Knox at Nebraska

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  Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 16, 1902, page 1

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  One Touchdown and Safety Accounts for the Oornhuskers’ Points. GAME is PLAYED IN THE RAIN AND MUD Nothing Like Fast Foot Ball Possible or Score Would Be Larger KNOX UNABLE TO STOP LINE PlUNeES Nebraska Advances Ball n Total of 22O Yards, while the Hest the IIIInOisans Could DO was Forty-FOur. (From a star Correspondcnt.l ) LINCOLN. Nov 15.-(Special TeleEramD Before an assemblage OF 5000 rain soaked gridiron enthusiasts today Nebraska universitys unbeaten eleven vanquished the strong Knox college team, scoring seven points and maintaining the princi pie that their own goal line is forbidden territory on which opponents must not In trude. Both teams nouudcred about in mud, which reached almost to the players ankles. The mire prevented any SEM blance OF fast play but Ncbraska’s SUI perior prowess was conclusively proven by the fact that the Cornhuskers advanced tine ball 220 yards in scrimmage play, while the best Knox could do was forty-four yards. Knox had to its credit victories over NotTe Dame and Northwestern bv decisive scores, and Nobraska’s achieve ment Of today. along with previous vic tories over Minnesota and other strong teams, establishes the prestige OF the Corn huskers as belonging in the front rank in collegiate foot ball circles OF the middle west. The Knox line had a slight advantage in weight over their adversaries, but this was moro than counterbalanced by the excess of avoirdupois Of the Cornhuskers backs. The inability of Knox to stop Ne braska’s favorite formation, a revolving mass on tackle with one of the halfbacks carrying the ball. tells succinctly the story of the Galesburg teams defeat. Occasion ally the Knox forwards charged effectively and forced the Cornhuskers to punt, but Nebraskas defense in turn held firm and forced Knox almost Immediately to kick and surrender the oval. A long punt by Benedict early in the first half was FUN bled by zalusky near his own goal line A,. Zealusky over the Knox goal, scoring a safety and giving Nebraska two points. start Line PIunsinE. After the first kickoff Nebraska inaugurated a series of line and tackle plunges, which did not end until seventy yards had been negotiated. and Bender was showed for touchdown. Ringer missed the goal, The half ended with the ball on kuoxs yard line. but in Nebraskas possession, and the backs charging along for steady gains. The second half was almost as uneven as the first. On q solitary spurt Knox scored gains totaling thirty yards, but Nebraska’s defense stiffened and took the bali on downs. Twice thereafter Booths proteges we’re within Knox’s ten-yard line and gain ing steadily, but surrendered the ball because OF penalties for holding. Two minutes before the final whistle the Gales burg aggregation braced and by a display Of Spartan spirit captured the ball on downs when the Cornhuskers had but two yards to go for another touchdown. Nebraska did not push its protest against Hopkins and Martin, two of the Knox play ers. Knox insisted that both we’re elegible and Nebraska entered no further objections. The Thanksgiving day game with North western university in Lincoln concludes Nebraska’s schedule. Coach Booth now predicts that his pupils will go through the season without a defeat and without per mitting anyone to score. The lineup today

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  The Minneapolis journal, Minneapolis, Minn., November 17, 1902, page 10

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  NEBRASKA DEFEATS KNOX, s LINCOLN Neb Nov. 1.-THE Nebraska university and KnoN college football teams met here Saturday afternoon in one of the best contests of the year. Nebraska won by score of Z to a. The line-1D:

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  Akron daily Democrat, Akron, Ohio, November 17, 1902, page 5 (results column)

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  SPORTS. FOOTBALL RESULTS FOOTBALL RESULTS. Case 17-wesleyan 8. University 11-Central high 0. East high 1S-South high 1S. Kenyon 17--Reserve 0. Ohio State 0-Illinois 0. oberlin S4-Mt. Union O. Ohio Medics 16-Shelby A. O. o. Wittenberg 11--Otterbien 8. Toledo high 36-Columbus high 8. w. r. “A. 17--Oberlin high 6. Michigan 21-Chicago O Minnesota 11-Wisconsin 0. Nebraska 7-Knox 0. Northwestern 10-Beloit 0. Iowa college 10-Cornell college B. Haskell Indians 24-Kansas 8. Kentucky 58-Indianapolis 0. Drake O--Iowa 0. Miami 22-Earlham 0. Rose Polytechnic 0-Wabash o. Purdue 30-Indiana o. Yale 12-Princeton 5. Harvard 17-Dartmouth 8. Cornell 2S-Lafayette 0. Carlisle 5--Pennsylvan&a o. West Point 56-Syracuse 0. Amherst 29-Columbia o. Bucknell 23-Annapolis 0. Vermont 20-Union 0. Brown 11--Sprlngheld 0. Tufts 11--Holy Cross 5. Maine 11-Bowdoin 0. Williams Wesleyan B. Harvard Freshmen 22-Yale Fresl men 10.

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Nebraska leads 5–⁠0 in five meetings, counting the four since this game.