Kansas at Nebraska

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 16, 1908, page 1

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  KANSAS WINS. JayhaWkers Easily Triumph Over Cornhuskers. Also Practically Earn Missouri Valley Championship. SCORE WAS 20 TO <. SCORE WAS 20 TO 5. Kennedy’s Teams Strength Sur. prise of Season. Was First Defeat of Year for Nebraskans. 4NOSA SDSANAASs Lincoln, Neb, Nov. 1.-the K. U. football team simply smothered the Cornhuskers Saturday to the tune of 20 to 5, which score by the way, really does not indicate how clearly Ken nedy’s charges outplayed the Nebraska eleven as Kansas advanced the ball on straight football five yards to the Corn huskers’ one. The Jayhawkers out kicked, outgeneraled and outclassed the Cornhuskers at every stage of the game. To make the defeat all the more crushing it seems probable that Ne braska must now cancel her scheduled game with the Carlisle Indians as that game to be played in December was on condition that Nebraska went through the season without defeat, While the whole team played grand football, to Johnson and Dahlene must go a great deal of the credit. Dahlene made the two touchdowns, kicked the two goals and also kicked a goal from the field, while johnson, Kansas quarterback thrilled the thousands in at tendance time and again with his spec tacular returning of punts, once run ming a distance of sixty yards to the Nebraska three yard line before he was downed. He also made a beautiful droO kick in the second half. which is the first drop kick Kansas has made this season. The game in detail: Nebraska won the toss and chose to receive the kick Dahlene sent the pig skin forty yards to Beltzer, who returned it thirty-five yards. Kroeger failed to gain and Beltzer punted thirty-yards to Johnson, who was downed on his own 20-yard line. Dab lene made seven yards through center n1n an fumbled to Nebraska. 1t was Nebraska’s ball on Kansas 25-yard line. Chaloupka and Girkner failed to gain. Birkner missed at thirty yards field goal from placement. Johnson kicked out from the 25-yard line forty yards to Harvey, who was downed in midfield. Cook made three wards around left end. Beltzer punted into the Nebraska line, and the ball was given to Kansas on their own so ward line Myers made five yards to Cooke. who was tackled on his 35-yard line. Birkner fumbled and it was Kansas ball Dahlene got five out of left tackle Fisk took seven from right end. Plunges by Fisk Dahlene and Myers took the ball two yards from NJ braska’s goal. Nebraska put up a Won derful defense and Kansas failed to make a touchdown in three attempts, losing the ball on downs less than a foot from the goal line. Better punted forty yards to John | son. who came back twenty. Fisk and Pleasant made small gains and Dab lene kicked a 23-yard field goal from | placement. Score: Kansas, 4; Ne braska, 0. Birkner kicked off thirty-five yards to Caldwell. who returned the ball seven | yards. Myers made two yards and | Johnson punted forty-f1ve yards t. i Cooke, who came back twenty-five | yards. 1t was Nebraska’s ball on their own | fifty-yard line. Kroeger made four. | Better attempted a forward pass, but | Harper fumbled and Dahlene fell on | the ball on his own forty-five-yard line | In four trials Fisk made twenty yards | Myers got one and Dahlene three Har- | vey caught Rice behind the line for a ] loss of eight yards. | Johnson’s on side kick went to Cooke | who was downed on his thirty-yard | line. Birkner made four, but johnson | lost on an end run. BeItzer kicked | thirty yards to Fisk who returned the | ball thirty yards to be downed by | Better. Fisk and Dahlene made small gains and Dahlene’s thirty-yard place kick fell short. Beltzer got the ball and was downed on his twenty-yard line | Cookies forward pass struck the / ground and it was Nebraska’s ball on | their five-yard line. Beltzer punted thirty yards to John son, who signaled for fair catch, but | 1ufnDi6Q the Dali TO hrO6Rer VINO | went foryt yards before he was | downed by Fisk. It was Nebraska’s | ball on Kansas forty-yard line. Pleas | ant broke up Beltzer’s attempted for | ward pass twice in succession each | time for loss of ten yards. 1t was Kansas ball on Nebraska’s | ffty-yard line. After Kansas failed to gain, Johnson punted to Minor, who | fumbled the ball. Dahlene picked it up and ran twenty-five yards to a touch down. He kicked goal. Score: Kansas, 10; Nebraska, 0. Nebraska began to get new lease of life. Birkner kicked off twenty-five | yards to Dahlene, who came back fif- | teen. Dahlene fumbled to Rice. John | son punted into the line and Carlson | fell on the ball. Johnson punted out of | bounds to Cooke. It was Nebraska’s / ball on their 45-yard line. The Corn huskers started in for blood and with | long forward pass finally sent Birkner | over for a touchdown. Harvey missed | goal. Score: Kansas, 10; Nebraska 5. Then Kansas began again in earnest | Dahlene kicked off to Harvey who re- | turned the ball 20 yards. 1t was Ne | braska’s ball on their 26-yard line. A | forward pass failed to gain and Minor | punted to Johnson who came so yards | The Nebraska quarterback caught him | three yards from the goal line. Dahlene | went the three yards on the next play. /

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  Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 16, 1908, page 1

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  SCHEDULE TOO STRENUOUS COrnhusker Players and Coach GIVE This as Reason for Their Defeat MEMBERS OF TEAM ARE STALE No Inclination TO Decry The Ntctory of Kansas or ~InsinuRte the SUM nower Men Did Not Out- play Nebraska. Tf LINCOLN, Nov. 15.-(Special)-The Corn huskers. although all their fondest aspiratons were rudely dashed away by the jay hawkers, are not discouraged and are CONS to begin practice this week with the determination to lick wabash on Thanks giving and the Carlisle Indians on Decem- Der 2 The defeat Saturday came as a sur prise to Nebraska, and was the hardest blow that has fallen into the Cornhusker camp in years. Nebraska’s foot ball team this season was believed to be the strongest that the state institution has had since 1902, when the Cornhuskers under Bunny Booth, went through the season without a defeat. After Minnesota had been tied and Iowa and Ames humbled, 1t looked as though Kansas and the rest of the teams on the schedule would be easy victims. But the Jayhawkers proved to be the worst kind OF ~tartars. and now the CornhMskers see what things proved their undoing. Nobody in the Nebraska camp claims that Kansas did not outplay the Cornhuskers. 1t is freely admitted that the visitors were superior in every department of the game. and there is no discredlting the victory OF the men from the Sunflower state. The Nebraska coach and the players themselves lay the cause Of their defeat to a too severe and long schedule. II is claimed that tn Cornhuskers, nor any other team, could play four hard games within five weeks without having reversal of form. Coach Cole says the men were stale yes terday and could not play their best game II they had played as they did at Omaha against Ames the result probably would have been different. rnhuske Are stale. roAsat -. - H. y.-tt-- discussing the game this afternoon. said that the defeat came as a direct result OF too hard a schedule. None of our men played his best game yesterday and we lost because we were stale. Kansas outplayed us yesterday, ana l think they have a great team. But the trouble with us was that we had played too many hard games. You must remember that we have played Minnesota, Haskell, Iowa, Ames and Kansas all within the short space of five weeks. Iowa and Ames used our men up and when it came to yes terday none Of them could play foot ball. None of the men laid down, you under stand. They all played as hard as they could. Kansas was fresh, however, this being their first hard game, and they beat U.S. The Cornhuskers have one complaint which they make against Kansas. They claim that the Jawhawkers knew all OF their plays and whenever one of them was called that Kennedy’s men were ready for IL. Those Jayhawkcrs knew everyone of our plays” said Quarterback Cooke in discus sin gthe game this afternoon. Whenever ! called a play they would yell out to each other to watch certain players. When would call for Chaloupka TO carry the ball they immediately would know the signal and would cry Watch Chaloupka.’ or II “A would give a signal on which was TO make a quarterback run they would cry. Look out for that quarterback rum Looks Suspicious.

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  The Montgomery advertiser, November 15, 1908, page 12

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  Kanaas Defeats NebrasIxa. Lincoln. Neb,. Nov. 1L--Kansas de- feated Nebraska in a hard-fought foot of 20 to 5. Throughout the second half, the ball was in Nebraska terri tory, but Kansas could not make a. touchdown and scored on the drop kick

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Officially, Nebraska leads 91–⁠23–⁠3; as played, 88–⁠18–⁠3 in the 109 games on file; the official count covers all 117 meetings, counting the 102 since this game.