Brown at Columbia

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  Evening star, November 25, 1951, page 51

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  Columbia Trims Brown To Give Lou Little His tooth Victory NEW YORK. Nov. 24.-Fullback Howie Hansen and Halfback John Valuska each cracked Browns line for two touchdowns and AL Ward added a field goal today as CO. lumbia closed out its season with 4 29–⁠14 win for Coach Lou Little’s Tooth victory. Converting costly fumbles by Carl Leone and Dick Brown into touchdowns after Ward kicked field goal from the 16 in the third quarter. Columbia finally wrested control from a stubborn Brown team that clung to rs lead at half time. Underdog Brown, aroused by hopes Of an upset that would break its flve-game losing streak, collapsed suddenly in the third period. Up to that time Leone’s passes and Ken Kessaris’ running had given Columbia all it could handle. By the margin of Fred Pendletons conversion and Kessaris’ five-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, Brown held bitterly to the lead until Wards field goal. Ward Misses Kick. Columbia had closed the gap to TO on Hansen’s smash from tine 3 in the second period. But Ward missed the placement try. After Wards field goal made it 81, Columbia pounced on fum- BILE to rack up another score. On the. first play after the kickoff, Leone was rushed trying to pass and dropped the ball when hit by Bill Wallace. Ward recovered on / the IT. -Four plays later Valuska skirted end from the S. Ward, forced to try for the extra point from the 25 after a penalty, made / it good. Another fumble-this time by Dick Brown on the kickof-was S covered by Columbia’s Jerry Hampton on the 27 Little’s Lions, en- route to their first winning season since 1947, wasted no time. In eight plays they ate up % yards with Hansen bulling from the l on the second play of the last quarter. | Valuska Gets Final Tally. Valuska added the final Colum- bia score on a 22-yard run. cut ting back to his eight on a trap play to end a drive that covered 81 yards in seven plays. Ward missed for the second time in four attempts at conversion. I Brown lost one touchdown on a penalty for roughness in the final minutes but hit for score on the Hast second. A Vineyard pass from Leone to Marsh Haraden did the job. Pendleton converted. | Only. 10000 fans braved the chill wind to see the game. | Wes Domm set a new Columbia and Ivy League record for pass receiving in one season with seven catches that made it 40 for the year, Mitch Price, completing II of II passes for 1?f yards, boosted his total offense gains for the year to 1918.

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Brown leads 37–⁠29–⁠2 in 68 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.