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Why Colgate will win
- Because the basketball players have been whispering in the ears of the football players.
- Because they have veteran players. Dino Babers is nervous.
- Because the injury threshing machine from last year is all warmed up and aimed at us again.
- There might be more Colgate fans there than Syracuse fans, who will all be at the State Fair.
- Because the HooDoo is not dead! It’s just been slumbering (for 73 years).
Search results for query: Who Knew the HooDoo?
- Maybe somebody there will remember Colgate’s last win over Syracuse. From “The Bold, Brave Men of Archbold”:
Colgate was in maroon jerseys with white helmets and pants. SU was, as usual, all in orange. The crowd was 38,000, the largest ever in Archbold Stadium, thanks to 6,000 new seats that had been installed above the concrete oval. John Colceri returned the opening kick-off for Syracuse to the 40 but the gain was nullified by a penalty. On the rekick, Don Willis fumbled the ball and fell on it at Syracuse 8 yard line, aloss of 32 yards because of the penalty.
The game then descended into a punting duel, with neither team even able to penetrate the other team’s territory until the second quarter, when the Red Raiders made it to the Orange 26 but were stymied by Willis’ interception.
Alan Egler broke the stalemate open just before halftime. He fumbled an Avatus Stone boomer, (52 yards) but recovered on the Colgate 22. Egler broke through to the Colgate 38 on the next play. Another run was stopped at the line of scrimmage and a pass was incomplete. On third down, the speedy Egler broke through the line and outran the SU defense all the way to the goal line, a 62 yard run. The kick was no good but the visitors led, 0-6.
The Orange came right back as Don Willis returned the kick-off to the 40. Bernie Custis hit Hensley at the Colgate 35. Another long pass failed but Bernie found Billy Haskins at the 7. Bernie ran to the 5 and Bob Young bulled it over from there. Bob Koleser gave SU the halftime lead at 7-6.
Schwartzwalder outsmarted himself with a short second half kickoff which Colgate got to first. The Raiders then marched 55 yards to score in eight plays. Egler took it over and the kick was good this time, 7-13.
A couple of possessions later, Young broke through for a 42 yard run to Colgate’s 27 but a series of pass plays failed, Colceri being ruled to have juggled the ball going out of bounds in the end zone. Colgate took over on downs. Young later fumbled at midfield and Colgate went in for the clincher. A 13 yard pass on third down from Stratton to Bill Owens was the big play. A 15 yard penalty on the Orange put the ball on the 13 and Walt Liggett burst through the line to score from there. The kick was again missed, making it 7-19.
Young fumbled again on the Orange 27 and it appeared a rout was on. But the SU defense rose up and held Colgate on downs. That was the beginning of the comeback. With 3 minutes and 49 seconds left, Haskins ran for 5 yards and Custis passed to Hensley on the Colgate 35. Bernie then scrambled all the way to the 9. He missed on a pass but then scored on a bootleg. Koleser made it 14-19 with 2:43 left.
The Orange tried another onside kick and this time SU’s Tom Lehr emerged from a pile of mostly Colgate players with the ball. He hobbled off the field but had given the home team one last chance. From the Colgate 45, Custis passed to Ed Yaple on the 22. Bernie then scrambled to the 15 and the crowd was going wild. After an incompletion, Custis threw the ball to the end zone and it appeared an interference call might be in order. A referee ran to the spot- and did nothing. Fourth down.
Custis scrambled around and spotted Joe Szombathy on the 7. He rifled the ball right into Joe’s arms- and he dropped it. Colgate took over with 37 seconds left and ran out the clock. One wonders if old Joe was at the Dome this past Saturday and saw Tim Lane drop that pass that was delivered right into his breadbasket. He might have remembered that other Saturday 56 years ago.
Colgate won the game on the ground, outrushing the Orange, 293-195, led by Egler’s 168 yards. Custis outpassed Stratton, 131-38. The Red Raiders thus wound up with three more yards, 326-329 in the exciting contest. Three Syracuse fumbles had offset two pass interceptions by the Orange. Skiddy pronounced it “one of the most thrilling and spectacular battles in the Central New York feud that dates back more than 80 years...No assembly in a football stadium has ever known greater thrills than those which were experienced in the contest of yesterday.”
In the Matter of Handling Boys
Ben Schwartzwalder had one consolation for the loss. The Syracuse Administration had seen enough. Ben’s contract at SU was up after the 1951 season. Chancellor William Tolley and Athletic Director Lew Andreas tore it up and game him a new one, one for five seasons. The “man of many letters” was going to coach the Syracuse University football team at least though the 1955 season.
Skiddy said “Schwartzwalder maintains that football teams can be built only one way. The foundation is worthwhile material and with the desire to win. The second is work. He believes then only way for a boy to learn to play football is through playing football. He believes in much scrimmaging and opposes open weeks in schedules. He wants “smart” boys, insisting that there is no place on the football field for those who are mentally slow….In the matter of handling boys, he ‘rides them now and again”, in sarcasm. But he fights their battles, too, and keeps in close touch with all their problems.”
One problem that disappeared after this was the specter of a loss to Colgate. Ben Schwartzwalder never again lost to them in football and neither has the Orange.
- Because the basketball players have been whispering in the ears of the football players.
- Because they have veteran players. Dino Babers is nervous.
- Because the injury threshing machine from last year is all warmed up and aimed at us again.
- There might be more Colgate fans there than Syracuse fans, who will all be at the State Fair.
- Because the HooDoo is not dead! It’s just been slumbering (for 73 years).
Search results for query: Who Knew the HooDoo?
- Maybe somebody there will remember Colgate’s last win over Syracuse. From “The Bold, Brave Men of Archbold”:
Colgate was in maroon jerseys with white helmets and pants. SU was, as usual, all in orange. The crowd was 38,000, the largest ever in Archbold Stadium, thanks to 6,000 new seats that had been installed above the concrete oval. John Colceri returned the opening kick-off for Syracuse to the 40 but the gain was nullified by a penalty. On the rekick, Don Willis fumbled the ball and fell on it at Syracuse 8 yard line, aloss of 32 yards because of the penalty.
The game then descended into a punting duel, with neither team even able to penetrate the other team’s territory until the second quarter, when the Red Raiders made it to the Orange 26 but were stymied by Willis’ interception.
Alan Egler broke the stalemate open just before halftime. He fumbled an Avatus Stone boomer, (52 yards) but recovered on the Colgate 22. Egler broke through to the Colgate 38 on the next play. Another run was stopped at the line of scrimmage and a pass was incomplete. On third down, the speedy Egler broke through the line and outran the SU defense all the way to the goal line, a 62 yard run. The kick was no good but the visitors led, 0-6.
The Orange came right back as Don Willis returned the kick-off to the 40. Bernie Custis hit Hensley at the Colgate 35. Another long pass failed but Bernie found Billy Haskins at the 7. Bernie ran to the 5 and Bob Young bulled it over from there. Bob Koleser gave SU the halftime lead at 7-6.
Schwartzwalder outsmarted himself with a short second half kickoff which Colgate got to first. The Raiders then marched 55 yards to score in eight plays. Egler took it over and the kick was good this time, 7-13.
A couple of possessions later, Young broke through for a 42 yard run to Colgate’s 27 but a series of pass plays failed, Colceri being ruled to have juggled the ball going out of bounds in the end zone. Colgate took over on downs. Young later fumbled at midfield and Colgate went in for the clincher. A 13 yard pass on third down from Stratton to Bill Owens was the big play. A 15 yard penalty on the Orange put the ball on the 13 and Walt Liggett burst through the line to score from there. The kick was again missed, making it 7-19.
Young fumbled again on the Orange 27 and it appeared a rout was on. But the SU defense rose up and held Colgate on downs. That was the beginning of the comeback. With 3 minutes and 49 seconds left, Haskins ran for 5 yards and Custis passed to Hensley on the Colgate 35. Bernie then scrambled all the way to the 9. He missed on a pass but then scored on a bootleg. Koleser made it 14-19 with 2:43 left.
The Orange tried another onside kick and this time SU’s Tom Lehr emerged from a pile of mostly Colgate players with the ball. He hobbled off the field but had given the home team one last chance. From the Colgate 45, Custis passed to Ed Yaple on the 22. Bernie then scrambled to the 15 and the crowd was going wild. After an incompletion, Custis threw the ball to the end zone and it appeared an interference call might be in order. A referee ran to the spot- and did nothing. Fourth down.
Custis scrambled around and spotted Joe Szombathy on the 7. He rifled the ball right into Joe’s arms- and he dropped it. Colgate took over with 37 seconds left and ran out the clock. One wonders if old Joe was at the Dome this past Saturday and saw Tim Lane drop that pass that was delivered right into his breadbasket. He might have remembered that other Saturday 56 years ago.
Colgate won the game on the ground, outrushing the Orange, 293-195, led by Egler’s 168 yards. Custis outpassed Stratton, 131-38. The Red Raiders thus wound up with three more yards, 326-329 in the exciting contest. Three Syracuse fumbles had offset two pass interceptions by the Orange. Skiddy pronounced it “one of the most thrilling and spectacular battles in the Central New York feud that dates back more than 80 years...No assembly in a football stadium has ever known greater thrills than those which were experienced in the contest of yesterday.”
In the Matter of Handling Boys
Ben Schwartzwalder had one consolation for the loss. The Syracuse Administration had seen enough. Ben’s contract at SU was up after the 1951 season. Chancellor William Tolley and Athletic Director Lew Andreas tore it up and game him a new one, one for five seasons. The “man of many letters” was going to coach the Syracuse University football team at least though the 1955 season.
Skiddy said “Schwartzwalder maintains that football teams can be built only one way. The foundation is worthwhile material and with the desire to win. The second is work. He believes then only way for a boy to learn to play football is through playing football. He believes in much scrimmaging and opposes open weeks in schedules. He wants “smart” boys, insisting that there is no place on the football field for those who are mentally slow….In the matter of handling boys, he ‘rides them now and again”, in sarcasm. But he fights their battles, too, and keeps in close touch with all their problems.”
One problem that disappeared after this was the specter of a loss to Colgate. Ben Schwartzwalder never again lost to them in football and neither has the Orange.
