Western Reserve at Colgate

Saturday, October 7, 1950

Colgate beat Western Reserve 47–⁠6. It was their first meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayWestern Reserve0–⁠2 in 1950
6
HomeColgate5–⁠3 in 1950
47

FinalHigh 66°F, low 33°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Colgate, Beaten 9 Times, Defeats Reserve, 47-6 ;.

    Evening star, October 8, 1950, page 43

    Read the text

    Colgate, Beaten 9 Times, Defeats Reserve, 47–⁠6 ;. HAMILTON. N. Y, Oct. T. Colgate, which had been looking for a football victory since the 1949 opener, got just that this afternoon as they impressively defeated Western Reserve. ATS. Not since the Red Raiders defeated Buffalo $40 In last years getaway game had they tasted victory and they had dropped nine straight since then. But today they had too much for the visiting Red Cats and they pulled away steadily after leading 14–⁠6 at the end of the first quarter. Alan Egler scored two touch downs for the Maroon and q third was called back when an 80-yard dash was nulli1ied by q penalty. “a 22-yard dash by Bob Schirmer, a ,51-yard sprint by Armand AL laire. q Stratton to Wylie pass and a close up buck by AL Simmons accounted for the other scores.

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)

Colgate 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Colgate leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1951Colgate 28, Western Reserve 7
1950Colgate 47, Western Reserve 6

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