Minnesota at Wisconsin

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  Iowa County democrat, Mineral Point, Wis., November 26, 1896, page 3

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  touchdown and the badgers were de- f tcrNlneN 10 score, Atkinson made : yards. karo and peele was held Here 4 Wrauglc over moNSurcmvntS NJ + the uueSmen orcuyrrd and the Same WAS delayed five minutes. the gnpAtrS believed that the requisite gains had NOT Nt>u made and that they were entitled to the bail. the officials decided against them lRls iutyn>ei the gopncrs who stiteENd their lluc and did Al last W, the bAlt en- iowrs, Harding and Smith car rled The oval J yaNtS farther from the danger line Then LOOMS tried TO ~ through NiScon>n’s rght oud, hui failed “WiscunSin’s Mlll ON downs. said tar umpire and The spectators went Wild. Richards, Atkinson and karel each moved the oval until It VAS with / in = feet OF the gnAl line his WAS the critical moment, The spectators surEed out upon the field and arnulm the players. the policemen being pow er}oSS to keep them back, Everybody WAS iuleusnly excited and could NOT possibly keep from shouting cncom agjuGTS into the very cars Of the players, The umpire hNgEHd the spectators 10 be st>ll and 10 stand back. As “ oll ask a crazy man 10 I’ve calm and reasonable, The Minnesota players were continually hrcaking through the WISCONSIN line Agatn ami again they were cautioned by the umpire to dcSist They know tuAt the time ot the game had nearly eNproa and Thought that perhaps they might save themselves from defeat Ivy ulcNrry They continued tN laMl1s& ~ break through WisconSin’s line uu TIL NJ last Coach King yelled to the um pr, ,aat such dilWorN tactics should he prohibited immediately. Then the umpire told the gophcrs that II tHey broke Through once more before The bal was snapped he would give H., gLlln 10 Wisconsin, Then the Badgers took Il Anal brace, the bali W.T., passed to Richards and he was showed over the line for 4 touchdown. \ mighty shout ot Joy rem the ar; WISCONSIN had scored against ths mighty mon of Mirntsota, At thc bottom Of the heap With the ball pressed tightly to his hrelst hte Il fond mother holding her babe 10 her bosom. lay Richards, n smile of IN eftahlc satisfaction illumining his countcAlnce. \ Minnesota football player IL never ucatcn until time is called on the last half of game. Ii was therefore not surprising tC see the Eophcrs tlock around Richards, StamlniR off only . wards Wh7r he puutod 10 kHrel tor position from which he could try for goal Karcl caught the oval, however. at The % yard line. Then the gopher3 lined mp 10 yards away 10 attempt To block the kick for goal, Giant Hard ing and another gopher tossed u third. but much lighter, gopher high into the air to stop the oval a@ i rallied over their heads toward The goal. All this VAS of no effect, however, for the bali Jew over their heads and over the goal har. making he score 6 to 0 IN Wiscnn SINS favO”. There being a couple Of minutes Oh the stipulated time loft, the bail was taken to the center Of the field and again put into play by Minnesota. Several plays were made when tine was called. leaving the ball on Min nesota’s 15-ya”d line. The line up Of the teams was as fol lows:

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  Great Falls weekly tribune, Great Falls, Mont., November 27, 1896, page 1

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  MADISON, Wis, Nov. 2l.-Five thou sand people at Camp Randall, this latter noon, witnessed the most ~stubbornly fought football game ever played in Wisconsin. twas between the u%niversity Of Wisconsin and the university Of Minnesota, and the former won by a score Of 6 to 0.

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Officially, Minnesota leads 64–⁠63–⁠8; as played, 63–⁠62–⁠8 in the 133 games on file; the official count covers all 135 meetings, counting the 128 since this game.