Cornell at Columbia

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 4, 1956, page 1

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  .ben|ldm Leads Columbia Over Cornell, 25–⁠19 NEW YORK. Nov. 8 (R.- Claude Benham took personal charge of the ceremonies as the Columbia football team presents ed Lou Little with q 1918 vic tory over Cornell today in the final home game Of Titles 27year career as Columbia coach. The sturdy quarterback threw for three touchdowns and scored the fourth on plunge. With his team trailing. 1912, at the half. Benham uncorked a series of passes covering nearly rs yards for one touchdown. and followed 1t up with two more passes good for 20 yards and another touch down in the third period. In all, Benham made good on IL OF is pass attempts for lit yards to make up for the meager 10 yards his team gained by rushing. Cornell pounded 243 yards on the ground and got 1863 by air. Art Boland accounted for III yards of this aerial profit. Cornell jumped to the lead late in the first period as Bob McAnid took a pitchout and sprinted I yards over the goal, climaxing a drive featured by a 43-yard n by Cyprus Benson. Columbia came right back early in the second quarter with Ben ham passing % yards to Bob OFT and then hitting Bruce Howard in the end zone with a 20-yard toss. Cornell retaliated with a 70-yard march climaxed by a 26-yard touchdown pass, Boland to McAniff. In the final minute Of the second period. Benham passed 20 yards to Bruce Howard on the Cornell three and then plunged for the touchdown on the next play. Cornell – q 2 An Columbia D IL “a % Cornell scoring: TouchdoWns--Afc Anif, “a. run; 49, pass from Bolandl Knann (i2. pass from poland) ConycYsior,- Boiand Columbia SCORING: Touchdowns--Bruce Howard go. pass from Benham; III, pass from Benhaml: SzczvpkoWski (6. pass from Benhaml. Benhafn *. rum Conversion---Ott

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Cornell leads 52–⁠36–⁠3 in 91 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.