Colgate at Yale

Saturday, October 31, 1914

Yale beat Colgate 49–⁠7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Yale led the series 4–⁠1.

AwayColgate5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1914
7
HomeYale7–⁠2 in 1914
49

FinalHigh 57°F, low 31°F

In the newspapers

  • The The sun's story: YALE EARNS REVENGE OYER COLGATE TEAM Amasscs It's Biggest Score in Years, 10 to Z, I'm Game Of Much Ground Gaining. LEGORE TEARS THINGS Up

    The sun, New York [N.Y.], November 1, 1914, page 1

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    YALE EARNS REVENGE OYER COLGATE TEAM Amasscs It’s Biggest Score in Years, 10 to Z, I’m Game Of Much Ground Gaining. LEGORE TEARS THINGS Up NEW HAVEN. Oct. 31--Yale came out of slump to-day and trounced COL gate. 40 to 7, In IA game that was full OF thrills. 1t was tho largest score that Yale has made in years. 1t was sweet revenge for the Els, who were beaten 16 to last year by the York state collcgians, -Four touchdowns in the first period. one In the second and two in the fourth were the Yalo TALES. Colgate’s single touchdown was made in the third period after Coach Hinkey had substituted an entire second team for tho first and the Yale men had been penalized forty-hve yards for holding in the line. Yale started the best men IL had In the first period and they went with “A rush. The back field showed itself fast and able. Knowles and Ainsworth hl;ting the line for long gains. whilo Lee gore circled the ends almost at will. Lee cores playing to-day was far and away the best on the field. Time and time again he made spectacular runs OF twenty and thirty yards. bringing the spectators to their feet. The remodelled limo worked better | against Colgate, although IL was appar- | ent that against n team with stronger | offence the Blue rush line would be found / lacking. Several times West. Swartout and Robinson found holes through which | they threw themselves for good gains. Iale’s secondary defence was almost inn / pregnable, however, and each time “A hole / was made a secondary defence man was there to stop 1t up. Colgate made four | teen first downs In the course or the game / to twenty seven for Yale. In the second period when the Colgate men advanced | the ball most consistently. seven first downs were made There was little open football used by other team Yale attempted three for ward passes and completed two OF them, gaining total OF forty yards. Colgate tried two forward passes and completed one with gain Of seven yards. The Eli attack was sharp and con- | ccntrated. Colgate attempted to gain after receiving the first kickoff. but was forced to punt. Legore, who caught the ball on the Yale 20 yard line, eluded his would-be tacSlers and ran to the 40 yard line. Straight line plunges took the bail to the yard line, where Knowles took it over. Legore kicked the goal. The performance was practically du- pl!cated moment later, anb Scov.l smashed through for the second touch down Knowles punted out to Ainsworth, and Legore kicked tho goal The Blue game opened up somewhat at this point. A lateral pass. ScOvil to Legore. Melted twenty-sevrn yards. and n forward pass from L. gore TO Ainsworth added twenty five more. Ainsworth went over for the ! TOUCHDOWN on n long tuu run. iNI’”l’- punted out to Aiusworth and Legosc kicked the goal Straight line plunges brought one first =, down after another and Ausworth wen, over for tho fourth touchdown in the period Knowles punted out to Legorc , who kicked the goal. Two triple passes Ainsworth to Knowles to Legorc. brought = the only touchdown in the second quarter. Colgate took brace at this point and In short plungas by Robinson, West and Swartout made five first downs and , took the ball to tha Yale ! foot lin” The Blue line rose 10 the emergency, how ever. held the Colgate team for down 4 and Legore puntsd out of danger. Thu bail carried s,venty-nve yards. n In the third period with an entire Yale second team in the field, the cont’s n was more nearly even. Three iifte”l yard penalties against Yale for holdlng : gave Colgate n chance and the visitors / took it, West sllrted left end fol eighteen yards, Anderson nettel four NOR through centre and Stewart recov’re , Swartout’s tumble on the Yale yar’ I line. West gained a yard, ana Robirso’ took the ball over The regulars wer y sent back in the game at The start of IN n final period and easily made two NOR n touchdowns against thoir opponents OF : straight football. Colgate did not haN 4 another opportunity to score. The lineup

  • The The times dispatch's story: TWENTY-FIVE PLAYERS IN GAME AGAINST COLGATE Yale So Far Outclasses Opponents That Coach Hinkey Sends In En- tire Second.String Squad. PRINCETON AND WILLIAMS TIE Open Football Featured Mt Philadel- pllia-Hopkins. Quarterback, Seri- ously Injured--Cornell BurieS Holy Cross-Big Score for Pittsbu

    The times dispatch, Richmond, Va., November 1, 1914, page 14

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    TWENTY-FIVE PLAYERS IN GAME AGAINST COLGATE Yale So Far Outclasses Opponents That Coach Hinkey Sends In En- tire Second.String Squad. PRINCETON AND WILLIAMS TIE Open Football Featured Mt Philadelpllia-Hopkins. Quarterback, Seriously Injured--Cornell BurieS Holy Cross-Big Score for Pittsburgh. NEW HAVEN. CONN, October 81 Yale used twenty-five men to-day against Colgate. and ran up n score OF ~ to Z, the visitors getting their lone touchdown and goal in the third period. when Coach Hinkey had folthe entire Yale second eleven against the 9utclassed Colgate team. football. smashing through Yalcs rush line until the six-yard limo was reached. and then pushing Robinson through alomst AZ will In the first period, and after piling up lead OF twenty eight points rushed small army Of subs,itutes into the fray fourth period to prevent another Col g Rsi, touchdown po1 Ins lineup: o,r,o (Biodsett, Gould) Belts. loft tackle. Brooks co 1hosshnria ser, guard. Weber tFarrar) White. .,..... centre ...... Ryan w9 e. she,aoa ;risht guard icsnassse esod G. sheldon. right tackle. :Horning. ;. tWhittiesy) stillma. right end. 80. Seton seovil. -: quarter back. =. Anderson Ainsworil, left half back. Robinson Knowles .righ, half back. West. tWhitc, CorneeD Summary: Touehdowns-Lesore d, knowles u), Guernsey ~. Scovil CD. from OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES t5l. Brooks Evans Williams. Umpire, DR.. vii. Head linesman. i. S. Berrin (Prince, toni. Field judge, y. r. Ciillinder University of Pennsylvania) Time Of periods. IL minutes. Tigers BADLY Scared. wilkins hIHi5MeEToM n ,io j. ,r oe,one, si and held them to a { TO tie Tho visitors scored in the first few and P psed ah held T’ the Princeton eleven without a tally until the last four minutes of the game. the latter seemed butter-angered. The game abounded in old-styie foot SR Inc re pIanses and open field runs runs Pp,n ,ssr’nn p POI, lion williqms b kSys; left left s taSn,s eara siIa NhuStoI hHo lSelS He orr ,iyS Seh ea I’d nr Eerns Balm. right tackle $50. Brown Brown; g. right end -. .LaPlante (H!ghiey) .tmcs. ...... quarter hack ... Jones (Gllck and Ames) Trcnkman. left half back 80. .Toolin Moore. right half back .Ovcrton tDickernap and Moore.J briggs. ..... full back .Tompkins claw, holland and Driggs) s u III m AIRY: TouchdownS-Oyer Click. Goals from touchdown-Eels, Law. Time OF periods. IL minutes Referee. Pendleton. OF Bowoin. Head linesman,-Plummer, OF Cornell. UNI

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)

Yale 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Yale leads 25–⁠10–⁠3 in 38 meetings, counting the 33 since this game.

Recent meetings
2016Colgate 55, Yale 13
2015Yale 29, Colgate 28
2014Yale 45, Colgate 31
2013Yale 39, Colgate 22
2012Colgate 47, Yale 24
2004Yale 31, Colgate 28

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