Fordham at Marquette

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 24, 1954, page 60

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  MILWAUKEE,, Oct. 23.-The F’ordham Rams, two-touchdown underdogs, battled Marquette to a 14–⁠14 tie today before a near capacity homecoming crowd of 1880 at Hilltop Stadium. Quarterback Dick Broderick, passing for one touchdown and using the old Statue Of Liberty play for another, was the big gun for the Rams. Backed deep into it’s own ter ritory the entire first quarter Fordham came to life in the Sec ond period and was bidding for its second victory in five starts during the closing seconds, when Ed Chappa’s field goal attempt was wide. Broderick completed nine of II attempts for Fordham’s entire 135-yard passing total. He cut off Marquette’s last desperate bid for the winning touch down with an interception and a long runback in the final min uteS. Marquette grabbed the lead IN the opening quarter when center Ed Jarosz intercepted a pass by Gene Callahan. Broderick’s understudy, and lum-

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Tied 0–⁠0–⁠1 in their only meeting.