Nebraska at Iowa

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 5, 1944, page 19

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  Iowa Conquers Nebraska For First Victory, 27–⁠6 IOWA CITY, Iowa, Nov. 4.-Iowa, given a tremendous lift by Substitute Nelson Smiths offensive thrusts, swept into the football VIC tory column for the first time this season by crushing Nebraska, 81 to 6, today. Smith, who holds a discharge from the Army Air Corps and was listed as third-string halfback, ripped through the Huskers for three touchdowns in his second appear ance for Iowa this fall. The Hawks in stunning Nebraska for the third consecutive year, an Iowa record in their 33-game Sc riess held their Big Six Conference foe helpless most of the contest.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 6, 1944, page 2 (results column)

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  WOW! JUST SEE WHAT NAVY DID 10 N0TRE DAME The Navy’s potential power finally exploded last Saturday afternoon with all of it’s might to crush Notre Dams previously unbeaten and un- tied Irishmen in five touchdown wave in the number one game of the day that also marked waves of other upsets. The Army. Ohio State, Randolph Field, Mississippi State, Wake For est, Norman Navy and Yale man. aged to protect unmarred their rec ords but Georgia Tech, Michigan State, Oklahoma Aggies, Alabama, and Iowa State were among those to taste the first bitter dose of defeat. Irish Miss Everything Superior line power made the Navy’s machine click to 32 to 13 win while the Irish, missing every chance, was smothered at every turn by the offense, until in desperation i it took to the air in the second half. Army’s Big Score ! Army barely got a workout for next weeks game with Notre Dame, rolling Villanova 83 to 0, the biggest score in six victories and the third largest in Cadet history. , Ohio State had come from behind for the first time but took charge after the first 15 minutes to make a sick row of Indians at the expense of 21 to T. Duke Scores Upset Outside of the Navy–Notre Dame result, probably the most surprising score of the day was Dukes 19 to B wreck of Georgia Tech Engineers who now have been beaten four times. The Blue Devils came from behind twice in the last period to wreck the Bowl hopes of Coach Bill Alexander’s boys. Oklahoma Aggies Upset Something had to give way when the Oklahoma Aggies and Norman Navy, two teams with a perfect record, met. The Aggies gave way falling to the Navy Pliers 15 too. Tulsa suffered it second straight defeat in two weeks, lowing to the Iowa Seahawks AT to 27. Michigan handed Pennsylvania its worst beating since the George Mun- ger regime, fl to 19 In the Midwest, Minnesota and Northwestern battled to IA to 14 tie. Purdue smothered Wisconsin 35 tc 0 and Iowa earned it’s first decision at Nebraska’s expense, 27 to 6.

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Nebraska leads 26–⁠20–⁠1 in 47 meetings, counting the 23 since this game.