Rutgers at Princeton

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  Evening star, October 8, 1950, page 41

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  0verconfident Tigers Manage 10 Hang on And Avert Late Upset PRINCETON. N. j.. Oct. T. A spirited Rutgers football team came perilously close to upset ting an overconfident Princeton today but the favored Tigers man. aged to hang on at the end for a 34–⁠28 victory. Princeton punched over two quick touchdowns at the begin ming of the third period, and 34–⁠14 lead apparently caused the team to ease off. A few minutes later Princeton failed to make a fourth down on the Rutgers 80, and that was the spark the underdogs needed. They could not score in the third period. but Substitute Quarterback Jack Denardo passed four yards to Hal Corizzi for a score early in the last period and Left Half Bobby Wygant sprinted 80 yards to a touchdown the next time Rutgers got the ball. John Arthur’s fourth conversion made it 1923. but that ended the scoring KaZmaier and Unger Score. Halfbacks Dick Kazmaier and Bob Unger accounted for all the Princeton scoring. Kazmaier ran five yards around end for one touchdown, passed twice to End Bob Bunnell In the end zone and also to Unger. Besides catching Kazmaier’s end zone flip, Unger matched Wygant’s sprint with an 80-yard dash off left tackle on a reverse and kicked four extra points. Before being injured in the third period. Quarterback Walt La prarie passed for the first two Rutgers scores. He arched a 81 yarder to Fullback Jimmy Mono han on the Princeton 3 and fired a l5-yard pass deep in the end zone to Halfback Bobby D’Amato for the other. 1t was an aerial battle all the way. with six of the nine scores coming on passes. The two long dashes by Unger and Wygant were the only effective runs as the two teams linemen battled each other on even terms. $4,000 In Windy Stadium. After Princeton’s two quick scores in the third period. the crowd of $4,000 settled back into their over coats in the raw, windy stadium. 1t appeared Princeton’s second half power would turn the game into rout, which has happened often in the 43 games between the two colleges who began intercollegiate football back in 1859. Rutgers spirited rally came close to giving the Scarlet it’s fifth vic tory in the series. After Wygant’s touchdown, Princeton was march ing when Unger fumbled and Denardo covered the ball ON the Rutgers 43. A long pass from Ray Vohden to End Russ Sandblom brought Rutgers to the Tiger %, but Jack Davidson picked off an other toss by Bernardo and Princeton held the ball to the end. Kazmaier’s first touchdown peg to Bunnel found the lanky left end in the clear behind Rutgers goal, but Bunnell had to wrest the ball from two defenders on the goal line for the other one. SINH larly, Corizzi made a spectacular leaping catch against two Prince ton men for his touchdown.

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Princeton leads 53–⁠17–⁠1 in 71 meetings, counting the 29 since this game.