Minnesota at Northwestern

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  The Billings gazette, Billings, Mont., November 26, 1901, page 1

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  SHUTS YALE OUT IN FOOTBALL GAME. MINNESOTA AGAIN VICTORS Defeats the Northwestern University Eleven BY Score Of Is to o. Soldiers Field, Cambridge, Mass, Nov. 23.-Vengeance never sweeter and victory never nor decisive came to Harvard this afternoon when her eleven defeated Yale % to O.. Three touchdowns, two of which were converified into goals, and a goal from the field by brilliant execution were Harwards portion. For Yale there was nothing but ~whitewash. The Harvard men required about five minutes in which to start their superb football machinery. After that Yale was in the playing. In scrimmage tactics, line plunging, hurdling, punting and drop kicking the Yale men were completely ~outclassed. The Harvard players also gave a DEM onstration of uniform play that was remarkable, and as a result the colors of the crimson waved in delireous joy during the greater portion of the two hous occupied by the contest. Thirty-six thousand spectators, a greater number than ever before gath cred at a football game, watched the battle from the mammoth stands. Three-quarters of the enormous crowd | cheered Harvard, while 5000 sympathizers tried to encourage the over whelmed wearers of the blue. Harvard presented a team, the personnet of which was unchanged from start to finish, and the players who thus won glory for the crimson, were almost as full of dash when the ref eree’s whistle sounded time as they we’re when it sounded for the opening kick off. Yale, on the other hand, required 26 men to meet the onslaught Of the Harvard %plungers. Panic came to Yale, and sympathy went out to Yale from Harvard’s thousands, when the crack.quarterback, Desaulles, as a result of a flying tackle, which prevented another Harvard score, was hurt. A blow on the head made him unconscious. Later it became necessary to remove him from the grounds on a stretcher. AS the game procrossed, WEYMOUTH, Chadwick, Ham lin and Gould were compelled to re. tire in favor of substitutes. The game was as clearly played as any ever witnessed on this field. In no instance was smuggling or unnecessary roughness visible. Three penal ties were imposed by the umpire, on Harvard from the over anxiety of her players. Yale lost ten yards of dis. lance for holding, off side play and in. reference. Harvard scored II of her % points in the first half. In the sec ond half Harvard resorted more often to punting. Yale played much better football in the second half and Har ward had to be satisfied with a touch down which failed Of a goal. Harvard after the first five minutes of the game, had possession of the ball the greater part of the time. Her goa. line was really in danger. Once in the first half Yale landed the bal on Harvard’s 20 yard line, before Har ward forced Descaulles to try for 9 goal from the field. He failed. In the second half Yale, by the f%iercest play, reached the nine yard line only to lose the ball on downs The crimsons’ weighter line and last err back field worked out a touchdown in the second half but Cults coult not make a goal against the wind. General feeling of the Harvard coaches and players was one of sur prise at Yale’s weakness and salts faction at Harvard’s strong offence Coach Reid said after the game: ri was due to the fighting spirit. Every man on the team had it in him ant they came to the scratch in grea1 shape: l had confidence and they came up to my expectations. Every man played the whole game for al he was worth” Captain Campbell said: ‘”The. game spoke for itself. All 1 have to say il that when the university backs up { team as it has done this year we viii always win” After the game Harvard’s players were all in the highest spirits. No a man was seriously injured, Kernan’s weak ankle was strained a little anG Cults hurt his knee slightly, but the rest of the men showed no effects be yond a few scratches and black eyes Yale’s team was very desponden’ and took their defeat hard. CELEBRATING THE VICTORY. Intermediates and All Who Care te

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 25, 1901, page 2

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  Minnesota Is; Northwestern o. Chicago, Nov. 25.-Minnesota, 16; Northwestern 0. That in brief is the story of football contest chiefly no table for the er-say-die spirit of the vanquished. Minnesota played her US ual plunging game and gained consist emily, while her opponents were never able to hold the ball long. Schacht in the first half was forced over the line for the first touchdown and Knowlton kicked goal. In the second half the same tactics sent Aune and Lafans across the line, but Knowlton in both

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Minnesota leads 56–⁠38–⁠5 in 99 meetings, counting the 93 since this game.