Lafayette at Columbia

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 17, 1946, page 33

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  Columbia 46-O Victor Over Weak Lafayette NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-Colunbia’s Lions finally uncovered the uower for which they had searched In vain for the last two weeks and loosed IL against a weak Lafayette eleven to humble the Leopards, 46–⁠0, today before a crowd of $4,000 at Baker Field. Scoring seven touchdowns on a combination of long runs, sustained drives and forward passes, the Lions rolled up their biggest point total since 1888 when Lafayette again was the unwilling victim of a 1875 defeat. They exploded for five touch downs early in the game. then turned 1t over to the reserves, Civ ing Coach Lou Little, who used a total of 80 players in the lop-sideei contest, a chance to build for next year. N’ The Leopards. still looking for their first victory In rivalry dating back to 1889, were powerless to check Columbia team which had bowed to Pennsylvania and Cornell IN It’s two previous OUTINGS

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Lafayette leads 16–⁠11–⁠1 in 28 meetings, counting the 24 since this game.