Princeton at Yale

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 18, 1956, page 77

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  YALE ---------- AZ PRINCETON - 20 Brown Scores Six Times As Orange Routs Colgate SYRACUSE, N. Y, Nov. II up Jim Brown scored six touch downs and seven conversions today to lead bowl-conscious SYRIA cuse to a Git victory over Col gate. 1t was the worst defeat suffered by Colgate in their 81 years Of rivalry. Brown smashed Syracuse’s in dividual season rushing record of 805 yards set by George Davis in 1949 when the 2l2-pound Megro, playing his last regular season college game, scored his second touchdown on a 15-yard off-tackle run in the first period. That brought his season total to $40 yards in eight games, compared to nine games for Davis in 1949. Brown continued to pile up yardage during the game. The victory gave Syracuse a seasons record Of seven VIC tories against a lone loss to Pittsburgh. 1t probably assured Syracuse’s ranking as top team in the East and may have clinched a Cotton Bowl bid for the power-driving Orangemen,

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Yale leads 71–⁠45–⁠10 in 126 meetings, counting the 47 since this game.