Nebraska at Michigan

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, September 30, 1962, page 62

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  Michigan Is Shocked BY Nebraska, 25–⁠13 ANN ARBOR, Mich, Sept % (AP.-Underdog Nebraska unveiled some quick backs and ailing Bill CThunder) Thorn tons power today and upset butterfingered, sluggish Mich igan, 25–⁠13. The Cornhuskers, with Dem mis- Stuewe and Dennis Claridge providing menacing speed to supplement Thornton’s pow er, seized command in the Sec ond quarter. Michigan’s slow-moving Of fense was hampered when its receivers dropped six we’ll thrown passes. Thornton, not expected to play because of a recently dis located shoulder, scored two touchdowns as a crowd Of TO- 287 watched Nebraska’s first victory over Michigan in four tries. He cracked over from the one early in the third period sending Nebraska into a 1876

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Michigan leads 9–⁠4–⁠1 in 14 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.