Colgate at Syracuse

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 14, 1948, page 43

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  Colgate Winner After Turning Back Syracuse Rally SYRACUSE, N Y, Nov ,13.-Colgate University’s football team, threatened by 4 brilliant second-half passing attack, scored a 20–⁠13 triumph today over an underdog Syracuse eleven before a near capacity crowd of $4,000 fans. Syracuse, trailing 1870 at the half, called on Negro Halfback Bernie Custis to do the throwing. Custis, who had to leave the game because of injuries with few minutes play ing time remaining, completed 13 passes in 80 tries for total of 178 yards. Paul Muligan went over from the Syracuse near the end Of the first period, climaxing a 76-yard sustanned drive. Colgate’s second touch down was scored by Alan Egler from the Syracuse 2, winding up 93yard drive. In the third period, George Davis sprinted 20 yards to score for Syracuse. Colgate then moved the ball “a yards in nine plays with Armand Allaire hitting pay dirt from the Syracuse l. Custis scored in the final period on line plunge after passing Syracuse to within inches Of the goal | line.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, November 15, 1948, page 3 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL :. SCORES tlnal scoles ot important col lege football games played over the weekend are as follows: OSC 20; Utah 20. Washington T; UCLA 32. Utah State 6; Denver 4l. Idaho 28; Portland 0. Wisconsin 26; Marquette 0. South Carolina 27; Tulsa 2. Oklahoma 41; Nebraska IA. Mississippi 16; Tennessee 13. Texas A and M 6; Rice 28. Texas Christian T; Texas IA. California A; WSC IA. Minnesota 2S; Iowa 2l. Colorado IS; Missouri 27. Northwestern T; Notre Dame 12 Pittsburgh 20; Purdue 13. Virginia 2; West Virginia 0. Duke 21; George Washington 0. Michigan State 48; Iowa s. 2. Southern Methodist IA; Arks l2. Indiana 0; Michigan 54. N. Carolina 49 Maryland 20. Dartmouth 26; Cornell 27. William Mary IA; Boston Col 14 Ohio State 34; Illinois ‘. Brown 19; Harvard 30. Temple 0; Penn State AT. Alabama IA Georgia Tech 12. Kansas 20 Kansas State ‘. Santa Clara l0 St. Mary’s 2. Detroit 27; St. Louis U. IA. Navy 0; Columbia IS. Ohio w. T: Lafayette 27. Colgate 20; Syracuse 13. Auburn IA; Georgia 42. Clemson 21; Wake Forest IA. Fordham 6; Holy Cross IS. Princeton 20; Yale IA. Army 26; Penn 20. Franklin and Marshall 2; Muh. 40. Carnegie Tech 0: Lehigh 20.

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Syracuse leads 32–⁠25–⁠4 in 61 meetings, counting the 20 since this game.