Rutgers at Colgate

Saturday, October 9, 1954

Colgate beat Rutgers 26–⁠14. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 7–⁠2.

AwayRutgers3–⁠6 in 1954
14
HomeColgate5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1954
26

FinalHigh 62°F, low 42°F, 0.04 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Long Runs by Colgate Soph Beats Rutgers, 26-14

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 10, 1954, page 64

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    Long Runs by Colgate Soph Beats Rutgers, 26–⁠14 HAMILTON, N. Y. Oct. o. Sophomore Halfback Ed White hair pulled the game out Of the fire for Colgate today and then put it, on ice with two fourth quarter touchdown runs as the Red Raiders beat stubborn Rutgers squad. 26–⁠14. Rutgers was leading, 14–⁠12, on touchdowns BY Quarterback Jack Fennell and Fullback Angelo Iannucci when Whitehair broke through nicely opened hole in the Scarlet line and raced from the Rutgers AZ over the goal line at Alb Of the fourth quarter. Five minutes later he burst through of tackle to speed over from % yards out. co!ssts cosssts --- - TIT 1s ! : 1@-aaaa Rutgers scoring: Touchdowns-Fennell Iannucci. Conversions Hosada (2l. Colgate scoring: Touchdowns--Speno t2) Whitehair CD. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES CD

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Colgate 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Rutgers leads 27–⁠15 in 42 meetings, counting the 33 since this game.

Recent meetings
1993Rutgers 68, Colgate 6
1992Rutgers 41, Colgate 0
1990Rutgers 28, Colgate 17
1988Rutgers 41, Colgate 22
1985Rutgers 28, Colgate 14
1984Rutgers 17, Colgate 7

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