Minnesota at Northwestern

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  Evening star, October 30, 1938, page 34

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  - = EVANSTON, ILL.,, Oct. 2s.-Minnesofas football empire fell today. No longer are the Golden Gophers the symbol Of reigning power in the Western Conference. In their place are the Wildcats OF Northwestern, who beat down the mighty men Of Minnesota, 6 to 3. in one Of the most bruising, sensational battles OF any season--and q distinct upset. Trailing, 3 to 0. at the end Of blazing first half. the Wildcats struck with lightning rapidity to crash over the winning touchdown in the closing minutes Of the fourth period. When the ball was planted over the Minnesota goal line. the crowd of 1900 Northwestern home corners was swept into the advance stages Of hysteria. 1t was the second time in the last three years that the Wildcats had conquered Minnesota to virtually knock the Gophers out of the Western Conference championship. 1t also was the first time that the Gophers had lost in Big Ten competition since Northwestern whipped them, 6 to 0, in 1896. Wildcats Drive Repeatedly. The Wildcats took the attack away from the highly favored Minnesota team in the third and fourth periods, and had the Gophers fighting with their backs to the wall most of the time. The Gophers in the last half ap. parently were softened up by the savage play Of the Wildcats, for they were held to just 16 plays-eight in the third period and eight in the fourth. Four of them were punts, two of them were fumbles and one an intercepted pass. In the blistering fourth the Wild cats had advanced on three occasions near the goal-first to the 23-yard stripe, then to the and then to the IL. After missing = fourth attempt to score on . field goal, Northwestern struck for keeps. Big Larry Buhler, Minnesota’s full back, had fumbled on Minnesota’s 20 yard line, with Hal Method recovering for Northwestern. Then Coach Wal dorf Of the Wildcats substituted one Of his sophomore jackrabbits, Oliver Hahnenstein Of Aurora, Ill. He took the ball on the FIRST play and crashed to Minnesota’s 11-yard line. On the next play he swept to Minnesota s for q first down. Then Bernard Jefferson, Northwest erns husky Negro half, was handed the ball on play that used Hahnenstein As q decoy. Jefferson ripped through left tackle. was checked for an instant on the 3-yard line, and with sheer running speed and power blasted over the goal line with three

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  The McDowell times, Keystone, W. Va., November 4, 1938, page 1

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  Northwestern Ljcks h Minnesota 6 TO 3 Score in Final Minutes of Play; Bernard jefferson, the 2l5 lib Negro Hero of the, Gam and Receives Great Applause When big Bernard jefferson. Northwestern’s husky Negro half, was handed the ball on a play that used Ilahncrstein as a decoy, jefferson ripped through the left tackle, was checked for an instant on the three yard line, and with sheer RAINING speed and power blasted over the goal line with three OF Min nesota’s tackles hanging onto him. The 2l5 pound Negro simply would not be stopped. That furious touch down g h.argr crusho& MinnescLa’s hopes. Jefferson’s drive stood out in bold relief and won the praise Of the Northwestern home corners. The Wildcats might have won in the first three plays of the opening period OH Il tricky pass wich wound up with jefferson Throwing a 45 yard pass TO Capt. Diehl, running across the Co pher goal. He reached out for the ball, grabbing it with one hand, but it bounced off his finger tips. Minnesota’s only display Of ! power came late in the second ! priod, after Jefferson had punt ed to the Minnesota al. Van Every then passed to Mariucci, who was run out of bounds on Nrthwestern’s Sd. Another Van | Every to Moore pass was good COR a first down on Northwest rms 20. With 48 seconds to go Horace Bell, the giant Negro guard for Minnesota, booted a II yard goal from placement, to give Minnesota a brief lead.

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  Afro-American courier, Yazoo City, Miss., November 1, 1938, page 1

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  jefferson And Bell Outstanding In Northwestern Game The two Negroes jefferson and Bell, received much recognition in the world Of sports result of the skill they exhibited in the Northwestern Minnesota clash of October 20. It was Horace Bell of Minnesota, who dropped back the Gophers “a yard line during the asst AZ seconds of the first half and puned perfect kick which sailed di rectly between the goal posts. You tell the results Of football game UNI til the end arrives Although Northwestern traled at the beginning of the last half so the football game ended with 6–⁠3 victory for Northwestern result of the brilliant brown grdion bombshel, Bernie jefferson, ploughng the Minnesota line to score touchdown with the Gophers still hanging his back This touchdown, made by the sensational Bernie JEFF ferson handed the Minnesota Gophers their first defeat in two years.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 31, 1938, page 5 (results column)

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  Points FOOT BAIL m {a{3SW{5 IFS Me The following are final scores of leading football games played last Saturday afternoon on the principal grid fields in the Nation: Idaho 19; Montana 6. Oregon Frosh 0; University of Washington Frosh 6. Stanford 0; U.CLA. 6. Oregon State T. California 13. Oregon T; Southern California 31 Washington State IS; Gonzaga 13. Oklahoma 23; Tulsa 6. Centenary IT; Loyola G. Utah State 6; Colorado State 0. Amherst 35; Massachusetts State 0. Maryland IA; Virginia Military 47. Montana State 20; Portland 12. Grinnell 6; Drake 2l. Army ‘; Notre Dame 19. Michigan IA, Illinois 0. Colgate O; Holy Cross 0. Tufts 0: Brown 48. Dartmouth 24; Yale 6. Santa Clara ‘; Michigan State 6. Duke IA; North Carolina 0. Fordham 13; Pittsburgh 24. Cornell 23; Columbia T. Washington and Lee o; Richmond 6. Mississippi 25; George Washing ton 0. Cincinnati 12; Ohio 13 !, Ohio State 32; New York Uni versity 0. Alabama 26; Kentucky 6. North Carolina State 0; Virginia Tech ‘. William and Mary 0; Virginia 34. John Hopkins ‘; Haverford 6. Indiana O; Wisconsin 6. Iowa State T; Marquette J. Missouri 13; Nebraska 10. Purdue 0: Iowa 0. Minnesota 3; Northwestern 6. Louisiana State 6; Tennessee IA. Texas Christian 39; Baylor T. Kansas 27; Kansas State T. South Dakota ‘; South Dakota State 0. DePauw IA; Chicago 34. Mississippi State o; Tulane 27. Carnegie Tech 27; Akron 13. Miami 16; Wesleyan 20 Texas A and M 13; Arkansas ‘. Southern Methodist T; Texas 6. Georgia Tech 2; Vanderbilt 13. Auburn 0: Rice IA. Navy 0; Penn 0, tie. Harvard 26; Princeton ‘. Penn State B; Syracuse 6. St. Louis U 13; Catholic U 0.

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Minnesota leads 56–⁠38–⁠5 in 99 meetings, counting the 77 since this game.