South Dakota at Nebraska

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  Omaha daily bee, Omaha [Neb.], October 7, 1906, page 8

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  DROP KICK WINS TIE CANE Only scors in Nebraska South Dakota Contest Made BY Mcdonald. NEITHER ELEVEN SHOWS UP IN GOOD FORM FumbIes Plentiful on Both sides sud Cornhuskers weak In Passing the Ball from Center to Quarterback. lrrnm a san Correspondent LINCOLN, Neb.. Oct 6.-tspecial Telegram.o-The Nebraska Cornhuskers defeated SotitSr Dakota university on the grid iron today by the narrow margin Of to O. drop kick by Mcdonald. Nebraska : left end in the anal half. alone achieving the victory for the Cornhuskers. The contest was loosely played by both elevens. Fumbles of passes and the muffing of punts were aggravatingly frequent and neither team scarcely displayed a semblance Of commendable foot ball form. Nebraska gained by far the most ground on rushcs. but the new rules increasing the distance to ten yards to be gained on downs, crippled the offense and checked both elevens persistentiy in their efforts to advance the ball. The forward pass was tried frequently but IT failed dismally ground gamer and proved a detriment rather than an aid. Coach Foster and the Nebraska supporters expected a victory and the strong fight waged by South Dakota caught the Corn husker camp completely unawares Nebraska’s rushes netted ninety yards and South Dakota’s only seventeen With neither team able to make consistent gains, the game soon resolved into a punting duel and the ball was booted into the air on almost every alternate down End runs Also SeINeu oi ulut puIpoSS anu HoNh hoiNNS were played without a sprint for even a respectable distance. Nebraskas handling of the ball between the center and quarter back was decidedly weak and effectually baked the efforts of the backs TO carry the oval the required ten yards in three attempts. \ charge of tackle, in which Schmidt advanced the ball twelve yards. was the longest gain OF the day. Schmidt also excelled in the puntng, one of his kicks going nearly seventy yards against the wind. South Dakota weakened slightly in the second half and the Cornhuskers finally rushed the ball to the thirty-five yard line where Mcdonald dropped back and booted the oval squsrely between the goal posts. The lineup;

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Nebraska leads 14–⁠0–⁠2 in 16 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.