Colgate at Rutgers

Saturday, October 2, 1948

Rutgers beat Colgate 34–⁠19. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 3–⁠1.

AwayColgate3–⁠6 in 1948
19
HomeRutgers7–⁠2 in 1948
34

FinalHigh 77°F, low 55°F

In the newspapers

  • The Roanoke Rapids daily herald's story

    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.

Rutgers leads 27–⁠15 in 42 meetings, counting the 38 since this game.

Recent meetings
1993Rutgers 68, Colgate 6
1992Rutgers 41, Colgate 0
1990Rutgers 28, Colgate 17
1988Rutgers 41, Colgate 22
1985Rutgers 28, Colgate 14
1984Rutgers 17, Colgate 7

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