Colgate at Syracuse

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 14, 1954, page 63

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  Orange Breaks Tie with Three Scores In nLast-Period Rush SYRACUSE, NY, Nov. 13. Eddie Albright. q substitute quarterback, led Syracuse to its third victory Of the season-but one of the sweetest in its history to-day as Syracuse toppled Col gate from the undefeated ranks. 31–⁠12. Three Syracuse touchdowns in the final period, breaking q IL II tie, broke the hearts OF Col gate in the 55th meeting OF the two teams. Sophomore Halfback Jimmy Brown ran Il yards for the first Orange score of the final frame and his second Of the game. Senior Fullback Vince Vergara raced 40 yards and then went over in q dive from the flve for the second. Vergara also kicked the only extra point. Halfback Billy Micho, q Junior. plunged from the two for the other score. Perkins, Brown Score. Ray Perkins, senior halfback, scored the other Syracuse touch down just before Browns tally in the first quarter. Jack Call and Frank Nardulli scored for Colgate. It was Syracuse’s 10Th victory fourth in four years-to 81 for Colgate in the series. The result left the Upstate Big Three title – Syracuse, Colgate and Cornell-in a three-way tie. Perkins went % yards around left end for the first Syracuse score, Gaping a 54-yard. seven play march. Browns first quarter tally was a 15-yard smash through the line ending q four play drive Of 35 yards. Call Goes Nine Yards. Call scored for Colgate from the nine, going off tackle on the 14th play after taking a Syracuse punt on the Colgate II. Mar dulli plunged from the three in the third period after he had recovered tumble by Bill Wet eel on the Orange 18. In the final quarter. Brown dashed Al yards to cap a IT. yard, seven-play drive in which he carried six times. Vergara took a handoff from Albright on the Colgate As and scored his first touchdown in an Orange uniform and booted his first exira point. sSIssts sSrseSss - 1S 9 3 1SsI Colgate scoring: Touchdowns--call’ Nardulli. Syracuse scoring: Touchdovns-Per” kins, Brown (2), Vergara, Micno. Converson-Vergara.

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Syracuse leads 32–⁠25–⁠4 in 61 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.