Nebraska at Minnesota

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  Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, October 18, 1908, page 1

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  NEBRASKA AND GOPHERS TIE Neither Side Is Able to Score in a Gruelling Contest. H0NORS EVENLY DIVIDED A Good Kicker such “ Both Teams Had Last Year Would Meant Score for Eleven which Possessed Him. EVENLY DIVIDED MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. oct. H-(speelA a gruelling contest. With honors nearly evenly divided, Nebraska played the mighty Minnesota Gophers q 0 to 0 tie at Northrup field this afternoon. Neither side endangered the others goal in the first half, but in the second Min nesota three times went down to Ne braska’s three-yard line. where the Corn husker line held as a stone wall. In the last five minutes OF play in the final half the Gophers carried the ball over Ne goal line from the visitors five yard line, but the touchdown was not al lowed. Farnum, Minnesota’s right tackle, had fouled Collins n Referee King brought the ball back. giving II to the C~ornhuskers on their, three-yard line. On the next play Minor punted out of danger for Nebraska Play in the first half favored the Corn huskers. Minnesota could not gain through the Nebraska line or around johnson and Harvey, the Cornhusker ends. being forced to punt most OF the time. Nebraska was active and secured all the punts sent. into their territory by McGovern. and managed to keep the Gophers from advancing far with Nebraska’s punts. Each side tried to get a field goal during the game. Birkner, from Mlnnesota’s thirty-five-yard line, attempted a drop kick in the first half, but the ball fell short by fifteen feet. McGovern, In the second half, tried a place kick, but was blocked by Chafoupka. Had either side had . skilled drop or place kicker the score would not have been a tie. With Captain Weller OF last years team in the game Nebraska would have surely scored. and II Mime sofa had had the services Of the great Capron the Gophers could have made one or two field goals. All during the game when Minnesota was within striking dis lance Of Nebraska’s goal the local rooters moaned over the loss OF last seasons star quarter. Gophers n Surprise. The showing of the Gophers was a pleas ing surprise to their supporters. Nebraska, among the students and the betting fra ternity Of the Twin Cities, had been picked to win, the mighty GoYhers being doped TO go down to defeat by about two to one downs. Minnesota’s line had not been expected to bold against the o~nslaughts OF the Cornhuskers. But it did hold we’ll excepting for three minutes in the second half, when Nebraska started a march down | the field, going yard after yard on straight / lOOl JAIL ohN WAACh ~ O0N | close to their goal the Gophers braced and | held Nebraska for downs Nebraska played the best game It has put up this season. The men played together, doing great team work. Cooke | failed to get away for many long runs. The Gophers had been raine to watch him, and only once was he allowed to pevade their ends for a long distance. Mebraska’s ends, Captain Harvey and John son, played a spectacular game. Mime sota’s left half, McGovern, who had been figured on to repeat his feat of the Ames / game and make several long runs for his team, failed to get away from the Ne braska ends. Johnson and Harvey nailed play after play around their wings with great success. They showed remarkable speed in getting down on punts and recovering onside kicks. Poor p%unting in the second half nearly lost Nebraska the game. Beltzer. played at left half in the first part OF the contest, punted for Nebraska and made forty and fifty yards on each attempt. In the second half Minor replaced Beltser, whose in juTed shoulder made his retirement necessary. 1t fell on Birkner then to do tho punting and he made a failure OF It. his kicks went high in the air and not moro than fifteen yards forwsrd. On this account Nebraska was not able to get the ball away from It’s goal line the last half when it secured the ball. On their five-yard line three times the Cornhuskers secured the bail after holding Minnesota Tor downs. They could only gain a few yards on straight foot ball and were forced to punt. Birkner sent the ball only a few yards on these kicks. and Min nesota, recovering it, was always in dam gerous proximity to N~ebraska’s goal. Had Better been in the game during the last half. he would have kept the ball, away from Nebraska’s goal. BiR Improvement in Line. Kroger and all the line men played a star game. The line showed 30 per cent i’m provement over the Grinnell game, both on the defense and the offense. McGovern. R~ademacher and Atkinson were the stars for the Gophers. McGoYern caused the Cornhuskers more concern than any OF the other men. He was given the ball &c carry several times in hopes that he could get away for a touchdown. He was closely watched, however. by the ~Cornhuskers, and although he made several good gains through the line, was not able TO become dangerous. The game was the hardest fought that hd9 bNNh BiayNu NA”Nc AAcot bdmo teams since 1902. when Nebraska won by q 9 20 0 score. After the first five minutes q play It could be seen that the elevens were evenly matched and that there was TO be another great foot ball game on Northrup field. The game was witnessed by a crowd OF 1000 people. The gates at Northrup field were thrown open at 1;45, and many stu dents waiting at the gates went in then. At 2:l5 the south bleaehers were well filled and a string Of people was pouring In al all the gates. At 2;2o the Minnesota band appeared on the field and was greeted with cheers. The Nebraska rooters and band arrived at 2:S5. The Nebraska band paraded around the field and was cheersd. The Nebraska team. lead by Captain Har. vey, ran onto the field at $50, and Blrkne, and Better at once began to warm 10 a, %punting. Minnesota came onto the fiele at 3 o’clock. Nebraska won the toss. and Captain Harvey chose to defend the WesI goal. start of Game. At s05 Farnum kicked off for Minnesota

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  The Marion daily mirror, Marion, Ohio, October 19, 1908, page 5 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL RESULTS OltlO. Western Reserve IS, Ohio state 4 Case 0, Kenyon 0. Wesleyan %, Wooster c. Obcrlin 80, Heidelberg o. Dcuison “a, Muskingum 0. Northern 10, Wittenberg o. Mount Union ., Buchtcl ). OHIO HlCH SCHOOL. East 80. South 0. Rayen 6, Cleveland University Mansfield G, Bucyrus 8. Fremont 1G, Sandusky II. Geneva 10, Grand River, 0. Wakcm.a, 10, Elyria Scrubs G. Ashtabula II, Painesvllle 6. EASTERN. Yale G. West Point 0. Harvard A., Springfield D. Pennsylvania II, Brown 8. Princeton 10, Virgiuil Poly 0. Annapolis 10, LehiEr .. Cornell 8, Colgate 0. Syrc;use 20. Rocheste~ u. Dartmouth o, Willlims y. ‘Pittsburg T. Marietta D. West Virginia 16, Carnegie q. WESTERN Michigan ~, NOtre Dame G. Chicago II, Illinois G. Minnesota 0. Nebraska 0. Wisconsin 10, IndiGha 0. Drake IS, Coe 0. Purdue 30, Monmouth o.

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  The mirror, Stillwater, Minn., October 22, 1908, page 1 (results column)

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  football Scores. Nebraska and Minnesota met al the Northrop field last Saturday afternoon to struggle for athletic honors. Both teams gave a fine exhibition of superb playing, but neither side succeeded in scoring The following, are the scores Of the principal games played last Saturday: Minnesota, 0; Nebraska, 0. Chicago, IL; Illinois, 6. Wisconsin, l6; Indiana, O. Michigan, II; Notre Dame, 6. Yale, 6; West Point, 0. Harvard, A; Springfield, O. Pennsylvania, IL; Browne Princeton, 10; Virginia Polly, 4 Cornell, 9; Colgate, O.

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Minnesota leads 38–⁠25–⁠2 in 65 meetings, counting the 57 since this game.