Lehigh at Columbia

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  Evening star, September 27, 1953, page 73

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  NEW YORK. Sept. 26.-Bob Mercier, a pint-sized halfback from Lou Little’s home town of Leominster. Mass, scored twice today as the veteran coach opened his oath season at CO. lumbia with a 14–⁠7 victory over a spirited Lehigh team. The Baker Field crowd was estimated at 10000 persons. Mercier took a pass from Dick Carr for a 47-yard touchdown play on the first play of the game after Max Primer returned the opening kickoff 43 yards. The 5-foot-6 junior smashed over guard from the 3 in the wan ing seconds of the half to break a TT tie. following a 42-yard pass from Carr to Dale Hopp. Tom Gloede’s passing kept the determined Lehigh club in the ball game all the way. He threw IL yards to Bob Clark for the Engineers only score at 10:48 of the first period. Lehigh – z O O. 2 Columbia ~ % O-14 ing: uchdowns-Mercier i2J. Con- VerSlonS-Hoffman (2).

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Lehigh leads 6–⁠5 in 11 meetings, counting the seven since this game.