Princeton Meets Tough Colgate Today

Today's Harvard-Cornell game is the only contest of significance within the Ivy League. Everyone knows who's going to win the Dartmouth-Brown game, and nobody cares too much about Yale vs. Columbia.

But there is considerable interest in Princeton's battle against Colgate this afternoon. With the 1965 football season three weeks old, it is perfectly clear that the Tigers are the team to beat in the Ivy League. Princeton was impressive whipping Cornell last week, and they could throw more shivers into teams around the League with a big win this afternoon.

We're batting .882 predicting Ivy League games so far this season, and will try to make it three perfect weeks in a row with the following predictions: games so far this season, and will try to make it three perfect weeks in a row with the following predictions:

Princeton 13 Colgate 0

This should be a helluva football game. Princeton has averaged 33 points per game, and last Saturday racked up four touchdowns against Cornell, which has a tremendous defensive line. Colgate has not yielded a touchdown in four games. On the basis of comparative scores, Princeton has a definite edge; the Tigers whipped Cornell 36 to 27, while the Big Red fought Colgate to a scoreless tie.

The Red Raiders have not shown much of an offense this year; in fact, they were able to score only seven points against inept Yale two weeks ago. It is doubtful that they can score against Princeton's fine defensive unit. The Tigers won't be able to roll up a huge score, but the passing of Ron Landeck and the kicking of Charley Gogolak should enable the Tigers to chalk up number thirteen in a row.

Dartmouth 28 Brown 7

Dartmouth will have little difficulty winning its fourth straight game of the season. Despite the Indian's propensity for fumbling, there is virtually no chance of an upset. Nonetheless, the game should be academically interesting: Dartmouth's weak spot may be its pass defense, and they have not yet faced a good passing team. Today they must cope with Brown's Bob Hall, who set a school record by completing 21 passes against Yale last week. Brown, however, hasn't scored a touchdown in two weeks, and Indian coach Bob Blackman will probably try to roll up the score to atone for last week's close call against Penn.

Bucknell 28 Penn 14

Pennsylvania is quietly staging a football renaissance. Paced by the running of Bruce Molloy, they won their first two games over Lehigh and Brown, and last week narrowly lost to powerful Dartmouth, 24 to 19. It is very likely that the Quakers will be "down" against Bucknell after last Saturday's heart-breaking loss, and they are probably more concerned about their next two games against Princeton and Harvard.

As Crimson fans can testify, Bucknell is loaded. The Bisons beat Harvard last year, 24 to 21, and the passing combination which did the damage in that game has not graduated. Bill Lerro is a fine quarterback, and was an honorable mention Little All-American last year. End Tom Mitchell is considered by some experts as a possible All-American. Bucknell was 7-2 last year, has beaten Gettysburg and Temple this year, and should be able to handle the vastly-improved Quakers.

Columbia 7 Yale 3

This is the most difficult game of the week to predict. Columbia, as anyone who was in the Stadium last week has observed, is no gridiron juggernaut. Yale has scored exactly nine points in three games.

The Elis probably will not be able to score a touchdown against Columbia; the Lions have a good defensive line, and Yale quarterback Tone Grant is no Johnny Unitas. Columbia's offense is not so hot either, but maybe they can recover a fumble in the and zone to win. Anyway, who cares?

And just for the record--Harvard 7 Cornell 6.

LAST WEEK'S RECORD: Four right, none wrong.

RECORD TO DATE: Fifteen right, two wrong, one tie.