Northwestern at Michigan

• 

  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 18, 1948, page 3

  Read the text

  CALIFORNIA BEARS ARE Up ON TOP University of Oregon Also Comes Out with Un- bIemished Record SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-tR- Football has reached the mid-season mile post in the Far West. T h e championship pattern Of the Coast Conference is clearly outlined as of this date.> | Californias Bears pack the big wallop. They’re undefeated in or out of the league Last weeks smashing APO triumph over Oregon State erased any lingering doubts. University of Oregon also has an unblemished conference record, in fact has won three to Califor- nia’s lone conquest as of now. But Oregon lost to Michigan, 14–⁠0. out side and barely squeezed by it’s last two league opponents, Idaho. 15–⁠8 and Southern California, 8–⁠7. Inci- dentally that two touchdown set back by Michigan makes Oregon look pretty good in view of M.chi- gan’s last two tremendous wins, 4O-0 over Purdue and. 28–⁠0 over Northwestern. California Looks Coed Nevertheless, California has the better record and from all indica- tions will go through the season unscathed. Oregon may pull through without a conference stumble to SnarI ,ID the race If is rarrett af,le these two clubs do not meet this season. California takes to the road for two weeks This Saturday, it will

• 

  Roanoke Rapids daily herald, North Carolina, October 17, 1948, page 1

  Read the text

  Michigan Scores Three Times in Three Minutes to Humble Northwestern $50 lPl-Michigan’s fabulous foot ball powerhouse, grinding with no wasted motion in the second half, churned out an impressive 70 to 0 victory over Northwest ern before an awed throng of 1888 fans here today as sophomore Leo Koccski of Canonsburg Pa, personally accounted for the first three touchdowns. 1t was Michigan’s 18th success sive victory in an ever-growing string extending back to October OF 1915, and put the Wolverines IN the driver S seat in defending their Big Nine title. Northwestern hadn’t been beat en- before today, but the Wild cats, after making a terrific fight Of it in the first half, col ‘apsed under an avalanche of three Michigan touchdowns

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.

Michigan leads 61–⁠15–⁠2 in 78 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.