Nebraska at Syracuse

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  Evening star, October 13, 1929, page 77

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  NEBRASKA DOWNS SYRACUSE, IS T06 Corn Huskers Fight Uphill Battle and RepuIse Threat of East. BY the Associated Press. - YRACUSE, N. Y, october a. The University of Nebraska as sumed the lead in its intersec- ~ tional foot ball war with Syracuse University in Archbold Stadium here today by winning. ls to 6: before a crowd of 10000. The Corn HuskerS came from behind first period handicap of a 6-to-0 score. with touchdowns in the second and last quarters. Previous to today Nebraska and Syracuse each had won three times in their six meetings. Two of the Corn HuckerS’ first string backs were out of today’S starting lineup. Syracuse started auspiciouSly in the first period with a 50-yard march down the field after an exchange of punts, Borton placing the ball on Nebraska S 20-yard line. Sebo went through for Borton scored the only Syracuse touch down. Ellert failed to kick the goal. Nebraska shared possible second Orange touchdown, after Obst ran an intercepted forward pass to the invaders 23-yard line, by holding and forcing Syracuse to relinquish the ball on downs. The westeners made their first score early in the second period when Young went over the line on the third play after making first down. Farley made the goal. On the first play of the last period, Sloan. who replaced Young in the Nebraska backfield, threw a 30-yard forward to Farley. who was downed on the Syracuse one-yard line. On the next play Sloan carried the ball across the line for the second touchdown but failed to kick the goal. Syracuse tried desperately via the air route to score in the last period but was kept largely in midfield.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 14, 1929, page 5 (results column)

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  GRID GAMES ‘‘ ON SATURDAY The following are scores of prln- cipal games of football played last Saturday afternoon in various parts Of the country: Stanford 57; University of Cali fornia at Los Angeles 0. Oregon State II; Columbia Uni versity T. Oregon 34; Willamette 0. Southern California 43: Washing ton 0. Tulane 34; Mississippi A and M 0. Missouri 19; Iowa State O. Marquette 2; Grinnell g. Alabama 46; Chattanooga 0. Dartmouth 53; Alleghany 0. Illionis 45; Bradley 0. Ohio 21; Wesleyan T. Minnesota IS; Vanderbilt 6. Purdue 30; Michigan 16. Virginia .12; Swarthmore ‘. Harvard 35; New Hampshire 0. Fordham 27; New York Univer- sity 0. Chicago 13; Indiana T. Boston University 27; Vermont 6. Army 12; Davidson 2. Georgetown 13;- St. Louis Uni Carnegie Tech B; Reserves 6. versity O. Ohio State T; Iowa 6. Brown 13; Princeton 12. Columbia 52; Wesleyan 0. Nebraska 13; Syracuse 6. American University 8; George Washington 0. Colgate 31; Michigan State 0. Notre Dame IA; Navy T. California IS; Washington State O. Whitman II; Linfield 0.

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Syracuse leads 7–⁠5 in 12 meetings, counting the five since this game.