Pacific at Northwestern

Saturday, October 26, 1946

No. 8 Northwestern beat Pacific 26–⁠13. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayPacific0–⁠3 in 1946
13
Home8Northwestern4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1946
26

FinalHigh 74°F, low 46°FAttendance 35,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 27, 1946, page 27

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    EVANSTON, Ill, Oct. Is Coach Amos Alonzo Stages razzle-dazzle scored in a single l02yard play today for College of the Pacific and helped cushion his Homecoming” defeat at the hands of unbeaten Northwestern which substituted freely in gain ing a 26–⁠13 victory. With his team trailing 2O-6 at the half, the 84-year-old dean of the country’s’ coaches, accepted honors from the order of the &C., University of Chicago’s athletic organization which he formed during his 41-year regime at the school, and the Northwestern m Mems Club. In quivering voice, Stagg accepted the honors and then ouipped: Il am very happy to receive these testimonials, but two or three more touchdowns would satisfy me better”

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: ,1obeaten Teams Al Texas, Tennessee, Michigan, State Toppled

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 28, 1946, page 1 (results column)

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    ,1obeaten Teams Al Texas, Tennessee, Michigan, State Toppled yFW YORK, Oct. 27 - (P rta football seismograph still re- .c,ed sunday from another series a. ~aheavals that shook the pig ~ .+.ia world and toppled some of en- nations powers from their lofty positions aao the same since little Gin .sS y started it rocking by whip . .ao Indiana’s big nine champ. r5 ‘vav back in September when w.. W. b~asebalIers apparently were 4st Getting their second wind. The most cesounding crash was ..s~d from Texas where a fight Rice eleven tumbled mighty r6vss from the unbeaten and -s;tpd list with an 1913 upset of ~.+ounding proportion. Deacons’s Win uo.vv damage also was conferred .ne South where Wake Forest, sa.,en for the first time only a rock ago by North Carolina State, listed Tennessee’s perfect record ~i,5 = smashing 1876 triumph. and W. twice.beaten. twice-tied Virginia Tech squad handed N. c. State ls first licking, 1916. The six other major elevens with mbeaten and united records – G~mv. Notre Dame, Pennsylvania, nc L. A.. Georgia. and Harvard managed to keep their states dean but there were plenty OF ot5pr form r~eversals along with the snsets that dumpeo Texas, Tenn sssee and N. c. State. Hapless Mississippi clipped Arkansas 81; Southern Methodist tranked Missouri 40; Illinois re- FAMED prestige by nosing out Michigan 1879; West Virginia trip ned Syracuse, 1870; Kings Point S Merchant Mariners squeezed past Fordham. rs; moderated Gin ~innati staged another surprise in oonouering Michigan State; 1877, md Boston University’s weak squad scored a moral victory in vino Browns Ivy league-s, 14–⁠14. Tar Heels : North Carolina, Oregon and Northwestern, unbeaten but once led. kept in step with the first TX by piliag up easy victories. Army, held s~co~eless on the ground for the first time since it started its 24-game victory string, look TO the air to overcome the powerfully defensive Duke Blue Devils, 1910 at the Polo Grounds. The Cadets touchdown twins, Jounior Davis ard Doc Blanchard, piled up yardage on the ground out it was Arnold fuckers passing arm that forced the victory. Tuck sr tossed three touchdown aerials, two Of them to Davis TO keep the Cadets rolling. Another great passing perform. ance was turned in by Notre Danes Johnny Lujack who pitch ed the Irish to a humping 41–⁠6 victory over Iowa to give the ma ton second ranking squad its first triumph over the HaWkeyes in Iowa City. Powerful Pennsylvania rolled ever Navy, 32-l9, with skippy M5aisi dazzling the capacity crowd IN Philadelphia’‘s FGranklin Field with a truly All-American perform a.ce. The Quakers closed the sa.es in the second half by with arawing Minisi and the rest of the first team. U. c. L. As Bruins passed an other hurdle en- route to the Rose Bowl in easy fashion by massacring Santa Clara 1877 while Georgia SteamroIlered Furman, TOT. Har- Yard headed into November with d 30 record by defeating Holy Cross, 1876. Florida Loses North Carolina polished off FLORIDA, 40–⁠19, but Oregon got plenty of resistance from Idaho 0efore winning 26–⁠13. Northwest ems big nine conference leaders look things easy with Alonzo 9’aggs College of the Pacific visitors, winning 26–⁠13. Although Notre Dame overcame ls Iowa City Jinx, Texas still was “ood0oed by Rice. The Triumph marked the Owls third victory qyef Texas in as many years. 6ea’eA only by Louisiana State, z D. IN their opener, the Owls, now Io-olhg a Al record, scored first u me starting period, were tied [0! d. The half, and then scared 1acf with u points in the third 40aIter 10 clinch the contest. The ,oagnorns rallied under Bobby Lsyne’s leadership to tally seven Eu-4’s In the closing frame but @s Owls held -esolutely to their i’ve point margin. -ayne gave a magnificent per- 9imahce connecting for IL out ~ passes for 100 yards – but

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Northwestern 91% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Northwestern leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

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