Northwestern at Minnesota

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 10, 1954, page 60

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  MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 9.-Minnesota split Northwestern wide open on the swift strikes of Bob Mcnamara and John Baum gartner today to herald its return as a Big Ten force with a 26–⁠7 victory. The Gopher split T first wore down early Wildcat resistance and then befuddled the nine point underdogs with sudden power that. sprang McNamara for two 24-yard touchdown gall lops and Baumgartner for one of 43 yards. The victory, Minnesota’s third straight under new coach MUIR ray Warmath and its first in the Big Ten. came easier than even the decisive score suggested. From the time Reserve Right Half Ralph Goode circled right

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Minnesota leads 56–⁠38–⁠5 in 99 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.