Colgate at Rutgers
Saturday, October 2, 1948 Share
Rutgers beat Colgate 34–19. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 3–1.
FinalHigh 77°F, low 55°F
In the newspapers

Roanoke Rapids daily herald, Roanoke Rapids, N.C., October 4, 1948, page 8
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the ball Egler streaked 86 yards and 95 yards for touchdowns the latter time on a kickoff re turn. But it didn’t do him any good. Rutgers whipped Colgate, 34–19. The same misfortune befell AL Dugoff of George Washington, who ran kickoff back 80 yards for score but still saw his team lose to Virginia Military Insti tute, 26–6. Tailback Bobby Gage of Glenn son had better luck. He re
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)
Rutgers 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Colgate–Rutgers gameRutgers leads 27–15 in 42 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.
| 1993 | Rutgers 68, Colgate 6 | |
| 1992 | Rutgers 41, Colgate 0 | |
| 1990 | Rutgers 28, Colgate 17 | |
| 1988 | Rutgers 41, Colgate 22 | |
| 1985 | Rutgers 28, Colgate 14 | |
| 1984 | Rutgers 17, Colgate 7 |
Around this game
Colgate
- Next gameat Boston UniversityOct. 9, 1948
- SeasonColgate in 1948
- ProgramColgate history and records
Rutgers
- Next gamevs. TempleOct. 9, 1948
- SeasonRutgers in 1948
- ProgramRutgers history and records

