Drake at Creighton

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 30, 1928, page 55 (results column)

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  LAST MIDWEST FRAYS ARE DREARY AFFAIRS By the Associated Press CHICAGO, November 30.-Foot balls swan song in the Midwest was like the weather yesterday six elevens laid aside their moleskins for another year. All six, because of an eccentric weather man, wound up their schedules in snowstorms. The teams that closed their season were Drake, Nebraska, Kansas Aggies, Iowa State, Great Lakes and Fort Sheridan. Nebraska wallowed through fog of falling snow to the championship OF the Big Six by downing the Kansas Aggies, 8 to 0, in game characterized mostly by defensive play. The Great Lakes gridders steered their way to a victory over the Fort Sheridan team on Soldier Field, Chi cago. Locating the Army’s goal line for 19 points. through fall of snow that melted almost as soon as 1t touched the ground, the Navy walked off with a 10-to-7 victory, earning also a 30-day home leave for the holidays. At Omaha the Missouri Valley Conference title was decided when Drake University turned back Creighton Uni versity, to 0, in another. game played in blizzard. Fifteen thousand shivered through a bitterly-fought contest between Mar uuette and Iowa State at Milwaukee, where the Cyclones bowed to the Wis consin eleven, 6 to 0. The loss ended the season for Iowa State, but Mar Quette has post-SeaSon game with Creighton December 8. The game will be played at Milwaukee.

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  Imperial Valley press, California, November 30, 1928, page 8 (results column)

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  GRID CONTESTS OVER HOLIDAY GIVE SURPRISES The surprise victory of fne Ore. gon Aggies over the Nioleto of New York University and kentucky 5 unexpected strength in holding the powerful Tennessee football team to a scorclcSS tie were the outstanding features of an interesting Thanks giving Day football program. The Aggics, unhcralded, came east from the Pacific coast to admins ter a humilating defeat to one of the most powerful clcvens in the east, % to Is. Georgia Tech continued its Win ming stride with 81 to victory over Auburn. Florida Jared as we’ll, smothering Washington and Lee, 90 to q. In the east, Syracuse ended its season with a II to 6 win from Columbia and Pennsylvania ran wild against Cornell, scoring almost at will to gain 40 to decision. In the west Nebraska clinchcd the championship of the Big Six with 4 victory over Kansas Aggies, s to o.. Butler sent Tufts back east smart ing under % to > defeat. Mar Quettc and Drake won from Iowa State and Creighton respectively, by scores of 6 to 0. Oklahoma beat Missouri, II to o. Washington defeated Washington State 6 to 0. on the Pacific coast, and Oregon University won from California, southern branch, 26 to 6

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Tied 8–⁠8–⁠2 in 18 meetings, counting the 14 since this game.