Tuesday, November 26, 2019

1947: Carleton 02 @ Ottawa U. 12

In trying to land a good starting point to record Ottawa U. accomplishments, I located the recap of the game below. As best as I can gather, It is the first meeting between the Gee-Gees and Ravens.

It appears that Carleton played only exhibition games in 1945 and 1946 as the program was being built.

Meanwhile, Ottawa U. did not field a team during world war two (1941 to 1945 specifically). They played a couple of games in 1946 but not against Carleton, that I could find. Even if they had, those would have been exhibition games only and therefore was less noteworthy.

Prior to WW2 but after a period of dormancy between 1914 and 1926, Ottawa U. (or Ottawa College as it was often known) essentially played at the high school level. With their participation in the Intercollegiate Intermediate Football League, they began to play teams like Queen's and, well, Carleton.

1947 will therefore be my starting point for recording their scores and various achievement. But first, a meeting with Carleton. I wonder what the folks who attended that game would think of the Panda Game nowadays?  ;-)



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