Colgate at Holy Cross

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  Evening star, November 6, 1949, page 39

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  Holy Cross Wins First OF Year Over Colgate WORCESTER, Mass, Nov. 5 - Six-times beaten Holy Cross gained its first football victory OF the season today by outscoring Colgate. 1927. in a swift moving and exciting scramble for touch downs before 1000 rain-spattered fans at Fitton Field. Paul Gallo. elusive little sophomore. led the suddenly y-clicking crusaders with three spectacular runs. Gallo scampered 81 yards on the second scrimmage play to give Holy Cross running start. Later he sprinted 100 yards with an in tercepted pass. only to have the score wiped out by q clipping penalty on Colgate’s 35-yard line Finally. Gallo grabbed a tumble in mid air in his end zone and behind great down-field blocking went 101 yards for a fifth Holy Cross touchdown that clinched the game,

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Colgate leads 32–⁠30–⁠5 in 67 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.