Brown at Rutgers

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 18, 1953, page 67

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  Brown Wins First, Beats Rutgers, n-2O NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Oct. II. - Brown snapped a three-game losing streak the hard way today, coming from behind to pound out a 27–⁠20 decision over favored but butter fingered Rutgers. The Bruins showed a we’ll balanced attack spearheaded by the sensational running of T. D. Thompson, Ev Pearson and Dave Zucconi and the rifle passing of Pete Kohut. Four fumbleS in the final Pc riod chopped the legs from under Rutgers and handed Brown its last touchdown. Rutgers opened the scoring in the first quarter but fell behind for good under a 21-point ava lanch by a heads-up Brown crew that made the most of every opportunity. Thompson who does every thing but pass, led the Bruins with two touchdowns and 54 yards on is carries. He booted one extra point and was continually slipping away from sizable chunks of yardage. Brown -------- q II O So Rutgers --- 13 O O-2t Scoring: Brown. touehdowns-PearSon Zucconi, Thompson (2l. ConverSions- Thompson, Cronin, Haverty. Rutgers touchdowns-S. Johnson, TriggS (2J Sonversions,-Duncan, Stitik.

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Rutgers leads 6–⁠5 in 11 meetings, counting the one since this game.