Columbia at Rutgers
Saturday, November 25, 1961 Share
Rutgers beat Columbia 32–19. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Columbia led the series 16–13–5.
FinalHigh 55°F, low 39°FAttendance 25,500
On the newsreel
- RUTGERS 32 - COLUMBIA 19The Scarlet Knights of Rutgers played the first football game 92 years ago and since then have been aiming at an undefeated season.
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Rutgers 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Columbia–Rutgers gameRutgers leads 23–21–5 in 49 meetings, counting the 15 since this game.
| 1978 | Rutgers 69, Columbia 0 | |
| 1976 | Rutgers 47, Columbia 0 | |
| 1975 | Rutgers 41, Columbia 0 | |
| 1973 | Rutgers 28, Columbia 2 | |
| 1972 | Rutgers 6, Columbia 3 | |
| 1971 | Columbia 17, Rutgers 16 |
Around this game
Columbia
- Next gamevs. BrownSept. 29, 1962
- SeasonColumbia in 1961
- ProgramColumbia history and records
Rutgers
- Next gameat PrincetonSept. 29, 1962
- SeasonRutgers in 1961
- ProgramRutgers history and records