Ohio State at Northwestern

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  Evening star, November 2, 1952, page 69

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  Buckeyes Win, 24–⁠27, on Rally |Of II Points in Final Period EVANSTON. H., Nov. 1.-The smallest player in the Big Ten. 128-pound Tad Weed, booted a difficult 17-yard field goal to climax a 17-point fourth period rally which gave Ohio State a thrilling 24–⁠21 victory over North western today. Trailing 21–⁠7 entering the final quarter of this nationally televised conference game, Ohio State punched across two touchdowns for a 21–⁠21 tie and then Weed calmly booted his deciding three pointer with six minutes left. Weed, solely a kicking specialist, also converted after the three Ohio touchdowns. The 5-foot 5-inch Weed, with Quarterback John Borton holding plunked the big boot from a spot about is yards to the side of the goal posts. Ohio State Scores First. Ohio State scored first in the rousing contest as Halfback Howie Cassidy scooted seven yards to cap a 66-yard Buckeye drive. Northwestern erased a TO def cit in the opening period on q lucky tumble recovery in the enc zone and moved ahead in the Sec ond period as Quarterback Dick Thomas rifled two long touch. down passes to End Joe Collier. After a scoreless third period lit appeared that Northwestern could easily nurse it’s 14-point lead to victory. But poor 10-yard Northwest. ern punt early in the fourth period enabled Halfback Free Bruney to scoot across from the 2-yard line. Minutes later, the Buckeyes scored quickly on Borton’s AZ. yard payoff pass to Bruney, who grabbed the ball on the 10 anc did some fancy lodging to make the end zone. End-zOne Pass Is Blocked. The issue was settled as North Westerns Norm Kragseth at tempted to punt from the END zone and Tackle Irv Denker OF Ohio State blocked for a Buck eye recovery on Northwestern seven. An Ohio State clipping penalty set the stage for Weeds field goal try. with the ball snapped from the Wildcat IL. NorthWestern’s first touchdown also resulted from punting miscue. Ohio States Bill Petersen bobbled a fourth down pass from center, attempting to kick, and was nailed on the Buckeye, II. Two plays later, Halfback Wally Jones ripped off his own left tackle and fumbled on the three-yard line. The ball squirted into the end zone and Kragseth pounced on it for a touchdown. This was the third conference victory against two defeats for the Buckeyes. Last week they were Inundated in an 80 upset by Iowa. Northwestern probably cooked

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Ohio State leads 66–⁠14–⁠1 in 81 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.