Wisconsin at Purdue

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  The Washington times, October 22, 1928, page 12 (results column)

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  Otherwise, Ohio State would be nursing another Michigan hangover this morning; reason would be tot tering on its pedestal from a defeat of Missouri by Iowa State and Wis consin would have been beaten by Purdue for the first time in years and years and years. Well, anyhow, in years. As it was, Missouri trailing by 10 to at half time, flashed a come back comparable only to Pennsyl- vania’s famous rally against Michi- gan in 1912. scored % points in the final half and won the ball game. Old Doctor Fumblefinger, the all American drawback, was RESPONSE BILE for the Tigers early-period enbarrassment. The doctor likewise had Ohio State in the hole by to at the end of the first period, a Buckeye | back stalking Michigan to score by touching the ball as it rolled over the goal. After that, class would not be denied. Michigan get ting only a single first down in the game. As for Wisconsin, It was twelve pOinfs down to Purdue at the end of the first period but pulled out a 19 to 19 fie. The Doctor, However, had TO come to the Badgers assistance when they were a touchdown behind and Purdue seemed about to send its total we’ll into tthe twenties with another score. However, the circumstances in question were needed to keep the day from going completely haywire. For instance, the greatly esteemed | Alabama outfit finished second to | Tennessee, Is to I3, in one of the ma jor shocks Of the day. Another saw Oregon r0mp or ramp, or both. over Washington on the coast by | q 10 o, and it is presumed that | Georgia Techs 13-to0 defeat Of | Notre Dame came as a ma iOr shock | to everyone who didn’t know what Teeh could do. The fact that the Navy, beaten in | the closing minutes by Notre Dame | could do no better than to o against Duke would seem 10 indicate that the 1928 Irish are far from | foolproof. The Navy on Saturday almost qualified for the list of nota-

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 22, 1928, page 5 (results column)

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  GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are scores of prin- cipal football games played Satur- day afternoon in various parts of the states: oregan 27; University of Wash ington O. California 0; University of Southern California O. Ohio 19; Michigan ‘. Navy 6; Duke 0. Pennsylvania IA; Penn State 0. Army 15; Harvard 0. Minnesota 33; Chicago ‘. Northwestern ‘; Kentucky 0. Wisconsin 19; Purdue 19. Washington State 9; Oregon State ‘. Missouri 2S; Iowa State 19. Dartmouth 21; Columbia ‘. Yale 32; Brown IA. New York University s; Rutgers 0. Princeton 47; Lehigh 0. Colgate 16; Michigan State O.. Georgia Tech 13; Notre Dame O.. Tennessee 15; Alabama 13. West Virginia P; Washington and Lee O..

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Wisconsin leads 54–⁠29–⁠8 in 91 meetings, counting the 78 since this game.