Michigan at Minnesota

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  The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, Minnesota, October 22, 1936, page 1

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  j Minneapolis Journals Downtown Quarterbacks Cub in their weekly meeting in The Hotel Nicollet Mon day. Purdue will be harder for us to handle than either Washington or Nebraska was” Bernie told the Quarterbacks. The Gophers de- feated each of those earlier oppon- ents by a single touchdown. Our own team is pretty big” the Min nesota coach explained, But Pur- due will outweigh us nearly 10 pounds per man. Their line aver ages shade over 210 pounds, and their backfield about 1877. In spite of their size they are fast and YER satile.” Their two best backfield men, Isbell and Drake, make a stronger combination than Nebraska had with Cardwell and Francis. They are also exceptionally strong at kicking and passing” Evidently Bernie has not aband- oned hope. II don’t say they’ll beat u.s.” he said, “but do say we’ll need to make unusual improve ment through the week of practice, and will need to play our very best game of the year to have an even chance to extend our winning streak” The Gopher coach was frankly pleased with the showing of his sophomore players in their 26 to 0 victory over Michigan last Saturday. Many of them played better football than a coach has any right to expect of first year men. I feel good deal easier about our reserve strength now” Asked specifically about Wilbur Moore the young right halfback, who played so sensationally against Michigan, he said, II have known for some time that Moore would be a fine player. Unfortunately he had a broken ankle in an intro-murafI basketball game last winter. An operation was necessary. He miss ed spring practice and his ankle was not at full strength when practice started this fall. Considering these handicaps he has come along very well. From now on he will help us a great deal” It was Moore who intercepted Michigan pass in the fourth quarter and ran 60 yards for touchdown, the first touchdown ever scored against one of Harry Kipke’s teams on an in Perception. Bernie explained that the Michigan team, made up main ly of sophomores, did not present especially formidable opposition, but predicted it would become a | strong team later in the season if | it kept its morale up. He was asked If Purdue was | strong this year mainly because Of its fighting spirit, inspired by the death Of two team mates in a show err room fire last month, or because | he had good material. ‘It is I’M an inspired team” said he, “but it has top quality in mat erial. too. It has those specialists who can kick, pass and run. In other words, 1t Is dangerous team likely to break up a game at any In answer to query as to which fullback candidate is the hardest line plunger, Bierman replied he was not certain him self. zone day one Of them seems to have the most power. The next day he seems to have the least. I’d say that three of them are about On par and that they are all COM ing along fairly well. I’m really not about our fullbacks. They’ll Keep improving from Saturday to by the end of the season we may be nearly as strong at full packs as we were last year.” The Minneapolis Journal Down own Quarterbacks watched the notion pictures of the Minnesota Michigan game and cheered as Justify as if they had been in the stands actually watching a game. The Gophers, Bierman said, sur rived the Michigan game without injury and will be in top physical for their game with Purlue. Next time I see you, howevr.” he added, II may have to tell ‘ou how it happened that our win ling streak ended. In all serious Tess I’m scared to death about the

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  Evening star, October 18, 1936, page 28

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  GOPHERS TROUNCE MICHIGAN BY ESQ Sub Back DasheS So Yards in 10th Straight Win for Brown jug. n K INNEAPOLIS, MINI, October M 17.-Minnesota marched Vv again down foot balls victory 4 L street today as it trounced Michigan’s Wolverines for the Golden Gopher’s twentieth consecutive conquest before 48,600 spectators. The score was 26 to 0. Unleashing an impressive display of power and lateral passes in the ira ditional battle for the little brown jug. perennial Minnesota Michigan troply, Bernie Bierman’s eleven rammed home touchdowns in three of the four periods of its opening Western Confer ence game Michigan never had the ball in Gopher territory at any time in the game. Wilbur Moore. substitute half back, thrilled the crowd with SPAR king 58-yard run for touchdown in the final minutes Of play. Minnesota outgained Michigan 286 yards to 43 and amassed l8 first downs, compared to only five for the Maize and Blue.

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  Imperial Valley press, California, October 18, 1936, page 2

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  MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. II. OPP Minnesota rolled over Michigan’s wolverines 26 to 0 today as Coach Bernie Bierman’s mighty Gophers tied Notre Danes all-time gridiron record of 20 consecutive victories. The game, played before $4,000 spectators, inaugurated Minnesota’s defense of it Big Ten conference title. Never threatened, always the aggressor, Minnesota found Michigan an easy victim of the plunging, pass ing attacks of Uram, Alfonso, Spadaccini and Matheny. The game gave Minnesota, bat tered in contests with Washington University and Nebraska’s powerful Cornhuskers, a welcome ‘breather” Bierman accepted the opportunity to give his capable secondary free rein. The Gophersq scored in all but

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 19, 1936, page 5 (results column)

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  FOOT BALL Ass1REsULTs The following are results of lead ing football games played in var ious parts of the country last Sat- urday afternoon: UCLA IT; California 6. Gonzaga 0; Montana (. Washington State C; Southern California 0. Oregon 13; Idaho O. Oregon State T; Washington 19. Texas Christian 2; Texas A. & M. Is. Georgia Tech 6; Duke 19 Tulane 28; Colgate 6. Western Maryland 0; Villanova 13. Michigan 0; Minnesota 26. Indiana 9; Nebraska 13. Kansas State O; Marquette 13. Manhattan T; Holy Cross 13. Virginia Military Institute 0; Co., lumbia 38 Syracuse T; Cornell 20. Auburn 6; Detroit 0. Army 32; Harvard 0. WyneSburg 6; Fordham 20. Bucknell O. Georgetown 19. DePaul T; Catholic University 12 Princeton 0; Penn T. Purdue 35. Chicago T. Yale 12; Navy 2. Duquesne T; Pittsburgh 0. Vanderbilt 0; Southern Methodist Is. SUNDAY GAME St. Mary’s 0; University of San Francisco 0.

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Michigan leads 78–⁠26–⁠3 in 107 meetings, counting the 80 since this game.