Idaho at Utah

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  The Salt Lake herald, Salt Lake City [Utah], November 27, 1908, page 12

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  old KING WINTER WINS HIS GAME Utah and idaho No Match for Him in Big Football Struggle. NEITHER TEAM MADE SCORE ELEMENTS AGAINST TEAMS AND PLAYING is IMPOSSIBLE. NEITHER TEAM MADE SCORE Old King Winter. with his TWO feet Of crisp and brittle snow. passed “a big ripe lemon 90 the Utah and Idaho football teams in the great Thanksgiving game Of football yesterday afternoon. The poor dcludtd moTtals who are wise = football lore may speak or the contest rs tie game IN which neither [ tab nor Idaho. after one hours fierce night with the elements was able 10 score; but il was not a struggle between Utah and Idaho; rather was IL q One-sided battle Of two wei.-trained athletic teams against conditions which defied human brain and brawfl \ gridiron Of unyield- Maddox and MlddlstaQ. rendered fast flying back fields helpless and FRUSTRATED the heavy lines Of physical power. II was The combined strength and strategy latter won the Geht well. seldom in the history of football. never IN the local memory of The sport, have the conditions or Held been sn over powelinR against the contestants. Neither Utah nor Idaho was able 10 show their many partIsans what they We’re ca pablo Of doing. After the game was Over. friends of Utah said the varsity would nave won WdlkaWay game with a dry field. Rioters for Idaho were loud in their claims that the Moscow team would have SlauChtered MaddOck’s mon N-ither have any cause for their claims. As IL actually happened. there was no sem hl,i &c of football played. The exhibition yesterday should be dismissed As FAR as comparing Idaho and ttah on the grid iron Both teams have many puZZling plays We who have seen Utah know they have and are willing 10 concede the same for Idaho but far as saying one -esn. had the best OF the other in YES tcrdays game. it should be dismissed without argument. Could Not Score in Week. Idaho and Utah could have played on for a week under the conditions yesterdav and neither team would have scored HHrTsnR a f1TILa When ID slider the facts OF the game. which shows that once in the fun hours play Idaho made her yards. and Utah did not once gain the required distance in three downs, barring. OF course. the recovered fumbles. then some idea OF the utter hope lessness of advancing the ball can he seen. When II well-directed punt was just as liable 10 slip off the kicking toe 70 some unknown angle as il was to pass over the line of scrimmage. the unTe liability of the kick is evident. And the but heavy and sluggish field of snow and frozen oval Of pigskin- After each down. the center used his hands. digging n hole IN the snow to make room TO pass the ball. Then, if a punt had been ordered. the back field cleared away a place for the kicker. and near the close of the game shoveis were brought in from the side lines TO help clear a place for the man with the kick ing toe. And here Idaho took every advantage OF the conditions as they were it helped them keep the ball in Utah’s territory a greater part Of the time in the second half Utah soon got tired OF these shoveling tactics, accepted the ball as II came. and many fluke kick was recorded against them. ldaho’s Lost Opportunity. Once during the game. and but once. it ! looked bad for Utah. This was within | one minute Of final time. Idaho had / the ball on Utah’s forty-yard line square “ in front of the goal posts. The SHOW | and part Of the ground uncovered for . ! try and gave a great sigh of relief as the ! son nailed It and then fumbled an Idaho ! man getting il on UtahS -fifteen-yard / line with fifteen seconds OF play. the I shoveling brigade again got TO work and | il seemed certain the score would end in / Idahos favor by a field goal. But Utah | was equal 10 the occasion this time and / tore the Idaho line to pieces. i dozen / men blocking the kick as the whistle I blew IL was Idahos fourth attempt at 1 goal kicking from the field. and each time ! the ball slipped from Smalrs toe. In the first half Idaho’s successful / kickoff landing the ball on Utahs ten | yard line. greatly helped the northern | school. For full thirty minutes the bail \ passed back and forth. but at the end OF | the first half Utah had gradually worked I the oval well into Idaho territory. In the second half. Utahs only kickoff I. the ball slipped from ConVilIs toe and /

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  The Salt Lake tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, Utah, November 27, 1908, page 1

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  TOO MUCH SNOW To PLAY FOOTBALL Idaho 0utplays Utah in No-ScOre Game on Cummings Field. TEAMS BECOME FATIGUED FLOWING THROUGH SNOW Management Fails to Clear Grid iron, Which Results in Poor Contest. Although neither team could score, Ida io -outplayed Utah on Cummings field : Thursday afternoon in a snow football game, Tho teams completely exhausted themselves on a field covered with one foot OF heavy snow, which had been trampled down from two feet by over three hundred students In the hope OF making good field, AS it was the game was a great disappointment to a crowd far below the number that was expected TO attend, but the contest did not seem to be inviting enough TO get all the fans out the cold day. As TO the game, it, was nothing more than kicking contest There were just forty nine punts in all, and before each kick the men would spend one or two minutes clearing Il spot in which the kicker might stand. The ball was 50 slippery that many Of the kicks didn’t amount to much. and. in this respect. Small, the Idaho quarter. had better luck than did Convill for Utah. Smalls punts were as rule longer and more accurate than Convllls, although the latters work improved in the second half. Small Star Shines, Small also distinguished himself by the way in which he handled the slippery ball when Convill punted. He fumblod the ball rarely on these occasions, while fumbles under similar circumstances by the ‘U” men were frequent and costly. II was practically impossible TO get play started In good shape on account OF the poor footing, and the result was that on only two occasions did either team make the required ten yards on straight football, On the first play, Conyil passed a forward TO Monahan which netted twenty yards. and once during the Sec ond Johnson made a. twenty yard run out side of tackle for the northeTners. Both sides recovered short kicks on several occasious, but these plays We’re ~ a semi tlulSey’ nature. The famous Idaho sweep was tried once but was “A failure. due perhaps TO the condition of the field, Manager ShaTman seemed TO think more Of the sale OF tickets than placing tho grdiron in shape for a good contest. Two hours work with n horse and sCrapcr would have cleared the field and the people would have been treated TO first-class contest. AS II was the interest Of the spectators was of secondary consIderation. Their money was taken at the gate. and II they did not like the game they could go homo. Sharman, In the opinion OF many who saw the game, may be d good student. but as a football manager he has certainly proved a fail ure. Six of the ~” men-Captain Convill, Mopahan. Snow, Walker. Gardner and Brown--6n!sh their football careers for the university with this game, The lineup was as follows:

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  Coeur d'Alene evening press, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, November 27, 1908, page 1

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  GAME PLAYED IN HEAVY SNOW Neither Idaho or Utah Scored In the game at Salt Lake Yesterday. SALT LAKE. Utah Nov. 2s--Twol feet Of cold. crisp snow made thal football game here today between Idaho and utan contest Of man| against The elements. In which thel latter had decidedly the better Of the argument. The game ended with 8 score % y TO ., which, on the face Of Il. would indicate that the teams played each other TO standnttll. but which, in fact, only goes TO show the complete mastery Of the weather conditions over the offensive play o. both teams. The details Of the game show that Idaho made her yArdage but onea IN the full hours play. while Utah ala not in a single instance gain the r. quired distance In the three downs. ldaho’s famous sweep was tried repeatedly In the nrst half. without gain and was then completely abandoned for the game. The forward pass was used once successfully BY Utah, but her ether attempt failed, a. did all Of Idaho.s. Both the teams finally res0sted q kicking on the FIRST down and this met with poor success on account og the frozen condition Of the oval. The eentsEs ot beth teams used their hands % shovel a hole IN the snow IN order 70 pass the bali and nnaily ahovels were introduced b. both teams to clear the Geld for the kiek. ers. About one kick in three went through. the others slipped on the toe Of the kicker’a shoe to some an known and unexpected angle. Neither teams goal line was in danger from touehdowns. Idaho had but one chance 10 win the game and this was within one minute Of the call Of time. with ths ball on utah’s 80 yard line the shos Ell brigade cleared the Geld for ! place kick. The BAH slipped from smail’s toe into a Utah mans hand, who promptly fumbled, and Idaho recovered tbs bali on Utah’a Is yard line. Again tbs shovoiars cleared the Held, and with Is seconds 10 play the Utah line broke through and blocked the kick as the whistle blew. The game was entirely devoid OF features. Once Thornton recovered a tumble that had been fumbled back and forth . dozen times and with clear Geld started for a touchdown. He was pulled down from behind by Grant after a gain OF SO yards.

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  East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, Oregon, November 27, 1908, page 1

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  Idaho and Utah Play Tie. salt Lake. Nov 27.-one of the hardest fought football contests ever witnessed on Cummings field occur red yesterday between Idaho and Utah universities and resulted in a tie score OF 0 to 0. Though outlclassed in punting, Utah managed to keep her opponents from scoring. In no time during the whole game did the ball go over through failure to make the required 10 yards. Fully six inches fsnow was on the field when the game started.

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Utah leads 15–⁠12–⁠2 in 29 meetings, counting the 28 since this game.