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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 6, 1940, page 1 (results column)

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  Football Scores EAST Cornell “a: Colgate 0. Franklin Marshall %: Dartmouth q. Fordham 20; West Virginia Z. Harvard IS: Amherst 0. Army 20; Williams 10. Navy “A; Cincinnati O. Virginia 10; Yale IA. Pittsburgh 10: Missouri 13. Princeton Z: Vanderbilt 6. Northwestern 40: Syracuse 0. Brown 20: Rhode Island II. Albright IA: Muhlenberg g.. BOSTON University u: Upsala 6. Buffalo 20: Drexel IS. Colby “A: City College (N1) 0. Clarkson 81: Hartwick 0. Columbia 10: Maine o.. Connecticut 13: Massachusetts State o.. Gettysburg 6: Wooster 0. Union 10; Hobart 0. Montclair (NJ) Teachers Z: Hofstra o. Shippensburg (Pa) Teachers 10; KutztOwn Teachers 0. East Stroudsburg (Pa) Teachers – Lock Haven Teachers Z. Marshall Is: Datyon ~. Millersville (Pa) Teachers 81; Shepherd (WVa) State 0. New Hampshire II: Bates 6. LAFAYETTE 0; New York University 7. Norwich Z: Arnold 0. PENNSYLVANIA 81: Maryland 0. Penn State @; Bucknell O. Rensselaer, 81: Hamilton Is. Rutgers SO; Springfield O.. Bergen Junior 80; Trenton (NJ) Teachers 0. Trinity 8; Vermont 8. Tufts So: Middlebury 6. Ursinus o: Dickinson 0 crie). Swarthmore IA: Washington College I. Waynesburg So: Potomac State 0. Bowdoin 10: Wesleyan Z. Coast Guard IL: Worcester Tech O.. Susuehanna SO: American University Is. State G (Tie). Haverford So: Allegheny O.. Geneva 10: Grove City 0. Indiana (Pa) state Teachers SO; Bloomsbury (Pa) Teachers O.. Bethany (Wva) IA; Washington and slippery Rock CPa) Teachers %; Westminster 0. Juniata IS: Thiel o. Clarion (Pa) Teachers 45; Alliance 0. MIDWEST Minnesota 13: Nebraska Z. Texas 10; Indiana g.. Michigan 81: Michigan State IA. Wisconsin 33: Maruette 10. Ohio State II: Purdue IA. Iowa 46: South Dakota 0. Illinois 81; Bradley O.. Iowa State Z: Kansas 0. Notre Dame %: College Of Pacific Z. Toledo “a: Davis Elkins -. Wittenberg “A: Bowling Green 0. Oberlin 20: Rochester II. Case Is: Iehigh g.. Butler Z; Ohio University Z (Tie). Kent State 10: Hiram 6. Kenyon %; Otterbein g.. Ohio Wesleyan “a: Maine (O) z. Cornell (Ia) g.: Ripon 0. Coe 10; Beloit o.. Eureka 80: McKendree O.. Cpper Iowa 10: Penn (Ia) 0. Manchester Z: st. Johns Z (Tie). Luther -: st. Olaf g.. Winona (Minn) Teachers IA; Bemidji (Minn) Teachers Z. Maryville (Mol Teachers Z; Washing ton University 6. Wichita University So; st. e n e. diets o. Southern Illinois Teachers “A; Cape Girardeau Mo) Teachers Is. Wabash 20; Franklin 0. Georgetown College 0; Manchester 0 (Tie). Wayne 10: Western tMich) State Teachers 6. Northern (Mich) State Teachers 16; Central (Mich) State Teachers Re serves II. SOUTH

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  The Waterbury Democrat, October 7, 1940, page 13 (results column)

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  Grid Season Continues ‘Topsy TurDy’ FOUR TEAMS ARE. COLLEGE FACES” Cornell Among Early Sea- son StandOuts; Ten- nessee “TOps” tUn1ted Press Stan COrreSpOndent) New York, Oct. 7.--UP) Tennes- see, Minnesota, Michigan and Cor nell definitely established themselves as formidable contenders for na- tional football honors over the weekend. Their tested strength stands out, along with that of Mississippi in this topsy-turvy young season which already has seen an almost unpre- cedented number of major elevens defeated, deadlocked or menacingly pressed. To them will be added the winner of Saturdays collision between Ohio State and Northwestern, Stanford and Santa Clara, Notre Dame and Georgia Tech. Tennessee beat Duke, 13–⁠0, Satur- day. Minnesota downed Nebraska 13–⁠7. Michigan, fresh from its 41-O conquest of California, turned back Michigan State 21–⁠14. Cornell opened its season with a $40 vic- tory over Colgate. | Yale, Dartmouth, New York U and Holy Cross were victims of up- sets, and Army escaped by an eye lash with 20–⁠19 win over Littlf Williams College. Northwestern issued storm warn. ings by starting the season with z 40–⁠0 victory over Syracuse, while Ohio State won a 17–⁠14 struggle from Purdue. Notre Dame made it. debut, beating College of the Pa. cific team, 25–⁠7.

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  The Nome nugget, October 7, 1940, page 1 (results column)

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  Football Scores Saturday, October 5 l49 - Purdue l4-Ohio State IT Colgate 0-Cornell 34 Northwestern 40-Syracuse 0 West Virginia 7-Fordham 20 Navy 14-Cincinatti 0 Virginia 19-Yale II Missouri 14-PistSburgh 19 Army 20-Williams l9 Princeton 7-Vanderbilt 6 Harvard 13-Amherst Michigan 2l-Mich. State IA Minnesota l3-Nebraska ‘ Texas 13-Indiana 6. Washington 21-Idaho 0 Montana eWashington State 13. Utah 12-Brigham Young 6. Lafayette 9-New York Uni ‘. Georgia 33-South Carolina 2. Pacific University ‘ -Univer- sity of Portland 25. Oregon 0-Stanford 13. St. Mary’s 6-California g. Oklahoma Aggies 27 - Okla homa g. Oregon State 01Southern Cal. O. Auburn 20-Tulane IA Kentucky 47-Washington Lee 12 Notre Dame 25-College of the Pacific 2. Maryland 0-Pennsylvania 51 Kansas 0-Iowa State ‘. Wisconsin 33-Marquette 19 Texas Christian 20-Arkansas Duke 0-TenneSsee 13. Penn State 9-Bucknell 0 Alabama 20-Mercer 0.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 6, 1940, page 1 (results column)

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  World Series Squared at 2-AII; UDsets Mark Football Scene ginia, which upset favored Yale, 1914. Up at Philadelphia, Maryland was handed one of its worst beat ings in history, q 5l-0 shellacking by Pennsylvania, and American University got off to losing start against Susquehanna, 1913. Other major results: Tennessee, 13; Duke, 0. Northwestern, 40; Syracuse, 0. Pittsburgh, l9; Missouri, Is, Fordham, 20; West Virginia, Z. Kentucky, Al; Washington and Lee, II. Minnesota, 13; Nebraska, 7. Ohio State, II; Purdue, IA. Notre Dame, 25; College of Pa clfic, 7. California, g; st. Mary’s, 6. Stanford. 13; Oregon, 0. (Ftill Details In Sports section.)

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Northwestern leads 6–⁠5 in 11 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.