New York University at Temple

Saturday, November 10, 1951

Temple beat New York University 34–⁠6. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Temple led the series 4–⁠0.

AwayNew York University1–⁠7 in 1951
6
HomeTemple6–⁠4 in 1951
34

FinalHigh 57°F, low 39°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Fierce Attack Gives Temple 34-6 Win IOyer New York u.

    Evening star, November 11, 1951, page 59

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    Fierce Attack Gives Temple 34–⁠6 Win IOyer New York u. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. TO- Temple University had its attack rolling in high gear today and routed New York University. 81 6, for its sixth football victory of the season. The Owls, losers twice with two more to go, can compile their best record since 1881 if they can get by Fordham and Holy Cross the coming two week ends. The 1881 eleven had an Bill record. Temple might have run up a bigger score If its ball carriers weren’t so anxious to speed goal ward. They fumbled nine times and NYU recovered eight of the bobbles, twice inside the Violet 10-yard line. The Owls gained total of 472 yards, BIT on the ground, and piled up 10 first downs. NYU could move the ball forward only 96 yards.

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)

Temple 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Temple leads 5–⁠0 in five meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1952Temple 34, New York University 7
1951Temple 34, New York University 6
1947Temple 32, New York University 7
1945Temple 59, New York University 0
1944Temple 25, New York University 0

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