Delaware at Rutgers

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  Evening star, November 12, 1961, page 78

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  RUTGERS Finishes Stronq To Top Delaware, Zig NEW BRUNSWICK, N. j., Nov. IL CAP) P)e-Alternate Quarterbacks Bill Speranza and Sam Nude, called by their coach the best IL quarter back punch in the East. “ sparked unbeaten Rutgers to a 27–⁠19 come -from-beh win over Delaware today. It was the seventh victory of the season for Rutgers and its 10th straight over a two year period, the most consecutive wins in the schools his tory. Delaware has a 4–⁠3 record, By winning, Rutgers captured the Middle-Atlantic Confer ence crown for the second straight year. The largest Rutgers Stadium crowd in IA years, more than %, 900, saw hard-charging Del aware push the Scarlet knights all over the field for IS min utes and take q 1870 lead before Speranza and Nude brought Rutgers to life. Nude. a 6-foot-4 senior, scored the tying and tie-breaking touchdowns in the third period on runs of two and 81 yards. Speranza threw 38 yards for the first Rutgers score and ran four yards for the final one. That touchdown, as II turned out, was needed to off set q late Delaware rally thai produced one score and came close to netting the equalizer In the final period, Rutger, put on a brilliant 96-yarc

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Delaware leads 10–⁠7 in 17 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.