Northwestern at Ohio State

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  Evening star, October 15, 1939, page 33

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  Ohio State Conquers Northwestern, 1870, In Last Quarter De Correvont Carries II Times, Loses a Yards; His Sub Is Stor ~ SAie hooOSAbIcN kAeSos COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 14.-Ohio States dark-horse gridders scored q 13-to-0 victory over Northwestern today before 55,622 fans. The Bucks were held on even terms for the first three periods but exploded In the fourth when they converted q pair Of Wildcat mistakes into touchdowns. Late In the third session, Ohio’s quarterback, Don Scott, dropped back on the Wildcat 80 for q pass. Rushed by Northwestern linemen, Scott side-stepped through them to the 6-yard line. Ohio was on the l-foot line as the period ended. Scott romped over on the first play of the fourth period and booted the extra point from placement. Buckeyes Snare Fumbles. A few minutes later Northwestern attempted to pass from its own 26 but Jack Ryan, veteran quarter back, fumbled and Ohio’s alert end, Esco Sarkkinen, fell on the ball on the H. Fullback James Langhurst reached the 1-yard line on a jaunt around left end, and then plunged over the goal line on the next play. Scott missed the extra point kick. A feature Of the day was the i’m potency Of william (BilD de Corre- Won’t, Northwestern’s sophomore. He carried the ball II times and wound up with . 4-yard deficit. His substitute, Oliver Hahnenstein, starred for Northwestern. Wildcats Near Goal at End. The Wildcats, on the rebound from last weeks $50 setback at the hands OF Oklahoma, refused to give up. They launched = 77-yard march which died just 3 yards short Of the Ohio goal as the final gun sounded.

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  The Nome nugget, Alaska, October 16, 1939, page 1 (results column)

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  Football Scores Oct. IA Duke Thirteen-Pitt 14 Cornell 20-Princeton 2 Penn 6-Yale 0 Army 6-Columbia 6 Tie Dartmouth 0-Navy 0 Tie Northwestern 0-Ohio State 13 Texas Christian 1l-Temple 13 Fordham 0-Tulane 2 Nebraska 10-IoWa State 2 Purdue 13-Minesota 13 Tie Southern Methodist 19-- Notre Dame 20 Harvard 61-Chicago 0 Oregon 6-California0 Washington 0-Wash. State 6 UCLA 14-Stanford IA Tie Oregon State 14-U of Portland 12 Illinois 0-Southern Cal 26

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Ohio State leads 66–⁠14–⁠1 in 81 meetings, counting the 63 since this game.