Colgate at Rutgers
Saturday, October 13, 1956 Share
Colgate beat Rutgers 48–6. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 8–2.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 37°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 14, 1956, page 67
Read the text
Colgate Batters Rutgers, 48–6 NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Oct. Is tP1.-John Call, Colgate half back who played only four min utes more than one quarter scored four touchdowns today as the Red Raiders crushed Rutgers, 1876. The only solace the home team gained was that it kept intact its scoring string that now runs through SO games, Rutgers didn’t get its touch down until one second before the finish. The Scarlet had scored in every game since it was whitewashed by Lafayette in the middle of the 1914 season. With many Of the spectators on their way to the exits, Sophomore Jay Hunton caught a short pass from Bill Gatyas on his own 35 and raced SO yards to Colgate’S 6. Here he was caught from behind by Joe Vitok. With the clock showing only one sec ond left. Hunton took a hand of from Gatyas and raced around left end to score. Three of Calls four touch downs came within a 13-minute scoring spree in the opening quarter. Colgate .----------2 81 IL : is
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 71% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Colgate–Rutgers gameRutgers leads 27–15 in 42 meetings, counting the 32 since this game.
| 1993 | Rutgers 68, Colgate 6 | |
| 1992 | Rutgers 41, Colgate 0 | |
| 1990 | Rutgers 28, Colgate 17 | |
| 1988 | Rutgers 41, Colgate 22 | |
| 1985 | Rutgers 28, Colgate 14 | |
| 1984 | Rutgers 17, Colgate 7 |
Around this game
Colgate
- Next gameat PrincetonOct. 20, 1956
- SeasonColgate in 1956
- ProgramColgate history and records
Rutgers
- Next gamevs. Boston CollegeOct. 20, 1956
- SeasonRutgers in 1956
- ProgramRutgers history and records

