Missouri at Pittsburgh

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  Evening star, October 6, 1940, page 36

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  Pitt Power Beats ChristmQn And Missouri in Thriller ter. with Jones crossing the goal. The third Panther touchdown was set up by Kracum’s interception OF Christman’s pass on his own 20 and run back to the 38. Another power drive took the pigskin into scoring position, with Bonelli, substitute for Thurbon, going over from the 2. Unable to get inside Pitts As dur ing the opening period, Missouri came to life in the second. Spanked by ChristmanS passing, the Tigers drove to Pitts six and Fullback Bill Cunningham plunged over for the score. Christman opened another aerial barrage in the fourth, moving Missouri, to the Pitt Is with three COM pletions that included a 46-yard shot to End Rober Steuber, Christ man banged across to pay dirt from the / and Steuber kicked the point.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 7, 1940, page 2 (results column)

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  ;2;i|‘‘‘N1E{0 3024 The following are scores or lm- portant football games played last Saturday afternoon: Purdue IA: Ohio State IT. Colgate 0; Cornell 34. West Virginia T; Fordham 20. Northwestern 40; Syracuse o. Michigan 21; Michigan State l4 Navy IA; Cincinnati 0. Virginia 19; Yale IA. Missouri 13; Pittsburgh 19. Army 20; Williams 19. Princeton T; Vanderbilt 6. Harvard IS; Amherst 0. Minnesota l3; Nebraska 2. Texas 13; Indiana 6. Auburn 20; Tulane IA. Kentucky 47; Washington a n q Lee 12. Notre Dame 25; College of Pa cific 2. Maryland 0; Pennsylvania 5l. Kansas 0; Iowa State ‘. Wisconsin B; Marquette l9. Texas Christian 20; Arkansas O Duke 0; Tennessee 13. Penn State 9; Bucknell 0. Alabama 20; Mercer 0. University of Washington 2l; Idaho o. Montana 0; Washington State 13. Utah 12; Brigham Young 6. Lafayette 9; New fork Univer- sity T. Georgia 33; South Carolina 3. Pacific University 2; University of Portland 25. Oregon 0; Stanford l3 St. Marys 6; California 9. Oklahoma Aggies 27; Oklahoma %. Oregon State 0; University ol Southern California 0, tie.

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Pittsburgh leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.