South Dakota at Nebraska

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  Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, October 3, 1909, page 1

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  LRASKA MAKES POOR SHOWING ould Do Was to Hold South akota to a Six to Six Score. lees MEN REALLY 0UTPLAYED nj – Off as Though They Were Going to Make it a Walkaway. JMBLEs PUN THE CHANCES Frank Saves the Game by a Good Tackle in Closing Minutes. HARTE AND TEMPLE THE STARS Nebraska Line Unable to stand Against Attack, while south Dakota Ia Most Instances was solid. Was solid. LINCOLN, Oct. Especial Telegram)- 5 9. cbraska was held to a tie score in the opening game Of the season this afternoon at Antelope park, with South Dakota, the points made by each eleven being G. A weak line, one of the weakest that has ever represented the state school,. and a = great number Of fumbles were responsible for the poor showing of the Cornhuskers. South Dakota scored it’s touchdown in the opening half and Nebraska failed to make a point in that session, and only by the hardest kind Of playing, with constant encouragement from 1000 %rooters, was 1t able to cross the visitors goal line In the final half and even up the score. The Cornhuskers never during the forty minutes Of the game played winning foot ball, and only during a few minutes at the opening Of the contest and for a short period in the second session were they able to outplay their opponents. They opened up the game after the kick eff with a brilliant squirt that seemed to mean an easy victory, but the backfield al most at the same time started to tumble the ball and the story of the game was then foretold. For ten minutes the ball was in South l&dhOAd AtlIlAbI9s ANEbI dHhd BOoStSSiOh Of II most Of the time, carried once to the South Dakota t~en-yard line and then lost it on a tumble. There were three of these fumblcs in the first ten minutes. The third one gave the Coyotes their chance, and they booted the ball out of their territory: south Dakota Scores First. In five minutes more they had possession of the ball again. This time they were In } Nebraska territory. a forward pass was worked successfully and they were on Ne , braska’s twenty-yard line. Straight foot ball, through tackles and around ends, put the ball over the line for a touchdown. Nebraska could do nothing during the remainder Of the half. The second session looked like a repetition of the first. AS 1t opened South Dakota vent into Nebraska territory. A fumbled punt, however, soon gave Nebraska the ball and then a forward pass carried 1t to the visitors twenty-yard line. Hard line drives gave Nebraska its touchdown. South Dakota came back fighting like | Trojans and when time was called had the ! ball on Nebraska’s ten-yard line. Frank did most of Nebraska’s fumbling and really killed his teams chances Of scoring in the first half. He, however, played a brilliant game in other respects, saving the game at the last minute by catching Keeling of South Dakota when the latter had a clear field for a touch down and was on Nebraska’s ten-yard line. He also made some sensational runs, one being ror thirty-five yards, the longest one OF the game. I fHarte and Temple were the real heroes Tor Nebraska. They played a great game on the defense, breaking up play after play and keeping the fighting spirit in the other men on the team. Temple was a wonder and proveF himself TO be one of the best defensive players Nebraska has ever had. plarte was fierce on the o~ffense, making possible several good gains for the Corn huskers. Stars for south Dakota. Thackabery and p. Coffey were the stars for South Dakota. The former made sew eral good advances around the Nebraska wings and his punting was a feature of the visitors play. Coffey charged the Corn huskeT line for big gains. The South Dakota line on most occasions was a stone wall. The Nebraska line, especially at center and tackles. was weak HaIte. who was at fuuback in the first half, went to guard in the second session > and strengthened the line a great deal. Play In Detail. Play was started with Nebraska defend ing the cast goal and a strong wind blow ing from the west. Frank kicked off to Thackaberry on the twenty-yard line. A return Of fifteen yards vas made. the ball being on the visitors twonty-five-yard line. Thackaberry punted = to Frank on the Nebraska forty-five-yard line. A return punt was at once made by Beltzer, who sent the ball TO the South Dakota thirty-yard line. on the first play Right Half Osborne Of the visitors FUN. bled aud Beltzer recovered the ball for the CoTnhuskers. on the next play Sturtzenegger made a gain Of five yards through left tackle Beltzer dashed through right tackle fol six yards, The ball was on the soutl Dakota flfteen-yard line, but sturtzeneg, ger fumbled The ball on the next play and il went TO South Dakota, Thackaberry Immediately punted, send ing the ball to Frank on the South Dakota forty-five-yard line. a forward pass iron \ NFtank to sturtzenegger gave twenty yards the next play Frank fumbled the bal d South Dakota got H. rhaekaberry punted TO the center Of tn, Aeld and Frank returned the ball ten yards. An attempted forward pass b, Reltzer hit the ground and the Cornhusk ers were penalizcd fifteen yards Tempt, made five yards at right angle. Hart, added three yards at right tackle, an, Beltzer made four yards more. BeltzeI fumbled the ball on the next play an, a Frank recovered IL. The ball was on the South Dakota ff | Neen-yard line, Beltzer made five yardl al leftend. on the next play limbs brok, throuah aud secured the ball from IN, S~CoTnhuskers. eouth Dakota took no chance on a fun Me but punted al once 10 the center o.

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  The Norfolk weekly news-journal, Norfolk, Neb., October 8, 1909, page 8

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  The lineup : Nebraska 6, South Dakota 6. Lincoln, Oct An the ideal foot ball game of the season on the Ne braska field the Cornhusker eleven was held to a tie score-6 to 6-by South Dakota, and the verdict Of the crowd was that the local gridiron contingent was lucky to escape a defeat. The showing made by the Nebraska men was a distinct disappointment, but the coaches insist there is mater ial in the squad, and they will improve. The South Dakota line was a trifle heavier, but for the entire team the weight was not far different. For the first fifteen minutes, during which the visitors scored their touchdown, the Nebraskans at times were played off their feet They braced in the second half and for a time assumed the offensive, but showed signs of weakening as time was called

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, October 4, 1909, page 2

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  WESLEYAN. NEBRASKA HELD TO \ TIE. South Dakota Coyotes and Corn huskers Each Score Touchdown. Lincoln. Neb., Oct 4.-Nebraska and South Dakota battled to a tie score, to 6. Saturday in the first game of the season. The South Dakota team was slightly heavier than Nebraska. but its chief resource lay in the speed of Quarterback Stackaberry. South Dakota scored in the first half on a big gain from a fake kick formation making necessary distance easily afterwards. During this half Nebraska advanced opponents goal three times, but lost on fumbles. In the second half through straight football Nebraska forced q touchdown and kicked goal, tying the score. Frank and Beltzer played the game for Nebraska. and Stackaberry did star work for the visitors

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  Bismarck daily tribune, Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], October 3, 1909, page 1 (results column)

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  : II FOOTBALL = 4, Lakeforest q; North western ssiof Watertown 6. - - 4 : Carlisle s54 Bucknell g. s,sg.;.<s Exeter 19: Lowell O.. “a - :$S Holy Cross 13;; New Hampshire o. And6ver Worcester s5. af 4 ‘,ss.sg9g : Norwich 6; Wesleyan0. # | = Amherst s.; Springfield. Training $6. Yale 15: Syracuses0. Harvard 17;;f BowdoinS0. s@ #2 Penna l8; Dickinson 0. .-... s~. Princeton 47; Stevens 12.rre~~:-,S~ 49, Case %; Denison O. Army %; Tufts o.. y Brown IA; aColgate%0. “a Dartmouth0 Vermont o. IF Illinois % 3;A$dillikena50. %2a9 Northwestern O.; Illinois Wesley an u. s’‘‘re. as”~e~,~>” Indiana %; Depew S. j.. Drake s.; Des Moines College 0. Missouri School of +.--Aes 3; st. LouisSV, 0. p -. H.. II r 1z- ~ Minnesota Al; Iowa 0. Nebraska 6; South Dakota 6. Chicago, 40; Purdue. o. , ,

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Nebraska leads 14–⁠0–⁠2 in 16 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.