Indiana at Minnesota

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 3, 1957, page 1

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  Gophers urn on Power To Crush Indiana, $40 MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 2 (R.- -Four touchdown drives engineered by Quarterback Jim Reese in the second half broke the back of Indiana’s early resistance and brought Minnesota a $40 victory in a gloomy drizzle today. With Bobby Cox knocked out of the game by an ankle injury in the second half. Reese got the heavily favored Gophers rolling midway through third period. From that point the beefy Minnesotans moved with out hindrance from the soggy terrain over a weakened Indiana defense. For two quarters the misery ridden HOLSTERS. winless in the Big Ten. played Minnesota nearly even before a Minnesota Homecoming crowd of 63,206. ! They yielded a first-quarter touchdown after fumbling on the 10-yard line but actually had the Gophers on the run the balance of the first half. Minnesota weight and man. power tipped the scales there after. Indiana, more hampered by the slow field than its rival, couldn’t move once the Gopher power started to assert itself. The Gophers pounded A yards for their second touch down, Bob Schultz sweeping six yards to score. Reese got another touchdown from the

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Minnesota leads 40–⁠26–⁠3 in 69 meetings, counting the 48 since this game.