Rutgers at Colgate

Saturday, October 12, 1957

Rutgers beat Colgate 48–⁠6. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 8–⁠3.

AwayRutgers5–⁠4 in 1957
48
HomeColgate3–⁠6 in 1957
6

FinalHigh 55°F, low 23°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Colgate Crushed By RUTGERS, 48-6

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 13, 1957, page 66

    Read the text

    Colgate Crushed By RUTGERS, 48–⁠6 HAMILTON. N. Y, oct. ~ R.-Rutgers, supposedly weak ened by flu, showed the strength Of a gridiron giant today by plastering Colgate. 4s-6. The game was the feature of the Colgate homecoming and the result was exactly the re. verse OF the score a year ago. 1t was Halfback Bill Austin Of Rutgers who shattered the hopes Of the 1000 Colgate fans. He scored three touchdowns, one after running rs yards with an intercepted pass, and tossed for a fourth to Robert Simms. He picked up 88 yards rushing The officials had a busy time OF 1t. Colgate was penalized los yards and Rutgers was set back rs. c eSsssE’ ---- Z q q “a Rutgers seorinG---Touehdow oberlander az, runback intercepted passl rum. 70, ru1back intercepted pasal ; Qoldberg fell on ball IN end Sonel I 1immA (fp, paas-run from Auetinl Conversions. Seaman 4. 6Rfety lizard. ins Of colSats dowpsd “ in end Colgate scoring Touchdown: 1kmiepn &c. rass-run from Cifonellils

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 75% to win. Rutgers pulled the upset.

Rutgers leads 27–⁠15 in 42 meetings, counting the 31 since this game.

Recent meetings
1993Rutgers 68, Colgate 6
1992Rutgers 41, Colgate 0
1990Rutgers 28, Colgate 17
1988Rutgers 41, Colgate 22
1985Rutgers 28, Colgate 14
1984Rutgers 17, Colgate 7

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