Princeton at Yale

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  Evening star, November 17, 1946, page 32

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  Yale Beats Princeton 80 10 7, 10 Remain lin Ivy League Race NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov. 49, Yale’s football team, which hasn’t lost To any Big Three opponent since Howie Odell became coach, lived up to all its advance notices today by trimming Princeton’s s Tigers, 80 to 2. The easy victory, achieved before the third sellout crowd of 10000 in the historic Yale Bowl this season, put Yale in the running for the unofficial but nevertheless important Ivy League title. Yale has been beaten only by Columbia and tied by Cornell within the Ivy group. 6sth Game Of Series. It was the Goth game of the Yale Princeton series, which began in 1873; YaleS 37th triumph and the fourth straight victory for an odellcoached team. Princeton last won over its oldest and most serious rival in 194l. Although Princeton scored the first two points today, 1t was Yale’s game from start to finish. The Tigers managed to hold YaIe’s Levi Jackson to comparatively negligible yardage from scrimmage, but they couldn’t stop the passes to Tex Furse, Yale’s freshman quarterback, or the running of a host OF other Eli backs. To be exact, the Princeton team That had whipped Penn and which had held Cornell to one-touchdown victory in Ivy League COM petition, was in the game for Just one quarter. PrinctOne Line Outcharged The Tiger backfield, minus such backs as Ernie Ransome and John Powers. couldn’t gain consistently against nightly Eli line, led by Fritz Barzilauskas and Dick Holiingshead, which outcharged Prince ton on almost every play. A misplay by Vandy (Handy) Kirk on the opening kickoff, gave Prince ton its two points. As the bobbing kickoff came toward him. he grabbed at the ball on the 10 touched 1t and then chased it back behind the goal. He almost sue -ceeded in getting it out into the playing field before he was hit by a Tiger tackler and downed for safety.

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 18, 1946, page 1

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  took over the pace-setting role by downing Wake Forest, 26–⁠14. The Tar Heels wind up their league schedule against D u k e and can clinch the cup with a victory. Even the Ivy League vas wrap. ped up in a tight snarl. Harvard only eleven indicated and united in the circuit, can win the flag by defeating Yale at Cambridge in one of the nations oldest football rival ries. This used to be the game OF games” several decades ago and this year it once again will be q corker. 81 Harvard made it’s record 80 by c%onquering $50 while Yale over. powered Princeton in a “big three” meeting, 30–⁠2 for a 3-1-1-slate ii Yale beats Harvard, the Ellis can win the ivy title as well as the big three crown if Penn (2–⁠1) defeats Cornell (3-0-D as e x p e c t e d or Thanksgiving day. Cornell n : pushed Dartmouth PIT. The Big Six was another snaf e d loop. Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska all w e r G

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Yale leads 71–⁠45–⁠10 in 126 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.