Notre Dame at Minnesota

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  The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, October 11, 1926, page 6

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  GOPHERS LOSE TO NOTRE DAME Final Score 20 to 7-CrOwd Of 1900 Breaks Record For Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, Oct ll-tP- Notre Dame showed real power in downing the fighting Minnesota team, 20 to Z, before $4,000 spectators in the Mem uYini stadium here Saturday. Held to n to Z count III the first half, the men Of Notrc Dame came hack with Il dash and display Of strength. in the last two periods that definitely marked their superiority over the Gophcrs. II was a costly victory for Coach ItOcknc. Joe ltoland, his 22O pound tackle, playing in his senior year. suffered 4 broken leg, in the first few minutes Of play and Fred Collins, who started at full. was taken out with broken jaw two plays later Two brilliant runs Of 60 and 81 yards, Til. first by Dahlman and the second by Flanagan, and lieardcn’ i dash through his right tackle for III yards were N0tre Danes touchdown plays. CHphcrs Score in Second Minncs0ta’s touchdown came in the recond period when Gcer tossed 4 long pass to the racing Wheeler. who ran away from Flanagan to cover – yHiuS buNS EuNG I’D scare. Pepiaw tied the count when he drOpkickcd “A goal. Notre Dame quickly showed its strength, scoring Il touchdown on its third play when Dahlman dartcd around lett end for his 90 yard dash To the Gopher line. Nemic kicked goal. That reversal seemed to act as a tonic for the Gophcrs, and from that point on they kept the bali in Notre Dame territory, until the third period, except for an exchange Of punts. Several times the GOphers advanced To-. N0trc Danes Is yard line and 0ncc or twice threatened from we’ll inside that mark. Peplaw’s attempted drOpkick, from the 20 yard line, miss ing by, inches. It was bitterly contested game from the outset, however. and Coac h k0ckne expressed satisfaction with the outcome. He praised the work Ut the Cophers as promising a real threat in the Big Ten conference race.

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  The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 11, 1926, page 9 (results column)

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  N. d. AN . . u r . u :. WI N N = r 8 Illinois Trims Butler. u, De Paw, Franklin and EarIham Defeat Rivals. Another week. end has slipped past into football history, and as far as Indiana is concerned. without any thing that could be called on upset. The two high spots were Notre DANES 20 to 7 defeat of the Gophers at Minneapolis, and within the State, Purdue’s victory over Wabash at La fayette, n to IA. Illinois proved too strong for But Ter. largely due to superior line play and exceptional blocking by the vic tors. The score was 38 to 7. Indiana u. turned in its second victory under the tutelage Of Pat Page, send Ing University Of Kentucky back to the bluegrass on the short end of a IA to 6 score. After being held to in the first half at Minnesota Notre Dame broke loose in the last half to score two touchdowns. Long runs by Dahl man. Flanagan and Heardon featured the winners attack. Wynne also was a star. Forty-seven thou teams triumph. 1t was a rather costly victory as Joe Boland, veteran tackle, received a compound leg fracture in the first minutes Of play, and Collins, full back, sustained a fractured jaw. Both remained in a Minneapolis hos pital when the team left for South Bend. Wabash and Purdue put on one Of their typical hammer-and-tongs battles. The Scarlet scored in the first quarter on a long pass, Bayer to Helm, and counted again In the final period, with only a couple of minutes to play, when Bayer car red the ball through. the entire Boiler maker team for a touchdown on a Kickoff

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Notre Dame leads 4–⁠0–⁠1 in five meetings, counting the three since this game.