Wisconsin at Chicago

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  Evening star, November 22, 1925, page 74

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  WISCONSIN PASSES BEAT CHICAGO, POI CHICAGO, November 21.-Wisconsin opened up an aerial attack on Chicago in the final period of their annual game today and defeated Stages team 20 to Z. The fumbling of Curley, Chicago s quarterback, aided the Cardinals. Chicago began the game auspiciously, holding Little’s team to even terms during the first period. and outpointing them by single marker with the score ! to 6 in the second period. This slight advantage. incidentally. was made through the efforts of Drains toe. The score failed to vary in the third period and the playing was about even, although Wisconsin displayed signs of having quite number of aerial tactics could they but get them over successfully In the final quarter, however, every thing broke for the Badgers Long passes. Harmon to Crofoot, literally ate up yards of vantage, and when Curley’s tumble of long punt made possible Wisconsin’s recovery of the oval, deep in Chicago’s territory, the breaks for the Badgers came through They opened up their aerial game and continued It to the very last, scoring two touchdowns and kicking both goals. Both teams were handicapped absence of star players on account of ineligibility and injuries. Rouse, Scott and Baker were declared ineligible through lack of scholastic credits for Chicago, while Harmon, Wlsconsin’s star back, was out on account of injuries.

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  The Bismarck tribune, November 23, 1925, page 6 (results column)

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  Sports MICHIGAN AND PURPLE TITLE H0N0RS NOtre Dame Nebraska Thanksgiving Game Head liner On Weeks Card Chicago, Nov. -tFO-The West eln conference football season COM plcted, Midwest fans today had only retros pection and Thanksgiving day games to hold their waning in.crc,t on the chalk lines. The collision Of N0trc Dame and Nebraska, rivals for 10 years, in Lin coin, Thursday, headlines the pro gram Of closing games of the season. Nutrc Dame has won five and tied one of 10 clashes with the hu5krrS. This year the RocEncmen dropped the Army game and were held to a score less tie by Penn State, while Ncbras ka has boon defeated twice. The Big Ten aftermaths dealt win the most scrambled season of recent years so far as results were concerned. Michigan and Northwest ern shared championship honors, since each lost but one game. Mich gan’s record Of five victories and goal line uncrosscd save by the field goal by which Northwc stern defeated it, had the more spectacular record, but its loss to the Purple forced it to divide the crown. Gophers In Fourth Place Michigan’s 81 to 0 victory over Minnesota sunk without trace the title aspirations Of the Gophcrs, who were accorded fourth place in the Big Ten standing. Wisconsin, 20 to 7 victory over Chicago gave the Badgers third place with three wins, Il loss. and tie with Minnesota. Red” Grange wound up his col Iege career by leading Illinois to q u 10 . victory over Ohio State. The win gave the Illni sixth place in the standing, leading Chicago. Ohio State, Purdue and Indiana. The two Hoosier teams, without a conference victory, battled TO a nothing tie Saturday at the Indiana stadium dedication. Michigan’s achievement in rolling up a total Of 227 points to three against it. is the best the Wolverines have done since 1917. Then they scored 304 points, but opponents NOrthwestcrn’s Record Northwestern scored 8! points against 60 for its opponents. It’s conference victories were over Indiana Michigan, and Purdue and it lost to Chicago. The Purple also dropped both non conference starts, to Tul- ,.nn and to Notrc Dame. Benny Friedman. Michigan soph0more quarterback, was the leading point winner of the conference. He rolled up four touchdowns, two field goals and 90 points after touchdowns for 81 points Nick Kutscf. the Sioux City, Iowa, cowboy, star of the Iowa team, who piled up margin early in the season, was second with ~ points, made in six t0uchdownS, three field goals and four points after touchdown Grange, leader Of the Big Ten last year with IS touchdowns, made only six this year and finished the season in fifth place, tied with Big “Bo” Molenda of Michigan.

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Wisconsin leads 19–⁠16–⁠5 in 40 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.