Temple at Rutgers

Saturday, October 14, 1950

Rutgers beat Temple 26–⁠20. It was their third meeting; after it, Rutgers led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayTemple4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1950
20
HomeRutgers4–⁠4 in 1950
26

FinalHigh 61°F, low 41°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Rutgers Wins Thriller From Temple, $50

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 15, 1950, page 45

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    Rutgers Wins Thriller From Temple, $50 NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Oct. l4.-Quarterback Jack Denardo, getting his first sustained taste of running the Rutgers University T attack, put on a slick display of passing and play calling today for a last quarter 1920 upset vic tory over Temple. A crowd of $4,000 watched Den ardo take over in the third quarter with Rutgers on the short end of a 14–⁠6 score. He accounted for three touchdowns, two in a hectic final quarter. Fullback Jim Monahan took a hand-off from Denardo and bucked over to put Rutgers in the lead late in the game, 20–⁠14. | Temple charged back to a 20 20 tie three minutes later. Then Rutgers got break Half back Ray Vohden intercepted a Temple desperation toss on Temples 40-yard line. Halfback Bob Wygant, Monahan and Bob Damato drove to the five. With IS seconds left. Damato crossed his own left end with the clincher.

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)

Rutgers 58% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Rutgers leads 23–⁠16 in 39 meetings, counting the 36 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Rutgers 36, Temple 7
2022Rutgers 16, Temple 14
2021Rutgers 61, Temple 14
2013Rutgers 23, Temple 20
2012Rutgers 35, Temple 10
2004Rutgers 16, Temple 6

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