DePauw at Northwestern

Saturday, October 11, 1919

Northwestern beat DePauw 20–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayDePauw0–⁠3 in 1919
0
HomeNorthwestern2–⁠5 in 1919
20

FinalHigh 52°F, low 42°F

In the newspapers

  • The New-York tribune's story: De Pauw Eleven Loses TO Northwestern Team

    New-York tribune, October 12, 1919, page 19

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    De Pauw Eleven Loses TO Northwestern Team CHICAGO, Oct. Northwestern University opened its football season today with 20 to 0 victory over Depauw University. Bob Kohler, the Northwestern fullback and captain, was injured at the start of the second quar- Depauw quarterback, suffered broken Jaw in the third quarter. Northwe3tern scored touchdown in the second period and two in the fourth. Scott, the left halfback, doing the stellar work.

  • The South Bend news-times's story: NINE TEAMS LEFT IN TITLE CHASE Illinois Defeats Purdue in Close Game, Eliminating Them From Race.

    South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., October 13, 1919, page 10 (results column)

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    NINE TEAMS LEFT IN TITLE CHASE Illinois Defeats Purdue in Close Game, Eliminating Them From Race. CHICAGO. Oct. 13.-Nine teams remain in the race for the western conference football championship as a result of contests played Saturday. Falling before the powerful Illinois eleven, eliminated Purdue from the title series, although the Boilermakers managed TO hold the Illinois squad TO a IA to score, Purdue max ing a touchdown just before the game ended. Forward passes were large ly responsible for Purdue’s only marker. Although the Illinois Purdue struggle was the only inter-conference game played. six other big ten teams were in action and in practically every game rolled up one sided scores Minnesota was barely able TO tie Nebraska, the victim of Iowa a week ago, but II was pointed out that the Gophers invariably get away TO slow start. The game was the first between the two universities since 1913. MarOOns Show Strength. Chicago lived up to its early predictions of strength by overwhelming the Great Lakes naval trG(ling station eleven 124 TO 0, the biggest score of the season. The game, how ever, did not reveal the true strength OF the Maroons, as the sailor team was made up OF green material. Coach Stagg sent his ,econd and third string players into the game and tried TO keep the score within a respectable limit, but the subs ran up points as fast as the regulars. The Maroons went through the entire contest using only five plays. The one-sided victory Ohio State scored over Cincinnati was not unexpected, as the Ohioans were regarded as the class” of the conference. In its first two games Ohio state has scored eighty-four points without having its goal line serious IN endangered Capt. Chick” Harley. of al-western fame, Full-back Willaman and Quarterback Stinchcomb played spectacular football for the Buckeyes. Depauw proved stronger than Northwestern expected and Evans ton players had TO open their bags OF tricks TO get away with a 20 TO 0 victory. Coach Bachman, of the Northwestern eleven, said he was far from satisfied with the showing and that he would drive his players through some stiff workouts in preparation for the game with Wisconsin next Saturday. Wisconsin Closely Pressed. Wisconsin won victory over Mar quette Saturday. winning 13 10 o. The Badger defense was uncertain except when pressed 10 the limit TIL work Of Weston and Meyers at the end positions, however. was OF mid-season form. They broke up Marquette’s plays from the rear and dropped their opponents with sup erb tackling Indiana. which fell before Center college a week ago. displayed an improved brand OF football Saturday and triumphed over Kentucky state. - 10 0. Notre Dame also showed a reversal OF form. defeating Mount Union, so 10 :. The offense and defense Of the Notre Dame Gle ven was OF the highest class

  • The The Washington herald's story: HILLTOP eleven Defeats WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN Football Results.

    The Washington herald, District of Columbia, October 12, 1919, page 8 (results column)

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    HILLTOP eleven Defeats WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN Football Results. Georgetown. II; West Virginia Wesleyan. o. Maryland State, Is: Virginia, o. Tech High. 3; Episcopal, Z. State Freshmen, 6; Western High. O. Northwestern. 20: Depauw, 0. Ohio State. As: Cincinnati, o. Case =; Miami. I. Minnesota, 6; Nebraska. s. Wisconsin. 10; Marquette, 0. Knox, s; Cornell. 0. St Olaf. 7;Hamline. 10. Creighton. IL: South Dakota, o. Washington and Jefferson. 20; Carnegie Tech. o. Northwestern. %; De Pauw. 0. Miami. Z; Case. . Lehigh. 10; Rutgers. o. Georgia Tech. 2s: Clemson. O. Swarthmore, IA; Penn Military. o. St Johns, 3S; Washington Col leEe. o. Penn State. 9: Bucknel. o. Trinity. s: Connecticut Aggies, q. Tufts. s: Springfield Y. NJ C. A.. :. Harvard Freshmen. p: Worcester Academy, 10. Vanderbilt ;; Tennessee, 5. Virginia Poly. 21; Richmond Col lege, o. Oglethorpe. 10; University Of n. Alabama so; Mississippi. 0. Iowa AgEies. 7; Grinnell. o. Illinois, II; Purdue. Z. Chicago. 125; Great Lakes, o. Missouri University. s; Kansas = Ohio State. 46; Cincinnati. o. Franklin and Marshall. IS; AL bright, 0. Franklin and Marshall Academy. IS: Phillipsburg Academy. O. Rochester. 5; st. Lawrence. s. Rutgers, o. LehiCh, 10 Penn State, Q: Buckne1. 0. Dickinson. 5; Ursinus. o. Tulane, %. Southwestern La University, o. Louisiana State. IS; jefferson. o. Yale, “a: North Carolina, :. University of Pittsburg. as; West Virginia. o. Princeton, .; Lafayette. 6 Columbia, !; Vermont. 0 Harvard. 81; Colby. o. Colgate. II. Brown. o. Syracuse. :: Army. 3 Penn. 50: Delaware. q. Navy. So; Johns Hopkins, 4. Dartmouth. y; Mass. AEEies. I. Holy Cross. “A: Bowdoin. 0. Cornell. 8: Williams. o.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Northwestern 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Northwestern leads 3–⁠0 in three meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1944Northwestern 62, DePauw 0
1919Northwestern 20, DePauw 0
1904Northwestern 45, DePauw 0

Around this game

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