Oregon at Michigan

• 

  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 3, 1948, page 44

  Read the text

  Michigan Whips Oregon, Ia to 0, Before $500 ANN ARBOR, Mich, Oct. 3 Michigan ground out its 18th straight football victory today, IA te 0, in the face Of an Oregon air at tack that threatened down to the last second. Michigan showed $4,000 fans a determined and aggressive ball club in cracking the eight-game victory streak OF the visiting team. The Wolverines muffed two chances and Oregon one before the Michigan offense caught fire long enough to send End Dick Rifenbur9 over for the first counter. midway in the third period. On their own 40 yard stripe, the Wolverines tall back, Charley Ortmann, smacked Riffenburg with a 35-yard pass and he raced into the end zone. Michigan cut loose again late in the third period. moving 50 yards for the games only other counter In the final quarter, Norm Van Brocklin. Oregon passing star, stand ing on his own 35-yard line. whip

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.

Tied 3–⁠3 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.