Nebraska at Kansas

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 19, 1917, page 3

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  COULD NOT HOLD Kansas Lost to Nebraska in Good Game, ID to 3. COrnhusker Attack in Third Quarter Too Much. Lawrence, Kan, Nov. 19.-The Ne braska Cornhuskers have won the Missouri Valley championship title but not without a struggle. Kansas hackers are still trying to inquire out today how the Nebraska attack IN the third quarter was able to crumble the opponent impregnable JayhaWker line and settle a 10 to 3 score. The reward of it’s surprising uprising in the first half, remarkable rally in which the Cornhuskers were unquestionably outplayed, netted the Kansans only three points. The huge, harsh. grinding drive OF the Huskers was a more profitable one. It netted two touchdowns and the game in the third quarter. It was hard to realize in the third quarter that the team that was being crushed and battered by the raids of Husker backs was the same crew that had checked rally after rally and sortie after sortie of those same backs IN the first two periods. A rugged wall that held and held became flmsy hedge that gave and gave. First Quarter ScOreless. The first quarter was a scoreless affair. Kansas started punting early and had all the better of the exchanges in the booting line, managing to keep the ball pretty well out of its danger lines. Nebraska couldn’t get well started when in possession of the ball, for t struck a barrier at the line. The Hawkers began to outplay their opponents to an even greater extent at the start of the second period, few punts were exchanged and then a short march of the Huskers was halt ed about in midfield, Kansas taking the ball on downs. Nelson, Pringle and Foster gained and penalty aided in gaining a first down. Then Ruble and Pringle kept up the march, and a 7-yard charge by Nelson was good for another first down. Pringle lugged the ball six yards farther and then was thrown for a loss-but the play was around left end and carried the ball to a point of vantage for Arthur Longorg, a Horton, Kan, boy, to drop back ground by stem” Foster for the first score of the game. Kansas continued to shine both at offense and defense and the half end ed to 0, Jayhawkers. The Second Half. The second half started inauspiciously enough. There were some harmless exchanges of punts and some seesaw bucking. The first big drive was launched from the Husker i0-yard line, Cook of the scarlet jerseyed eleven placing the ball there after receiving a punt. Paul Dobson dropped back and flung a forward pass to Schellenberg for a 20yard gain. Cook, Schellenberg and Dobson romped to a first down. And then Johnny Cook turned the tide of the game. Receiving the ball on a direct pass the Husker back shot far around the Kansas right end, his interference picking off the Hawk ers as fast as they would appear. Foster made a final lunge, but failed, and Cook completed his 35-yard trot behind the Kansas goal. Captain Shaw booted a seventh point. But that was just start. Nettles kick d off, and he kicked right into another big drive. 1t was a case of tramp-tramp tramp-the boy5-aremarching from the time Rhodes was downed on his 3O-yard line. Smash-smash- smash at the Kansas line. HUI ka was the center of the battering ram. Cchellenberg and Dob son thanked the Bohemian on either side and did their share of the Juggling, too. There was only one interruption to tie march. After the Huskers had completed four first downs in rapid succession a 15-yGrd penalt gave them fifth and put the ball Kan

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  Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., November 19, 1917, page 10

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  NEBRASKA SQUAD WINS TITLE GAME Cornhuskers Capture Championship Of VALLEY Conference BY Beating Kansas. Lawrence. Kan. Nov. S-Nebraska university Saturday afternoon won the Missouri valley football championship, defeating Kansas IL TO s. After being held scoreless for two periods, Ne braska tore through the kansans in the third period for two touchd0wns. Kansas only score came in the second period on a place kick. Nelson returned Is yards for Kan sas, Punts were exchanged until Kan sas recovered the ball on n tumble in Nebraska territory Rule madeb 3 SEN sational 24-yard run around the Ne braska right end to Nebraska’s l4-yard line. A Kansas pass failed and bod son punted, the period ending with the ball in Kansas hands on its own 45- yard line. Nebraskas punt was blocked and Kansas recovered the ball on Nebraskas 39-yard line. Ruhle was thrown for four yards loss and Nebraska took the ball, Neb raska failed TO gain one yard on fourt h down and Kansas took the ball and carried it to the 25-yard line, from where Longborg kicked a goal from placement. The half ended with the bali in Nebraska’s hands. After an exchange of punts Kansas held the ball on Nebraska’s 3S-yard line Failing TO gain Kansas punted over Nebraska’s line. Dodson punted, Foster returning it. Nebraska COM pleted a 20-yard forward pass and fol- lowing short gains Cook dashed around right end for IS yards and a / touchdown. Shaw kicked goal Ne braska then began a march down the field. Rubka going over for the second touchdown. / Kansas failed on three straight at tempts at forward pass and punted. I Several punts were exchanged without gain, Kansas tried passing again and gained Is yards on an ineompleted for ward pass. Pringle broke away for / 20 yards around left end From then ! to the last whistle both lines held stubhornly,

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  Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.], November 19, 1917, page 3

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  NEBRASKA IN CLASS WITH EASTERN TEAMS Cornhuskers Loom as One of Prominent Elevens of the United States. KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Nov. 1S- Nebraska university football players are the champions of the Missouri Valley conference, following their defeat of the Kansas eleven on the lat ters’ own field yesterday by the score Of 13 to 3. Their title is an indisputable one, Kansas having conveniently taken two other contenders, Kansas Aggies and the Ames Aggies, out of the way before their meeting with Nebraska Nebraska now looms up as one OF the prominent teams of the United States. Their defeat of Notre Dame and t1c sub sequent defeat OF TIN, Army by Motto Dame places the team in eastern class. Missouri, ending the game with one veteran playing, sncceeded in taking their game from washington by a 19-to-3 tally. The Washington team did not at any time give the Missourians serious trouble. The Kansas Aggies, Ames and Drake all were idle yesterday prepairing for the final games of the To the south of the conference, the Arkansas eleven played to a stand still with the Oklahoma team, the final score being to 0. The Okla homa Aggies romped away to Al to-2 score against Henry Kendall college,

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Officially, Nebraska leads 91–⁠23–⁠3; as played, 88–⁠18–⁠3 in the 109 games on file; the official count covers all 117 meetings, counting the 93 since this game.