Syracuse at Columbia

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 21, 1948, page 40

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  Dartmouth Blasts Princeton; Columbia Close Victor Kusserow, Resides Star as Lions Edge Syracuse, 34-B NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-Columbia’s all-time offensive greats, Lou Kusserow and Gene sRossides. closed their college careers in a blaze Of magnificence today by leading the Lions to q 1923 victory over aroused Syracuse at Baker Field. The plunging fullback and pass ing quarterback figured in four of Columbia’s five touchdowns and had a role in all scoring drives in a stirring outcome that was in doubt until the final gun. Syracuse, a three-touchdown underdog. matched the Lions vaunted offensive aces with a pair of its own-Bernie Gusts, the sophomore whiz from Philadelphia, and George Davis, pile-driving fullback. Custis’ rifle-throwing arm set up all four Syracuse’s touchdowns and Davis bulled them all across from within the 5-yard stripe. George Brown made all the place-kicks good for the upstaters. Lions Deliver Delayed Punch. For a while it looked as If Browns deadly upright splitting might fashion a major upset as 1t gave Syracuse q 1927 lead with seven minutes to play. But the Lions had one burst left and smashed 10 yards to score in the last five minutes. Two passes by Rossides, the last to Kusserow, put the ball on the and Leon Van Bellingham tore across for the de- Gliding marker. Syracuse Jared Columbia with 48-yard touchdown march in the first period, Davis tallying from the one. Columbia bounced back with three in the second period. One was an 87-yard punt return in which Rossides lateraled to Kusserow for the final IL yards. Kusserow spearheaded a 76-yard drive, punctuated by Rossides touch down from the three. Then Kusserow scooted Is yards for the other Just before the half closed. Custis PAGES Syracuse. Custis pulled the trigger on two Syracuse scoring drives in the third, ore for 63 yards and the other for 10. Rossides and Kusserow collab- Grated for one in between, with Kusserow tallying from the l. Gusts hit with two long passes in the fourth and Davis went the last 20 yards on the ground to put the Orangemen ahead for the Sec ond time But then came Columbias final squirt. E:IS E:fS sSslS:Nsss 4siis.$, SsSan Risht suaIrds-Fisceo; Merkei; .,,,a Quart ouarterbscksNFoley. Josselyn, MacLean. ksht fsf hafscgav.nsk Sso0s slreve Brown Full backs-Davis. Castle. COLUMBIA. Estt Esfs endadGaisswossii dfasGisswsSiss,. c.ponssro o ‘Shaughnessy. G:I GGsInt.5Tash,kisfs 5asTskfs.s cssfs ssssuskas PAIL Right guard-klemovich Right tackles--Hampton Mcconnell. Risht ends-Rakowski, Cannon Grub man, Straka. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Left halfs-J. Nork, Van Bellinsham. Right halfs-Olson. Bleasdale Full bachs-Kusserow. A. Nork. eSFasSs: eSiaSBi. 3 % i ia Syracuse scoring: touchdowns. Davis 4; points after touchdown, Brown tpiacementl. Columbia scoring: touchdowns. Kusserow g. Rossides, Van Bellingham: points after Lar nuic nj nlanennRnfSl

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Syracuse leads 11–⁠9–⁠4 in 24 meetings.