Syracuse at Cornell

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 10, 1946, page 31

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  Syracuse’s S Defense Pays Off in 14-to-7 Defeat Of Cornell ITHACA, N. Y, Nov. 9.-An in spired Syracuse eleven, employing five backfield men on defense to cope with Cornell’s vaunted passing attack, scored lat upset victory over the Big Red today before near capacity crowd of $4,000. The Orange defensive strategy, accompliShed by substituting a half back for the left guard, paid off as the Orange scored on an intercepted pass in the second period and scored again in the third after Walt Slovenski. feet Orange back, had intercepted Cornell pass. Both Syracuse touchdowns were made by Joe Watt, right halfback. In the second period he intercepted John Burns pass on the Syracuse 20 and raced 80 yards to touch down. A neat block by Floyd Green, left tackle, helped the Orange cause. In the third period Watt shared a I6-yard pass from Slovenski over the goal line. Brown Converts Twice. George Brown, Syracuse’s place kick specialist, converted both extra points, giving him record OF l6 successful attempts out OF II for the season. Cornell scored on the first play OF the fourth period after driving to the Syracuse 1-yard line. Halfback Hillary CholIet made the score, and Bob Dean converted from placement Syracuse did not attempt pass until the second period, For the entire game Cornell tried is aerials against, six by Syracuse. Although Cornell dominated play by scoring 13 first downs against seven for the visitors, Syracuse was in command most of the way. Syracuse Boosts Record. In handing Cornell its second loss of the season, the Syracuse eleven boosted its own record to four wins In seven starts. The win also evened the race for upstate New York Big Three honors. Syracuse can win the mythical title by downing Colgate next Saturday. Cornell defeated Colgate earlier in the season. In the Cornell-Syracuse series, which dates back to 1891, it was Syracuse’s seventh triumph against II for Cornell.

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 10, 1946, page 1

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  Syracuse Upsets Cornell, IA To ! ITHACA, N. Y, Nov. 9. - (P – A pair of touchdoWns by halfback Joe Watt gave Syracuse a 14–⁠7 upset win over Cornell today before a near capacity crowd of about 20, 900 fans. Cornell scored on the first play Of the fourth period when half back Hillary Chollet went over from, the n yard line.

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Cornell leads 23–⁠11 in 34 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.