Wisconsin at Minnesota

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  The Princeton union, Princeton, Minn., November 12, 1908, page 1

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  Minnesota Again Loses. Wisconsin won another football game with Minnesota on Saturday by a score of 5 to 0. This makes two games played and two defeats for Minnesota this year. The game on Saturday was one of the most stub bornly contested ever played on Northrop field. It was fierce seventy minute struggle, and until the last whistle blew the result of the game was uncertain. The line bucking on both sides was something fearful. It reminded old lovers of the game of the days of the flying wedge and tandem crisscross. Wisconsin came to Min nesota with team that is the best she has had for years. furthermore, she has had record of victories this season that she has not had since the days of Phil King. She came to win. On the other hand, Minnesota has a green team this year. But her men fought-like veterans. Stung by the crushing defeat by Chicago last Saturday, the Gophers made heroic efforts to regain lost prestige. They played with every ounce of strength that was in them. They made mistakes that were costly, but they made the effort Of their lives to win the game. 1t was the scrappiest fight seen on a western gridiron this fall, and great credit is due both teams. It was clean game from whistle to whistle. In former years hard-fought battle between the Gophers and Badgers used to result in all kinds of slugging and tricks that savored of rowdyism. Nothing like this happened in Satur, days game.

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  The Lake County times, Hammond, Ind., November 9, 1908, page 1

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  WISCONSIN TO MEET MAROONS FOR TITLE Victory Over Gophers Puts Barry’s Eleven in Line for Championship. Wisconsin has drawn the task of beating Coach Stages maroon team to the western collegiate football championship this season by virtue of the formers triumph over Minnesota Saturday and dope makers will have little to do save study the form sheets until the clash of the old rivals at Madison on Nov. Fl. The fall of DR.. Williams athletes was not unexpected and while the badgers scarcely cap tured the game, Wisconsins have begun to label their warriors the hampions of 1908 Northwestern re-entry in big eight circles resulted in a heavy blow to the Methodists, although Purdue’s victory of i6 to 10 scarcely shows the relative strength of the two elevens. With the battle half over the puppies looked like sure winners until the loss through in juries of many budding stars crippled the chances of the suburbanites. Purdue sprung a stronger array of offensi’ve tactics than in any of its previous contests.

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  Bismarck daily tribune, November 8, 1908, page 1

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  .GOPHERS LOSE TO THE BADGERS Minneapolis. Mimi, Nov. 7.--Minne. sofa was pushed step farther down the western football ladder today when the Gopher eleven met defeat Eat the hands Of, Milwaukee by the score of 5 to 0. Minnesota outplayed Wisconsin straight football, but the Badgers excelled in team work and in shandling the forward pass. In the first half Moll took for ward pass from Messmer on the Min nesota line and trotted over for an easy touchdown, but failed to kic% goal Minnesota worked the ball to the 1-gard line in the first half on straight football but the Wiscon, sin line held at thescritical moment and Minnesota lost the ball. The Badgers were on the defensive most Of the second half. Mime sofa gained four times as much ground as the Badgers on straight football. johnson, the Minnesota halfback. the star OF the game, will, his runs. line plunges and return punts, being the big feature or the play.

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Officially, Minnesota leads 64–⁠63–⁠8; as played, 63–⁠62–⁠8 in the 133 games on file; the official count covers all 135 meetings, counting the 117 since this game.