Michigan at Northwestern

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  South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., November 25, 1917, page 1

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  Purple Whips Wolverines 21–⁠12 Associated Press Service: CHICAGO. Nov. 24.-Michigan played it’s first game in the western conference in II years today and the result was the biggest surprise Of the season. The light, speedy Northwestern team, outweighed nearly 10 pounds to a man, downed the Wolverines, q TO u, in a gam that thrilled a capacity crowd OF 1900 spectators. The Evanston squad outplayed the Wolverines in every department. Every one OF Northwestern’s three touchdowns was earned while one of Michigan’s was a fuke and the opportunity for il was afforded by penalties. The lineup: Northwestern (21) Mich. (12} Marquard Observation-Disclosures. Goetz Left end. Mclaughlin .... Wiemann Left tackle. Ulrich ................ BOYD Left guard. Lynch ............ GOooIeil Center. NJ ulder MOrrlSOn Right guard. Randolph ............. Weske Right tackle. Aries ........ Cartright Right end. Underhill ... Fromke Quarterback ElllnRWOOQ ny z Left halfback. Holmes hanlSn Right halfback. hOenleT COHn Fullback. Score by periods: Northwestern ....7 O-21 Michigan ........O 6–⁠12 Referee – Holderness, Lehigh.

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 26, 1917, page 6

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  BIC TEN” SEASON CLOSES WITH OHIO AGAIN CHAMPIONS Chicago, November 25.-Football will be placed on the shelf in the west this week with Thanksgiving Day games and benefit contests between army teams on Saturday. Syracuse will meet Nebraska, cham pion of the Missouri valley conference, in an intersectionaI contest at Lin coin Thursday There also will be sev- eral other contests between traditional foes, including the annual. Kansas Missouri game. The Big Ten” season came to close yesterday with Minnesota, which triumphed over Illinois. 27 to 6, in possession of second place honors. Northwestern. despite it’s early season defeats in the conference race, earned tie with Wisconsin for third place as a result of it’s surprising 21 to 12 de- feat of Michigan. The final standing of the conference teams follows:

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  Arizona republican, November 25, 1917, page 11

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  M|CH|CAN’S WORK MOST SURPRISING CHICAGO, Nov. 24-Michigan played it’s first game in the Western confer ence in twelve years today and the result was the biggest surprise of the season. The light speedy Northwes tern team, outweighed nearly ten pounds to man, downed the Wolver- ines 21 to 12 in a game that thrilled 17,000 spectators. Northwestern took the field with the expectations of being buried under a topheavy score as Michigan had lost only one game this season and beaten Nebraska and other powerful teams of the west. But after the first five minutes of play there was no doubt of Northwestern’s superiority. The Ev- anston squad outplayed the Wolverines in every department. Each of North westerns three touchdowns was earned while one of Michigan’s was a fluke.

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  The Alaska daily empire, November 26, 1917, page 1

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  FOOTBALL Indianapolis-Indiana 37; Purdue, 0. SEATTLE Northwestern 21; Michigan. 12. ST. Minnesota. 27; Illi- nois 63 CAMP LEWlS-Hundred and Six ty-First Infantry 13; Fort Flagler. 6. DETROIT-Univers of Detroit. 20; University of Buffalo, o. Army 13; Boston :. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania. 26; Carlisle o.

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Michigan leads 61–⁠15–⁠2 in 78 meetings, counting the 73 since this game.