Wisconsin at Chicago

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  The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, November 21, 1927, page 1

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  MAR00NS TRAP BADGERS WITH 1910 VICTORY Chicago Converts Wisconsin Errors in Battle Of Breaks I Stage Field, Chicago, Nov. 21.- (AP)-Coach Amos Stages hard driving football team outfought and outsmarted Wisconsin Saturday, downing the Badgers, IL to 0, before approximately $1,000 shivering spec tators.A The game was a battle Of breaks and was played for the most part amidst light snowfall which made passing, punting and catching diff cult. The Marobns,. however, took advantage of this condition, convert. ing Badger errors into touchdowns. Today’s victory gave the Maroons the edge of one game in the 80 years of rivalry between the two schools. The defeat pushed Coach Glenn Thistlethwaite’s first Cardinal eleven into the conference cellar with Iowa. Chicago’s defense against the Wis conSin overhead game was especial ly tight. The Badgers tried 10 passes, 10 of which were incomplete and three were intercepted by the Maroons. Captain Crofoot, Rose, Redholz and Mohardt tossed the passes, but the Maroons were too alert and fast. Chicago Receivers Fumble Chicago was put into position to score its first touchdown as q resuit of a bad pass from center. The Badgers had the ball near midfield and in a position to make a play through the line when Shoemaker Wisconsin center, shot the ball past the Badger backs and it rolled to the Wisconsin 20-yard line where the alert Maroons recovered and subsequently scored. The second Maroon touchdown was put across near the end 0f the game. Anderson threw q 4O-yard pass to Priess, substitute Chicago end, who dropped the ball on the Wisconsin seven-yard line. Wisconsin was penalized for illegal interference, however, and the referee gave the ball to Chicago on Wisconsin’s sew en-yard line. On the next play a Wisconsin lineman was off-side and the ball was placed on the two-yard strip, from where Raysson carried the ball over in a line smash. An derson again failed to kick goal. The statistics of the game showed Chicago garnered five first downs to Wisconsin’s three. Chicago tried seven passes. Two of them were completed on the way to the first touchdown, two were incomplete and three were intercepted.

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  Seward daily gateway, Alaska, November 21, 1927, page 1 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL SCORES Stanford, B; California, 6. Southern California. P: Washington State, 0. Idaho. 12; Oregon State, 7. Yale, 14; Harvard, 0. Illinois. 13; Ohio State, 0. Army, 13; Ursinus, 0. Notre Dame, 32; Drake, 0. Minnesota, 13;i Michigan, 2. Lafayette, 4a; Lehigh, 0. Purdue, 21; Indiana, 6. Northwestern, 12; Iowa, 0. Chicago, 12; Wisconsin, 0. Navy, B; Loyola, 6, Colorado Aggies, 39; Colorado Uni versity, 2. Montana, $; Montana State, Q. Pittsburg,- IS; Hays, ‘.

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