Rutgers at Columbia

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 21, 1954, page 67

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  Rutgers Swanlps Columbia, 45–⁠11, for First Time Since 81 NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-John Fennell. q senior quarterback from Wyoming, Pa, led Rutgers to its first victory over Columbia since 1891 today, 45–⁠12. by scoring twice and throwing one touchdown pass. A Dick Carr-Alex Giampietro pass play good for So yards and another pass In the final sec onds, saved Columbia from q shutout as Coach Lou Little’s 25th year as head coach ended with q sorry 1–⁠8 record. It was Columbia’s poorest season since 1943 when they didn’t win q game. Rutgers made sure Of keeping it’s 87-game scoring streak alive when Fennell burst over from the 10 in the first period. He sneaked across from the one and threw 33 yards to End Don Fell ber for second-period touch downs. Jack Laverty broke clear to score from the s in the third and Ronnie Mastrolia ran over from the 2 after Columbia had scored with the Carr-G -Giampietro pass With the second stringers in action, Bob Kelly scored for Rutgers from the / at 6::22 of the final period. Tosh Hosoda converted twice for Rutgers in five attempts and Paul Stitik added one extra point. Rutgers - 6 IL IA 13–⁠45 Columbia ---------- o 0 6–⁠12 Rutgers scoring: Touchdowns-Fennell (2). Felber. Laverty. Mastrolia, Kelly; Burkowski. conversions-Hosoda coiumbia scoring. Touchdowns-ci.

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Rutgers leads 23–⁠21–⁠5 in 49 meetings, counting the 22 since this game.