Colorado at Nebraska

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  The Norfolk weekly news-journal, Norfolk, Neb., November 1, 1907, page 8

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  A PRETTY GAME 10 WATCH NEW FOOTBALL RULES HAVE I’M PROVED THINGS. FORWARD PASS, FIELD KICK Nebraska Defeated Colorado % to In Saturdays Game at Lincoln-The New Rules Result in Fewer Injuries Ames Next. AmeS Next. Lincoln, Neb., Oct 2S.-From a staff correspondent: The football game here Saturday. in which Nebras. ka university defeated Colorado % to 8, was the prettiest exhibition of foot ball. from the spectators viewpoint that has been seen on Nebraska field for many a year. The new rules make a better game to watch. 1t is necessary now to make ten yards in three downs. This forces the teams to kick and make forward pass es These are spectacular Nebraska was unable to batter through Colo RADIOS line, except at one time, aut Colorado was likewise unable to make gains through the line. AS a result there we’re many exchanges of punt’ and long runs. Colorado threw the ball on forward passes many time: and made good gains. The open play was both good to look at and it netteC much less in the way of injuries t. players. The place kick has come to be ; strong feature of the game. King Cole Sends Message in. While it was denied last week tina King Cole had coached at Minnesota from the sdelines, he sent a message into the Nebraska team Saturday a one stage of the game. He whispere, to a water boy, the water boy ran int the field, tugged at the arm of tn captain and whispered into the car tains ear. Then the game went on. Senators There. Both Senators Burkett and Norri Brown were at the game. Next Satu day Nebraska plays Ames at Lincol and Nebraska will have to fight to viii

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  The Montgomery advertiser, Alabama, October 27, 1907, page 3 (results column)

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  cnrIiaIe Inaiann Wln PhiIadelphia, Oct. 26.-The Univers- ikv of pennRylvania foot ball eleven on Franklin Field this afternoon tried 70 avenge the 24 to defeat ct the hands of the Carlisle Indians last year ana the result was: Indians. 2e; Pennsyl- vania, G. The Pennsylvanias knew the Indians were strong. but believing that thev were possessed of no mean ability they were confident of victory and never dreamed of another Waterloo. It was not so much CarIisle’s great strength that made the game so one- sided as 1t was Pennsylvania’a weak ness The latter played headless, nervous game. in fact the poorest ex- hibition of football. The red and blue was outclassed in every department or the game. On the other hand the red men play ed with the precision of we’ll ad- tusted machine, making no mistakes of judgment and very few in the hand ling of the ball. Twenty-Five thousand people saw the game. other Games. Nebraska, 22; Colorado. 8. Washington University. s4; Cape Girardeau Norman. 0. Memphis University school. s5; Union City Training School, O. St. Louis University. 42; Creighton University, O.. western University of Pennsylvania, l2: Bucknell. 0. Army 80; Rochester. 0. Lehigh. 6; Dickinson. 6. Trinity, s; Wesleyan. o. Dartmouth. IS: Amherst. 10. University of Vermont. 6: Holy Cross. O. University of Maine {; Tufts, O. Bowdoin. 5; Colby. 0. University of Pennsylvania Freshmen. &: Phillips Andover Academy 0. Brown Freshmen. 5; Harvard Fresh men. O. Washington and Lee University. SS Hampden Sydney, 5. Brown. 24: Williams. II. Maryland Agricultural College. II; Georgetown University. o. Nanderpllt, oo5 roSe to1SteSiihiS1 Ave University of Virginia. g; University of North Carolina, 4. Davidson College (N. co. 13; Vir- ginia Polytechnic Institute. 5. University of Tennessee. s4; Mary vile College, c. Fordham college. s6; Georgetown University, 0, Athletic tournaments are sharing the honors with horse racing as the pftn-

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Nebraska leads 49–⁠21–⁠2 in 72 meetings, counting the 67 since this game.