Nebraska at Notre Dame

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  Evening star, October 20, 1947, page 16 (results column)

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  Dozen Major Eleven! Remain Unbeaten as Eight Fall From List NEW YORK, Oct 2O.-A dozen major college football teams still have all-victorious records TODAY but several will have to do some fancy stepping Saturday to keep from joining eight others which were tumbled from the ranks of the unbeaten and united last week end. Such previously undefeated elevens as Minnesota, Vanderbilt, Yale, Maryland, william and Mary, Mar quette, Boston College and Muhlenberg dropped out of the all-victorious class and now can concentrate on returning the compliment to such other hopefuls as may cross their paths. Among the top flight teams whose perfect records survived the week end are Michigan, Notre Dame, Texas, California, Georgia Tech, Pennsylvania, Penn State, Southern Methodist, Baylor, Wake Forest, Virginia and. West Virginia. Probably the toughest chore i’m mediately ahead for any Of this select group Is that faced by the Golden Bears of California, who tangle with Southern California; = unbeaten but once-tied Trojans at Berkeley Saturday in one Of the top games of the day. Trojans Are Impressive. California opened its bid for the Pacific Coast Conference crown by clipping Washington State, 21–⁠6, for its fifth straight triumph Saturday-A development considerably less impressive than the 1876 hay maker which Southern Cal landed on Oregon State. UCLA, the other team involved in three-cornered scrap for the coast title and Rose Bowl honors, steps out of conference play to meet the invasion of Southern Methodist, which kept its slate clean by blank ing Rice, 14-O, while UCLA was trampling Stanford, 1916. Other Western highlights Saturday included Stanford at Washing ton, Montana at Washington State, Portland at oregon State, Brigham Young at Utah State, Colorado at Colorado A. and NJ, Utah at Wyoming, Texas Tech at Denver and Tulsa at Nevada. Texas, which downed Arkansas, 21–⁠6, to clear its first Southwest conference hurdle, goes after it’s sixth win of the year against Rice at Austin and Baylor invades Texas A. and M. in quest of its fifth in a row. Michigan Meets Minnesota. Michigan, looking more and more ! like the class of the country after Northwestern, 1921, will be at home against Minnesota, while 40–⁠13 conqueror CT Mime sofa and still unbeaten but once tied, invades Purdue in Big Nine Indiana and Northwestern hook up at Northwestern in another Big Nine test. Iowa, which tied Ohio State, 1913, invades Notre Dame, 31–⁠0 winner over Nebraska, and which humbled Yale, 90, Marquette in non-conference tilts. Kentucky, which ended Wander bits unbeaten string. 14–⁠0, travels to Michigan State and Texas Chris tian, 26–⁠0; winner over Texas A. and M, invades Oklahoma, held to a 1913 tie by Kansas. Missouri is at Iowa State and Nebraska at Kansas State in the Big Six. Alabama and Georgia Clash. Duke, which handed Maryland its first loss, 1877, invades Wake Forest to seek another win in the Southern Conference. Alabama, after drop ping Tennessee, 100, goes to Georgia, Auburn to Tulane and Louis lana State to Vanderbilt in the loop. Penn State and West Virginia meet at State College in another battle of unbeaten teams. Penn State polished off Syracuse Saturday and West Virginia downed N. Y. u, both by 400.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 20, 1947, page 3 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL | SCORES Final scores of leading football games played over the weekend are as follows: Oregon 6; Washington O. California 21; Washington s. 6. UCLA 39 Stanford 6. Southern Cal 48; Oregon S. 6. Idaho 20, Portland IA. Macy 39; Co.,: ell 19. Virginia Tech 0; Army tc. Wisconsin g; Yale 0. Notre Dame 31 Nebraska 0. Connecticut T. Maine l3. Western Maryland 4l; Washing ton College 0. Iowa State 0; Michigan State 20. Miss. State 34; Duquesne g. Georgetown 12; Tulsa O. Baylor 32; Texas Teachers 6. Colorado 9; Brigham Young ‘. Wyoming 33: Utah State l9 Colorado A & M 29. Colo Coll. ‘. Utah 13; Denver ‘. Montana State IS; Montana University 12 Iowa IS; Ohio Etate 13 Tie. Purdue 62; Boston U T Columbia IA; Pennsylvania 34 Brown 10; Dartmouth 13 Maryland T; Duke g. Colgate ‘; Princeton 20. Wake Forest 39; George Wash ington ‘. Amherst 13; Colby T. Holy Cross o; Harvard ‘. Auburn ‘; Georgia Tech 27. North Carolina IA; William and Mary ‘. Penn State 40; Syracuse O. Rice 0; Southern Methodist IA. West Virginia 40; NYU 0. Rutgers 36; Fordham 6. Bucknell ‘; Layfette 27. Tennessee 0; Alabama 10. VMI 20; Richmond T. Virginia 32; Washington-Le ‘. University of San Francisco 34; Marquette l3. Minnesota l3; Illinois 40. Pittsburgh 6; Indiana 4l. Michigan 49; Northwestern 21. Texas 21; Arkansas 6. Texas A & M O. Texas Christ ian 26. Bowdoin F; Williams O. University of Mississippi 27; Tu- lane IA.

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Nebraska leads 8–⁠7–⁠1 in 16 meetings, counting the four since this game.