Columbia at Pennsylvania

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  The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., November 11, 1945, page 11

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  Tar Heels Defeat William & Mary, 60 Alert Navy Team Downs Michigan, 33–⁠7 Penn Topples Columbia From Indicated Ranks PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10. -tR- j.: Columbia’s fancy dan football :, Lions were toppled from the ma : tons undefeated ranks today by :. shifty Penn outfit that has been : beaten only by Navy. “. Outmanned and overpowered BY horde OF enemy material, the I’m. z derdog Lions scored the first time :: they got their hands on the ball with = Gene Rossides passing Penn dizzy, = but after that never had chance and the Quakers rolled to 1927 II victory to end Colurbia’s winning Y run at six straight, for the enter : tainment of some $4,000 fans in , Franklin Field. i Behind 10 in the first six minutes. of play after Rossides heaved for :, 6 for 63-yards and the touchdown. :” the Quakers started to 60. George !, Savitsky, a great tackle and ball = hawk, broke through three times /, to recover two fumbles and block q :. kick, and each time the Quakers =, capitalized on the break to roll up . a 20–⁠7 haf-time lead. = Cashing in on these opportunities, as well as couple of other assorted chances, Bob Evans, who learn-sy ed his aerial technique as a Ga bomber gunner over Europe during a the war, completed eight out of 16’ overhead tries for 116 yards. Three y of his pitches chalked up the first half tallies and fourth produced ~ fourth touchdown early in the thirdS quarter, before he bowed out for theo day. Three of the touchdownxta throws went to his special battery mate, Frank jenkins. & With the Columbia line firing against the ponderous charges of ! the Penn forwards as the game wore on, the Quakers rolled up 167 yards rushing to a net Of IA for Columbia, although the Lions “outsailed their rivals throughout the air, 166 to 1923 Columbia went 81 yards wit, the opening kickoff for the only Lion score with RosSldeS tossing to Lou Iusserow out on the flank for the 4 final seven yards. Then Evans took the mound. He pitched four yards to jenkins with ! fifteen seconds to 60 in the first quarter and Is yards more to the It’s pound end in the first minute and half of the second chapter toput Penn in front. Topping off S., yard parade, Bob next threw to II year old Carmen Falcone for seven yards and the third Quaker touch.s down of the half. Early in the third period, after Falcone had inter-, cepted pass on the Lion “a to set table for the party, Evans heaved his high hard one to jenkins on thes five who dashed over. 4 In the last play of the third peri~ cd, Evans again tossed twenty yards to jenkins on the Penn 43, from where sub scat back Bob Deu,, Der raced around his own right end on reverse and scampered ST. yards for the final tally. )

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 11, 1945, page 19

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  Losers Count in Early Drive, Then Quakers Prevail by 81 10 7 ~ the Assocleted ffess, PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 1o.-Cohmbia’s Fancy Dan” football Lions were toppled from the Nations undefeated ranks today by q shifty Penn outfit beaten only by Navy. Outmanned and oyerpowered by Q horde Of enemy material, the underdog Lions scored the first time they got their hands on the ball with Gene Rossides passing Penn dizzy, but after that never had a chance and the Quakers rolled to . 32–⁠7 victory to end Columbia s winning run at six straight, for the entertainment Of some 5000 fans. Behind TO in the first 6 minutes Of play after Rossides heaved 6 for 8 for 6S yards and the touchdown, the Quakers started to go. George Ssvitsky, the short stopping” tackle and ball hawk, broke through three times to recover two fumbles and block q kick, and each time the ouakers capitalized on the break to roll up 20–⁠7 half-time lead. Quakers Prove Opportunists. cashing in on these opportunities, as well as couple of other as sorted chances, Bob Evans, who learned his aerial technique as a CT bomber-gunner over Europe, completed out of 16 overhead tries for 116 yards. Three of his pitches chalked up the first-half tallies and fourth produced a fourth touchdown early in the third quarter, before he bowed out for the day. Three of the touchdown throws went to his special battery mate, Frank Jenkins. With the Columbia line tiring against the ponderous charges of the Penn forwards as the game wore on, the Quakers rolled up 1877 yards rushing to a net of IA for Columbia, although the Lions “outsailed” their rivals through the air, 166 to 1873. Evans Pitches Gain Lead. After Columbia scored, then Evans took the mound. He pitched 4 yards to Jenkins with Is seconds to 20 in the first quarter and rs yards more to the 175-pound end in the first minute and half of the second chapter to put Penn in front. Top ping of a 65-yard parade, Bob next threw to 17-year- -old Carmen Fslcone for yards and the third Quaker touchdown of the half. Early in the third, after Falcone had intercepted pass on the Lion “a to set table for the party, Evans heaved his high, hard one to Jenkins on the 5, and Jenkins, snatch Ing 1t on the dead run, dashed over. The last play Of the third period, Evans again tossed 20 yards to Jenkins on the Penn 43, from where Sub Scatback Bob Deuber raced around his own right end on a reverse and scampered 81 yards for the final tally

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Pennsylvania leads 61–⁠22–⁠1 in 84 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.