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  The Pensacola journal, Pensacola, Fla., October 26, 1922, page 6

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  Thinks Nebraska Has Finest Team In Football History ST. LOUIS, Mo, Oct. 25.-Nebraska university this season has the greatest football team in Che history of American fotball, in the opinion of Steve O’Rourke. coach at ST. Louis University, who saw the corn huskers rompover Missouri I’M iversity Saturday to the tune of 48 to 0. Nebraska .is so good 1t could play Harward Thursday, Yale, Friday, and Centre Saturday and win all three games” the local mentor stated. ORourke, who is considered a very able coach, played quarterback for Holy Cross in the day when Tom Shevlin and Ted Coy were starring for Yale, and played against Dartsmouth in 1907-the year it swamp ed Harvard % to 0. O’Rourke said he never saw a team that could compare with Nebraska for overwhelming power and precision of paly, and commented on the absence Of freak plays. ;,

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Officially, Nebraska leads 65–⁠36–⁠3; as played, 60–⁠33–⁠3 in the 96 games on file; the official count covers all 104 meetings, counting the 88 since this game.