Indiana at Michigan

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  Evening star, November 12, 1950, page 44

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  fth-Stringer Leads Michigan in Victory Over Indiana, , 70 10 7 ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov. Ii Wes Bradford, a tiny 155-pound sophomore scatback, played hide and seek with Indiana’s line today and led Michigan to a 20–⁠7 Big Ten victory here. A crowd of 67,379, smallest home gathering in Is games. saw the fifth stringer from Troy, Ohio, restore a running punch to the Michigan team that was tied by Minnesota and beaten by Illinois in its last two games. Bradford brought the fans to their felt early in the second quarter with a shifty 41-yard touch down run that gave Michigan a 1910 lead and provided what proved to be the winning counter. For the rest of the afternoon the pint sized speedster whipped out consistent gains that kept the Indiana defenses off balance. Thanks to Bradford’s fiery play, Michigan came out with it’s second Big Ten victory of the season against a loss and tie. For Indiana, it was the third successive loss and a 1–⁠3 record in the conference. Before Bradford, a desperation choice to fill the right half post, came to the fore, End Harry Allis Started Michigan off on the right foot. He intercepted Lou D’Achille’s pass on the Indiana 33 on the third play of the game and raced to a touchdown. The sharp Michigan defense dis couraged the potent throwing arm of D’Achille, Indiana southpaw. The little lefthander tried only 13 compared to his usual 20–⁠30 passes a game and completed six for rs yards. He had three in tercepted, one for a touchdown. Don Dufek, Michigan’s consist ent ground gamer, added the third touchdown on the first running play of the second half. He broke | through right tackle and OUTRAGED the Indiana secondary 81 yards to the goal. Indiana’s lone counter came on the next series of plays. Indiana rolled IS yards with Halfback Bob Robertson plunging through the middle for the last four.

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Michigan leads 62–⁠11 in 73 meetings, counting the 55 since this game.