Minnesota at Michigan

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 4, 1945, page 1

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  MICHIGAN SCORING SPREE WINS, ESQ ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov 3.-R Pouring across three touchdoWns in the final period, Michigan’s sur prising Wolverines kicked Mime sofa out of the Big Ten title race here today by hammering the gophers 26 to 0 before the second largest crowd ever to watch a foot ball game in Michigan stadium 1912. 1t was the largest in the nation this year. The Wolverines, who staged a similar last period spree a week ago to whip Illinois 10 to 0, thus achieved their. third conference victory against a single loss and stayed in the thick of the Big Ten fight. The loss was the second straight for a Minnesota eleven that bowed TO Ohio State last week. Michigan counted its first touch down in the last minute of the open ing period, sending Quarterback Howard Derges across from the one yard line on a sneak after Yerges had set up the score with a pair of passes, one to Halfback Wally Teninga for Is yards and the other to Henry Fonde for l6. Michigan drove to the Minnesota II early in the third but lost the ball on an intercepted pass and didn’t get started rolling again until a minute before the final period opened. Michigan had a sharp edge in statistics all down the line, making 10 first downs to Minnesota’s II, outgaining the -Gophers 261 yards to 1874 along the ground and picking up 131 yards on six pass compile tons in is pitches. Minnesota completed three of eight passes for 81 yards.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 5, 1945, page 14

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  Army–Irish Clash May Decide National Honors; Navy May Need More Luck to Beot Michigan found the football gods still were looking out for Navy’s welfare. After Clyde Scott ran back an intercepted pass so yards in the last quarter to deadlock the fracas at 6-all the Middies held off two Notre Dame rushes from the one-foot line as time ran out on the forlorn Irish. Navy Again on Spot. Navy will need all its good for tune Saturday when it takes on the improved Michigan Wolverines at Baltimore in the No. contest of the day. Fritz Chrisler’s youngsters staged another impressive last period offensive in overwhelming Minnesota, 26–⁠0. The East has another big tilt scheduled at Philadelphia where the all-conquering Columbia Lions tam gle with the powerful, once defeated Penn Quakers for Ivy League honors.

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  Detroit evening times, November 6, 1945, page 23 (results column)

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  Indiana ~ Shifts Title CHICAGO, Nov. 5 QNS)- Indianas hopeful Hoosiers enter the stretch drive towards their first Big Ten football champion ship in history this week with only twice-beaten Minnesota and once defeated Purdue standing between them and the title. The HooSiers, who have never ! finished in even a tie for the title in the 45 years they have been playing Western Conference football, have won three games and tied one in league competitlon-this- season They opened the season by up setting Michigan, l3 TO z, battled Northwestern TO Z 10 z tie, beat Illinois, 6 10 0, and then trimmed Iowa, So TO ?. in their nonleague contests, they routed Nebraska, 81 TO Ia, and beat Tulsa, Z TO 2. PURDUE ALWAYS TOUGH But the task does not appear so overwhelming as it did before Saturdays games when their next opponent, the Minnesota Gophers, fell, 26 TO 0. before Michigan. But even If they can get by the Bernie Bierman team. they have the Boilermakers TO face. And form In a Purdue-Indiana game means nothing. Indiana had a practice session with Cornell. the Hoosiers walk ing over the little Iowa team, 46 to 6. After the Gopher game they will have two weeks in which to prepare for the finale Minnesota was a slight favor ite over u. NJ. but their defeat practically eliminated them from the race. They found Michigan too powerful on both the ground and in the air. The Wolverines netted 257 yards by rushing and i3f by passes against the Gophers 13i and 81. WIN BY GOAL Two other conference games were played Saturday. but only the Ohio State–Northwestern affair was OF Importance 10 the title race. The Buckeyes took a 16 10 IA victory over North western by booting field goal in the last 80 seconds Of play. Max Schnittker, 1S-year-old reserve tackle, kicked the three pointer from the 2l-yard line. Ohio State thus retained second place in the race with four VIC tories and one defeat. North western dropped 10 seventh. The other game saw Wisconsin win its first conference victory of the year at the expense Of Iowa. The score was u 10 7. II left Iowa at the bottom Of the league Purdue and Illinois engaged out-of-l e ague opponents. the BOllernakers having no trouble dispoSing Of Pittsburgh, e to O, but Illinois lost TO Great Lakes, 10 ~ s

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, November 5, 1945, page 1 (results column)

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  ysEs .-.OOTBALL SCORES Following are the final scores of leading football games played over the past weekend: West Washington, Z; Oregon, 0. st. Mary’s, %; use, 0. Washington State. 7; California, 7 (tie) oregon State, 3; Idaho, 0. Midwest Ohio State, Is; Northwestern IA. Michigan, 26; Minnesota, 0. Great Lakes, IL; Illinois, 6. Wisconsin, 81; Iowa, Z. Indiana, 46; Cornell Iowa, 6. Michigan State, IA; Missouri, 7. Iowa State, 40; Kansas State, ID. Nebraska, 27 Kansas, l3 Purdue, %; Pittsburgh, O. Marquette, 3d. Detroit, IL East Notre Dame, 6; Navy, g. CTie). Army, Sd; Villanova, 0. Columbia, “a; Cornell, &c. Penn, %; Princeton, 0. Temple, 20; Lafayette, O. Penn State, 90; Syracuse, O. Yale, 6; Dartmouth, O. Rutgers, IS; Lehigh, O. Connecticut, 33; Amherst, 0. Rochester, 10; N. Y. u, g. South Duke, IA Georgia Tech, 6. Alabama, 60; Kentucky, 10. Tulane, IA; Mississippi State, 49, Georgia, 34s Chattanooga, T. Tennessee, 90; North Carolina, g. Auburn, 10; Florida, 0. Wake Forest, SO; Presbyterian, O. VMI., 81; Vanderbilt, 10. William & Mary, 80; Maryland, IA. Virginia, 10; West Virginia, T. North Carolina State, 6; V.PI., 0. Florida A & M, 20; Tennessee State, l8. Louisiana State, 80; Mississippi, l3. Southwest Texas, II; SMU., Z. Rice, 13; Texas Tech, 0. Texas A & M, “a; Arkansas, 0. Texas Christian, Is; Oklahoma, 7. Baylor, 10; Southwestern 0. Rockies New Mexico, 10; Colorado, c. Utah, 33; Denver, 81. Colorado A IL NJ, 25; Colorado State, IA.

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Michigan leads 78–⁠26–⁠3 in 107 meetings, counting the 71 since this game.