Colgate at Cornell

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  Evening star, September 27, 1953, page 73

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  Sophs Pace Cornell Over Colgate, 27–⁠7 ITHACA, NY. Sept. 90 Cornell’s football team. paced by three sophomore backs. defeated Colgate today, 27–⁠7, to win the opening round in Central New York’s Big Three race. Both meet Syracuse. the other men, ber, later in the season. Cornell opened the scoring in the first quarter. with Fullback Guy Bedrossian crossing from 6 inches away. Bedrossian. a jun ior. again crashed over in the third period from half a foot. Bruce Brenner grabbed a Bill DeGraf pass in the end zone for touchdown in the third. The Big Red marched 81 yards in the fourth. with Lloyd Walters crashing through from the one. Colgate scored late in the fourth on a 51-yard drive. Ted Vurbeff climaxed a 36-yard march by plunging over from the 3. eorneli eeo1Fsilfi --- - g 9 q III Colsate scoring; Touchdowns-vurber. rossian “2,, srenner, TSieS”SSsd WsitePs. conver sions~ Van Buren, CD.

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Cornell leads 48–⁠39–⁠3 in 90 meetings, counting the 50 since this game.