Colgate at Williams

Saturday, November 5, 1904

Colgate beat Williams 6–⁠0. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Williams led the series 6–⁠2.

AwayColgate1–⁠1 in 1904
6
HomeWilliams3–⁠7–⁠1 in 1904
0

FinalHigh 41°F, low 35°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: COLGATE JUST WINS FROM WILLIAMS.

    New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 6, 1904, page 10

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    COLGATE JUST WINS FROM WILLIAMS. Is.TT Wluiamstown. Mass. Nov SIN q well played game to-day Weston Field Colgate defeated Williams c TO o. the score coming in the last seven minutes OF play. Williams had the ball on Col gates u. 8 and “A yard marks. but could not make good After having the ball on Colgatc’s 1i-yard line in the second half, Williams was held for downs and by series OF rapid wing shifts Col gate rushed the ball eighty yards Thurber finally pushing II over for touchdown. after a l6-yard run. Captain Watson, of Williams. outpuntcd Runge fifteen yards 70 the kick and his punts were finely covered by the Williams ends. For Col gate Runge, Castlenan and Thurbsr played clover

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)

Williams 53% to win. Colgate won as Elo’s underdog.

Williams leads 8–⁠2 in 10 meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1906Williams 23, Colgate 9
1905Williams 5, Colgate 0
1904Colgate 6, Williams 0
1903Williams 6, Colgate 0
1902Williams 16, Colgate 5
1901Williams 29, Colgate 0

Around this game

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