Lafayette at Yale

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  Evening star, October 26, 1952, page 69

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  Yale Regulars Rest In Rout Of Lafayette NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. 25.- While most of it’s regulars rested for next weeks Dartmouth game, Yale’s most successful football squad since the war walloped game Lafayette, 47–⁠0. for its fifth triumph in six contests. Lafayette, loser of five straight, felt the Eli power just before the first period ended and never recovered. Handcuffd by two fumbles and Lafayette’s fight, Yale was held ScoreleSS until the first play of the second quarter. But the Blue quickly struck along the ground and through the air for two more touchdoWnS within eight minutes, and it was just a question of how high the score would go after that. Ed Molloy threw two touchdown passes to Ed Woodsum, one of them for % yards. Lafayette ---- 0 0 Q o. Q Yale O 81 IA 12–⁠47 Yale scoring: Touchdowns – Molloy, Woodsum (2), Ralston, Shears, Lopez, Matthias. Conversions-Parcells t5).

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Yale leads 5–⁠3 in eight meetings, counting the four since this game.