Nebraska at Pittsburgh

• Richmond times-dispatch. (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, Virginia, November 6, 1921

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  NEBRASKA CRUsHES PITTSBURGH ELEVEN Corn Huskers Invade Pan. theirs Lair With Vic tory of 10 to O. PITTSBURGH. PA, Nov. 6. The University of Nebraska came out of the West today, invaded the lair here, the Panthers At Forbes Field here, and by force OF weight, crushed the University of Pittsburgh gridiron team. The corn huskers, outweigh ing the Pitt players man for man. played wonderful driving game and defeated the home team. 10 to Q. Pitt never seriously threatened the Westcrncrs. who. using u flying wedge OF SIN men through the center of the line. crashed through for good gains time and again. Hartley, Swanson, Wright, Llewellyn and Preston form n star combination for the visitors, and when their machine got under way 1t took the entire Pitt team to stop the drive. Hartley was the star Hewitt. the Pitt full back. who could pick up only u few yards through the brick wall formed by the Ne braska linesmcn. Stein. the Panther center. was n star on the defense, tackling on all sides. but his passing was bad Mt times. Nebraska concentrated on Tom Davies, Pitts star half back. with the result that the fleet captain of the Panther machine failed at his usual sensational running. The first period found both teams holding hard, and frequent punting was resorted to. Pitt made two first downs during the period, put lacked the punch to continue the drive In the second period Hartley and Wright went into action through the line, and they registered several first downs without trouble. With the ball in Nebraska territory. Hartley, on no signal play. shot n forward to swanson. The latter made perfeet catch. eluded three Pitt men, and ran sixty-three yards for touch down. II was tho sensation of the battle. powi,z was then put in as n sub stitute for Hartley, and he kicked the goal. The third period was scorclcss, but Nebraska threatened at one time. when after a terrific drive through the line. the Corn Huskers placed the piSskin on the Pitt scven-yard line. Hartley tried another forward. but Peters, who substituted for Scid- Lesson. Intercepted the ball and ran ten yards before he was downed. Davies then kicked out of danger. Late in the third period. Llcwellyn. Hartley and Wright plunged through the line at wiif;-nnd finally placed the pail on the twelve yard line. from which point Preston dropkickcd n held goal at the opening OF the las, period. This ended the scoring

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  Pueblo chieftain, Colorado, November 6, 1921, page 26

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  NEBRASKA DEFEATS PITTSBURGH 100 Pittsburgh, Pa. Nov. 5.-The Uni versity OF Nebraska came out of the west today. invaded the lair o. the Pauthers and by weight crushed the University of Pittsburgh gridiron team. The Cornhuskers outweighing the fitcspursh players man for man, played n wonderful driving game. nnd won. 10 to o. Pitt mover seriously threatened the westerners who, using n flying wedg log Ave men. through center, crashed Through Tor many good gains.

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  The evening herald, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 6, 1921, page 1

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  Nebraska Defeats Pittsburgh Panthers By 10 to 0 Score PiTTsBURoH. Nov. 6.-”Pop” Warmers Pittsburgh Panthcrs were completely outclassed by the Nebraska cornhuskorn here this afternoon when the latter won. 10 TO 0. Pittsburgh failed TO make a dent In the Nebraska line, Warmers aerial plays broke down repeatedly. Tho Cornhuskers, on the other hand, through the starring OF Wright and Hartley. gained a touchdown ar ter n eil-staEed forward pass. and

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Pittsburgh leads 15–⁠6–⁠3 in 24 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.