Colgate at Cornell

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  The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., September 30, 1906, page 32

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  CORNELL GOULD NOT SCORE ON WEAK TEAM Colgate Holds the Ithacans to a 90 Contest Warner - ~ Pleased. Special to, The Journal. f Ithaca, N. Y, Sept. 29.-Cornell new rules with Colgate today, and neither team was able to secure a Touchdown. The Ithacans were able topush the ball to their opponents, ono yard line, but were unable to- get it over. Cornell used trick plays. passes and cross-bucks thruout, while the Col gate team played old-time football. The Cornell defense was prepared for an entirely different style. Of play, and consequently the Colgate backs made large gains thru the Cornell line, which was weakened by the shifting Of men to the secondary offense. It was has ket ball, mixed with few old plays, against old-time football, and altho the lthacans had the. better Of thea argu- ment, they failed to score. ii : :, Time was taken out bat once thru. out the game, and it was marked for it’s cleanliness and entire absence of smuggling. The forward pass, double and triple, was worked at least eight times by the Ithacans, and failed to | make good only once. Unfortunately three Of the long gains proved Of no value, because of off-side work by Cor: nell Forward Gibson gained seventy yards in three plays ona double pass. Coach Warner and Professor Dennis if the football rules , committee expressed themselves as greatly pleased | with the new game. The ]ine-nn.

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], September 30, 1906, page 10

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  CORNELL AND COLGATE IN A TIE. Ithaca, N Y. Sept 29-The football season was opened here to-day with game between Cornell and Colgate. in which neither team scored Col gate used forward pass plays. but pounded Corneus line successfully for big gains Cornell made long advances by intricate forward pass and repass plays. covering from twenty to thirty-iye yards at time. Stowell, of Colgate missed n red goal. and Cornell held Colgate FOR downs on her 1-yard line. Cornell frequently pen ally

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Cornell leads 48–⁠39–⁠3 in 90 meetings, counting the 79 since this game.