Iowa at Michigan

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  Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 9, 1902, page 1

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  SMOTHERS THE HAWKEYES Michigan Rolls Up a Score Of One Hundred and Eleven. IOWA TEAM LAYS DOWN EARLY IN GAME one Touchdown Scored in Two Min utes, Another About as Quickly and Then the Hawkeye Heart Was All Gone. ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov. S-(Special Tel e~gram)-The deluge came to Iowa on Ferry field today. Michigan showered 107 points upon the Hawkeyes, still the Michigan taste for Iowa gore was undated, with the grand stand shouting for More, Nor” During the last half OF the game, and kissing the decisions Of the %oficials unfavorable to the Michigan team. Sweeley opened the game by making a goal from placement. Palmer had kicked on for Michigan and Ochiltree for Iowa had punted on third down. Weeks heeled his catch of the punt on Iowa’s thirty-yard line and Sweeley made his goal after one minute OF time had passed. The crowd laughed and the Iowa team began to havo a dead feeling OF heart. Ochiltree kicked of TO Weeks, who returned FIVE yards. Michigan then went on tackle plunges and end runs to its ffty-yard line. There Iowa held and ochiltree and Fred Buckley gained FIVE yards each. Iowa fumbled, but held Michigan to short gains and on third down sweeley punted to Roy. Buckley and ochiltree gained five yards each on the VOL VERNE tackle. Then Michigan held on Its forty-hve yards line. Heston made a thirty-ive yard run around the end and the Iowa team laid down. After this II was Michigan, all Michigan. Jones for Iowa played a plucky game at quarterback, MCGOWAN at right tackle never gave up, but from captain down little was done by the rest Of the team. They went through the motions of playing and occasionally did good work, but they had no heart and they tried but seldom. End run after end run resulted in long gains because the Iowa backs failed to attempt tackles. The Iowa line tried to hold and succeeded In keeping the game from being a free-for-all Michigan sprinting match. Michigan’s end runs were stronger this year than last on account Of a tackle be- Ing called back TO in front OF fullback, when the end run signals were called. Sweeley was the Wolverine especial star, but Hes ton. Hernstein and Maddox kept him close company. Captain Weeks showed himself a great field general, constantly correcting mistakes and keeping the Wolverine team up to It’s top strength. The Lineup:

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], November 9, 1902, page 10

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  SCORE 100 TO RIVALS o. MICHIGAN TEARS IOWA TO PIECES-TEN RUNS IN THE FIRST HALF-THE HAWKEYES POWERLESS Ann Arbor Mich Nov. S.-Michigan defeated Iowa this afternoon Ferry Field by the score of 107 to o. 1t the fastest game played this season by the Wolverines. and, considering the speed and strength of the Iowa team, was a remarkable exhibition of team work and endurance Michgan’s fast backs and tackles ripped through the Iowa line at will. and went around both the Hawkeyes ends. Powerful interference and long made the huge possible Sweeley dropped “A place kick from Iowa’s 95-yard line at the beginning or the game. and then the Wolverines struck up their speed. getting ten tOuChdownS IN the first half Iowas defence powerless against the PUSHES OF the Michigan men. and rarely held for downs Sweeley, who made l00-yard run for a touGhdown. HerrnSten. Heston. Palmer. MaddoCks Jones and Lawrence Mtchgan’s great ground gamers

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  The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., November 10, 1902, page 1

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  Score. Michigan. 107 Iowa 0; goal from place ment. Sweeley; touchdowns. Jones 8. Maddox 3, Herrnstein a. Heston 3, sweeley, Lawrence 8: goals from touchdowns. Sweeley TO- ,Graver 3, Lawrence; referee. Hayner of Lake Forest; UNI pire, Hoagland of Princeton: linesmen, WIN Weeks. of Michigan, Howell OF Iowa; timers Willard, of Ann Arbor and Green Of Iowa; time Of halves; thtrty-hve and thirty minutes.

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Michigan leads 45–⁠16–⁠4 in 65 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.