Oregon State at Nebraska

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  The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, November 28, 1924, page 14

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  NEBRASKA WINS LATE IN GAME Oregon Is Beaten By COrnhusk- CTS IA To 0 LINCOLN, Neb. 27-Scoring two touchdowns in the final quarter this aft ernoon the University of Nebraska Corn huskers defeated the Oregon Aggies be- fore a large crowd at the Memorial stadium here, 14 to 0. The Aggies outplayed the Cornhuskers throughout the first half, the Nebraska team failing to make a first down and Tebbs’ lengthy punts keeping the ball constantly in Nebraska territory. In the closing half, Nebraska’s back field reeled off twelve first downs, Half back Locke racing through broken fields for 43 and 34 yards and Bloodgood con tributing some brilliant open field run ming. Locke Clips Off Early in the. fourth quarter Locke broke loose with run of 34 yards to the Oregon Aggie 10-yard line. Rhodes plunged for 4 yards and Locke carried the ball across on a sweeping end run. Bloodgood’s 33-yard run through a broken field brought the ball again into Aggie territory late in the closing per iod. Bloodgood forward passed to Col linS for 25-yard gain and second pass Locke to Bloodgood scored touchdown, Captain Ed Weir, of Nebraska, proved the main defense in the Husker line. He took part in every play. The game wound up the season for Nebraska, the Cornhuskers having de feated Colgate, Oregon Aggies, Missouri, Kansas and Kansas Aggies, while losing to Notre Dame, Illinois and Oklahoma

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Nebraska leads 9–⁠2 in 11 meetings, counting the nine since this game.