Indiana at Chicago

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 13, 1907, page 57

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  NOT MUCH CLASS SHOWN. University of Chicago Defeats Indiana. CHICAGO. October 12.-University ot Chicago foot ball team today defeated In diana University. 81 to 6. Neither team showed much class in the game. both resorting to open foot ball and kicking tao tics throughout. Fumbling was frequent on both sides. The forward pass was used effectively by Chicago. Chicago scored Is points in the first half including a goal from field by Steffen. quarterback, who proved the star of tie game. At the opening of the second half Indiana Played pluckiy for a time, sending Johnson, left end over for Il touchdown. Summary: ouchdowns-Iddings, Steffen. Ferguson, DoTray, Johnson Qndiana). Goals from touChdowns-Page, 3; krutzch. l Gndiana). Coal from fleld-Steffen. Referee-Hoagland of Princeton. Umpire kelly of Princeton. Time of halves-30 minutes.

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  The Birmingham age-herald, October 13, 1907, page 11

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  Chicago, October 1s.-The University of Chicago football team defeated the Indi- ana university eleven here today by score of 27 to 6 in the opening of the foot ball season in the ‘big eight colleges. Neither team showed much class in the game, both resorting to open football and kicking. Fumbling was frequent on both sides. Chicago won the toss and kicked to Indiana and within ten minutes Chicago carried the ball within 25 yards of the opponents goal, where Stefan kicked a field goal.

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Chicago leads 20–⁠4–⁠1 in 25 meetings, counting the 19 since this game.