 15–4–1 in 20 meetings, counting the seven since this game.
| 1981 | Colgate 41, Columbia 3 | |
| 1980 | Colgate 35, Columbia 22 | |
| 1979 | Colgate 24, Columbia 14 | |
| 1977 | Colgate 48, Columbia 36 | |
| 1967 | Columbia 17, Colgate 14 | |
| 1966 | Colgate 38, Columbia 0 |
Around this game
Colgate
- Next gameat Holy CrossOct. 27, 1945
- SeasonColgate in 1945
- ProgramColgate history and records
Columbia
- Next gamevs. BrownOct. 27, 1945
- SeasonColumbia in 1945
- ProgramColumbia history and records

