Ursinus at Lafayette

Saturday, October 6, 1906

Lafayette beat Ursinus 33–⁠0. It was their seventh meeting; after it, Lafayette led the series 7–⁠0.

AwayUrsinus0–⁠4 in 1906
0
HomeLafayette8–⁠1–⁠1 in 1906
33

FinalHigh 69°F, low 61°F

In the newspapers

  • The The sun's story: Lafayette Beats UrsInus on sOgsy Field.

    The sun, New York [N.Y.], October 7, 1906, page 1

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    Lafayette Beats UrsInus on sOgsy Field. EAsToN, Pa. Oct. 6.-Lsfay cite defeated Ursinus this afternoon by a score of 81 TO o.. The field was In a sOggy condition. and fast playing was impossible. Ursinus won the toss and Capt. Ellis kicked of 10 Chalmers on the twenty yard line. The latter tucked the ball under his arm and by careful dodging ran eighty yards for a touchdown. Hart. Chalmers and McAvoy tore OF five to ten yards on nearly every trip. and the for ward pass was worked to advantage on two coca = sions. Carmony was tried at end and put up a fast game, while the work OF kirk-‘ patrick at centre was excellent. The visitors trick plays, but they failed TO advance the ball further than Lafayette’s twenty yard line. The lineup:

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)

Lafayette 91% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Lafayette leads 15–⁠1–⁠1 in 17 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1918Lafayette 17, Ursinus 0
1917Lafayette 12, Ursinus 6
1916Ursinus 6, Lafayette 0
1915Lafayette 13, Ursinus 2
1914Ursinus 7, Lafayette 7
1913Lafayette 44, Ursinus 2

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