Pennsylvania at Michigan

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  Evening star, October 27, 1940, page 26

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  Harmon Is Show As Wolverines Triumph, 14–⁠0 Highly Rated Reagan Of Quokers Easily Held in Check <13~2~ <hANooEN, lNlIii W. 90 Michigan’s. great Tommy Harmon raced 10 yards to one touchdown and passed Is to a teammate for another to lead the Wolverines to l4-to-0 victory over PennSylvania before $4,000 impressed fans today. Any doubts that the Michigan star would retain the all-America laurels accorded him last season were erased as he turned in one Of the most brilliant performances of his career against the previously undefeated Quakers. BY scoring touchdown and kick ing two extra points Harmon ran his total points for five games to 81 and left his most prominent rival, Frank Reagan of Penn, far in the rear. The heralded duel between Reagan and Harmon never did develop The diminutive Penn ace neither could pass or run to advantage against the stout Michigan defense, and he finally was jerked from the game by Coach George Munger early in the final period. Reagan Gets Nowhere. The best Reagan could do was toss couple of 11-yard passes. and his longest run from scrimmage was 7 yards. Harmon, in addition to his two scoring plays, streaked through and around the Penn line for gains of %, IT. IA. IA and IL yards. and completed two other long passes of “a and IA yards. In additon. his kicking was splendid He was, in word, terrific. Due principally to Harmon’s efforts, but with couple of low bows to Fullback Bob Westfall and Quarterback Forest Evashevski. Michigan was able to gain 223 yards by rushing to Penn’s 1870 and to hold the Quakers even in first downs at IL apiece. Michigan scored its touchdowns in the first and third periods. Penn numbered down as far as Michigans 2-yard line at the start Of the final quarter. but couldn’t score through the punched Wolverine defense. Harmon carried the ball % times for net gain of 142 yards and COM pleted three passes for 81. Reagan in II tries penetrated Michigan S line for net of only 10 yards. Of the seven passes he threw. three were completed for 80 yards and two were intercepted. Penn Makes One Threat. Westfall who was slashing of the Penn tackles when Harmon wasn’t circling an end. piled UP a net yard age of IA himself. The Wolverines would feint with Westfall couple of times and then cross with their right-Harmon. Capt. Evashevski. after personally supervising Harmons touchdown run in the first Pc riod. was injured just before the half and never did get back. but Harmon seemed to run pretty we’ll without his famous blocker clearing the way for him In addition to its two touchdown drives. the second OF which carried SO yards with Harmon and Westfall ripping and tearing for long gains Michigan went down to Penns Is and again to its II in the second pc riod, and when the game ended the undefeated Wolverines were on the Quaker %, the result of a long pass from Harmon to end Ed Frutig. Penn’s only real scoring threat came in the fourth period, when the Red and Blue went to the 2-yard line and then threw futile pass into the end zone Westfall batted it down. Otherwise. the Quakers’ best efforts were drives of 80 and 80 yards and their closest approach to score the Michigan 18. Wistert Is Line Star. Tackle Al Wistert probably had more to do with piling up the Penn attack than any other Michigan player. Ed Allen. the Penn fullback. kept Harmon from scoring three or four more touchdowns. Harmon went around him, but he never did go through him.

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  The Key West citizen. (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, Florida, October 28, 1940, page 1 (results column)

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  Michigan Ended PENIS Unbeaten Record, 40; Tennessee Over Florida HarmOn’s Running And Passing Subdued In dams; Vols Scored In SecOnd-Half and sensational playing featured the football sport Saturday. Highlighting the drama of the glIuHon was the amazing work OF ION Harmon in running and passing ms s4IcnIgan wolverine teammates to a I4-U triumph over Pennsylvania Indians. Harmon sIreaked ~ yards for the 1Ifst touchdown and passed 10 YARDS to another wolverine fOI Tne second and last goal. His kicking OF two extra points ran his total points Tor five games to the impressive mark of 81, far ahead of his nearest rival, Frank Reagan OF the Indians. The highly-touted duel between Harmon and Reagan never ma tel Iallzed. PennS ace was help less against Michigan’s defensiVe ‘‘brIck-walr’ and was removed from the game early in the second period. Indians bat tied to the wolverines tWo-yard line in the final quarter but a futile pass spoiled their chance of scoring. Best Penn performance was credited to tackle Al WiStert, who kept Harmon from making several other touchdowns. The loss ended PENIS unbeaten- record and added another vic tory to Michigan’S string of triumphs, while remaining undefeated. Tennessee–Florida Two tOuchdownS and two exira points in the final period gave TenneSsee’s Volunteers a 14–⁠0 win over the Gators from Florida at Knoxville in a regular Southeastern Conference game. Two native F1oridianS, Bill Howling Of St. Pete and BUST Warren of Miami, were the down fall of the Gators. Nowling &C counted for the Vols first score after going through the inside of the left guard on Florida’S 49, yard line and racing down the field to safety Warren, acclaim ed a great pass thrower, entered the conflict in the last quarter. After gaining the middle of the field, he took the ball on a wide swing around left end and on to the goal posts Cornell Ohio State Keeping their record clean, Cornell’s Ithacans came from behind to down Ohio States Buck eyes, 21–⁠7. In the very first pc Rod, Ohio staged a 89-yard drive for touchdown that thrilled the capacity crowd in Schoellkopf Stadium at Ithaca but from then on they never had a chance. Cor nell evened the count in the sec ond quarter and clinched the battle in the final half. The IthacanS’ triumph cost them the services of their star end, Kirk Hershey, and Howard Dunbar. Hershey, returning aft er a two-game rest, suffered fur ther pain to an injured knee and Dunbar, wearing a mask, had his nose broken again. Other Scores Scores of other leading elevenS follow: Tulane, IA; North Carolina, Is. Navy, 81; Yale, o. Princeton, %; Rutgers, Is. Duke, %; Wake Forest, 0. St. Mary’S, 9; Fordham, 6. Syracuse. 8; Columbia, o. Penn State, Is; Temple, 0. Brown, 9; Holy Cross, 6. Dartmouth. Z; Harvard, g. Lafalette, 10; Army. 0. Notre Dame, 26; Illinois, 0. Northwestern, 20; Indiana, z. Texas Tech, 20; Marquette, Is. The Citadel. %: Oglethorpe. O. Rice, Is; Texas, 0. North Dakota, “a; North Dakota State, 0. Utah, 25; Denver, IA. Colgate. 81; Missouri, 0.

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Michigan leads 11–⁠8–⁠2 in 21 meetings, counting the two since this game.