Rutgers at Colgate
Saturday, October 12, 1957 Share
Rutgers beat Colgate 48–6. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Colgate led the series 8–3.
FinalHigh 55°F, low 23°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 13, 1957, page 66
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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.
The series
Every Rutgers–Colgate gameRutgers leads 27–15 in 42 meetings, counting the 31 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
Rutgers
- Next gamevs. LehighOct. 19, 1957
- SeasonRutgers in 1957
- ProgramRutgers history and records
Colgate
- Next gameat PrincetonOct. 19, 1957
- SeasonColgate in 1957
- ProgramColgate history and records

