Vanderbilt at Northwestern

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 5, 1952, page 69

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  Vanderbilt Freshman Surprises Northwestern, Gains 1920 Tie after his passes had advanced the ball to the Vandy 4. With less than four minutes OF the second half gone. the big freshman had the Commodores knocking. After a series of sue cessful Krietemeyer heaves to Ends Malcolm Cook and Ben Roderick, Fullback R. C. Allen ran through tackle Is yards for the first Vandy touchdown. Swap Scores Until End. Thereafter, the teams swapped scores on an even basis, North western counting on a 33-yard pass from Thomas to End Joe Collier and a beautiful weaving run by Halfback Bob Lauter. Vanderbilt matched these with a sneak by Krietemeyer. after he had slipped around end 40 yards on bootleg play. and with a four-yard scoring squirt by Allen after the Vandy attack, consist ing mostly of alternate passes and runs by-its pilot, had put together a long drive. Dick Foster of Vanderbilt and Norm Kragseth of Northwestern each missed one attempted conversion that would have meant victory. Northwestern 0 6 z go Vanderbilt – O 0 z 1870 Northwestern scoring Touchdown. Thomas Collier, Lauter. Conversions. KragSeth . Vanderbilt scoring: Touchdowns. Allen 2: Krietemeyer. Conversions, Foster. 2.

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Northwestern leads 2–⁠1–⁠1 in four meetings, counting the two since this game.