The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-05
CALIFORNIA LEADS TEAMS
 IN SCORING, TOTALINC 398
New York City Colleges Fail To Score On College Op- Y ponentS During Season

NEW YORK, Dec 4.-~(By Associ- ated Press.)-The seasons football .6 scoring statistics for 100 leading col N leges representing all sections of the F country reveal one of two things: Either that defensive play has inn proved since 1922. or offensive play shas become somewhat less effective.
 The elevens of these 100 institu- tions participated in S14 games and piled up grand total of 12,6S4 points. This would make the average per team for the season approximate 1y 127. as compared with the 133 of last year. and would make the aver age per game 15 F, as compared with --the f9 of one year ago.
 Further indications of the greater ftcctivencSs of the defense or lesser sffe ctiveuesS of the offense may be = sen in the actual records of leading 5 Fs.as.
 f Last year California with q total .z, aSS points, was the high scoring feam and Cornell with 5S0 was in oond place. This year Gilmour Dobie's Ithacans. although having scored 10 less points than in 1922, led re country with total of 320.
 Ranking second to Cornell this var is West Virginia, with point tpt@l of 29f: University of Colorado E third wish 2S0: Notre Dame fourth, %sith 275: Holy Cross fifth, with 270. S@ her colleges scoring more than 200 .As'ilits include. in order:
 ~ Rutgers Texas. Syracuse, Army. tul@ate Yale, Virginia Military. .assland University of Washington nd Dartmouth.
 'Tha low w-scoring. or better, TO- scoring record for the year in the Est considered is held jointly by City 9eell ee of New York, Villa Nova and {flshode Island State. none of which Y tailed a point with other colleges Curing the season.
 University of Kansas boasts the Lest defensive record. It's goal line was not crossed during the year, and but six points. tts result of two field goals. were registered against it.
 California against which seven points were scored, a touchdown and tho point following touchdown, is second on the defensive list. Michi- gan. which yielded l2 points; Boston College, which yielded II, and Syra- cuse, which yielded 19, follow in yorder.
 In contrast to the records of these capable defensive elevens are the records of teams which showed little defensive strength. Lebanon Valley on which 270 points were scored, showed the worst defensive record Wyomin which yielded 251 points;
 
 which yielded 222; Susquehanna 1s1; Boston University 1S1; Villa Nova, 172. and Tennessee and Springfield, 167 each, were others in the often scored-upon group.
 Among high scores for a single same was that made by Cornell when ran up S4 points on Susquehanna. West Nirginia's S1 points against Marshall Notre Danes "A against Kalamazoo. William and Mary's "A against Guilford and Army's 73 against Lebanon Valley were other noteworthy high scoring games.
 z Of the Sl4 games involved, Al re- suited in ties, and 20 of theso were scoreless ties. Unusual in this array vas the 2S23 tie played by Colgate And Ohio State.
 7 Nine games resulted in point Advantages to the winning team. In each instance the winner scored the ppint following touchdown, while the loser failed in it's attempt.
 Points accruing from safeties fig ured prominently in deciding win ners, notably in LaFayette's 8 to 6 Victory over Pennsylvania Ames' 2 to win over Missouri, and Mis- ssouri's 4 to 2 defeat of Kansas Az 'gies. The last game holds a unique place in 1923 football history, for three safeties, two charged against Kansas Aggies and one charged against Missouri, proved the only scoring plays.
 Field goals also proved the means hy which games were won or lost I2leWitt of California, Arnold of Vir- ginia and Rutherford of Virginia Polytech each kicked three in sim gle game. while Mallory of Yale reg lstered two against Princeton and two against Harvard.