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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 10, 1938, page 5 (results column)

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  FOOT BALL M {A{5SW{5TS Ne The following are scores of prln- cipal football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington o; U.CL.A. 13. Texas A and M O. Santa Clara T. North Dakota State 0; Idaho 27. Washington State 0; Stanford S. Portland O.; Oregon State 19. College of the Pacific 0; Califor- mia 39. Centenary 6; Southwestern of Memphis o. Duquesne c; Pittsburgh 27. Tulane IT; North Carolina IA. LaFayette 0; Brown 20. Duke ?; Colgate 0. Waynesburg O; Fordham 5. Dartsmouth g; Princeton 0. New York 26; Rutgers 6. Manhattan 6; Holy Cross 19. Columbia 20; Army Is. Yale 0; Pennsylvania 21. Virginia O. Navy S. Chicago ‘; Michigan 45. Washington and Lee 6; West Vir- ginia 6, tie. Lehigh O., Case 0, tie. Carnegie Tech 32; Wittenberg 13. Vanderbilt IA; Kentucky T. Bucknell IA; Penn State O. Virginia Tech 27; William and Mary 0. Cornell 20; Harvard 0. Holy Cross 19; Manhattan 6. Drake O.; Northwestern B. Purdue 0; Minnesota ‘. Auburn 0: Tennessee T. Alabama IA; North Carolina State 0. Missouri 13 Kansas State 21. Southern California IA: Ohio State ‘. California Aggies 0; California 43. Indiana 2; Illinois 12. Wisconsin 31; Iowa 13 Baylor g; Arkansas 6. Iowa State 8; Nebraska ‘. Oklahoma 13 Texas 0. Notre Dame IA; Georgia Tech 6.

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  Evening star, October 9, 1938, page 30 (results column)

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  NEW YORK, Oct. S.-The hurricane, long overdue, struck the football world today, smashed Ohio State, North Carolina and Auburn of the undefeated slate, ruined conference hopes Of Nebraska and Indiana and left the experts diszier than the game itself. The fact that such old faithfuls as Minnesota, Pitt and Alabama came through as expected was small consolation rs other favorites went down with all on board. The days largest crowd, 1878, saw Howard Jones Southern Cali fornia Trojans, hitherto major dis appointments, whip Ohio State At Columbus, 14–⁠7, and ruin Buckeye hopes of an unbesten season. North Carolina, . power In the Southern Conference, fell victim to Tulane’s closing rush, 17-l4, while Indiana, highly touted Is Big Ten contender despite an early defeat by Ohio State, was crushed by Bob Zuppke’s surprising Illinois OUTFIT, 12–⁠2. Credit for the biggest upset Of the day, however, belonged to Iowa States Cyclones, who nipped Bill Jones Nebraska Huskers, 81, in . Big Six Conference struggle. Auburn. after 4 disappointing score less tie with Tulane, virtually passed out Of the Southeastern Conference picture by dropping 4 TO decision to undefeated Tennessee. -s’‘

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Illinois leads 46–⁠26–⁠2 in 74 meetings, counting the 56 since this game.