Minnesota at Iowa

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  Omaha daily bee, October 29, 1911, page 37

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  IOWA YIELDS IN LAST | Minnesota Wins from Hav School, Twenty-Four to 81 o’BRIEN GETS TWO FIELD { Entire Minnesota second Team Into Game Just Before End | Comes Near Getting Touchdown. MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 2l.-Minnes feated Iowa, q to 6. The 1owar the Gophers even during the first Q but the effort seemed t1 wear tn and Minnesota scored four toucI and as many goals. O’Bnen of Iowa made two bd field goals, both from Minnesota five-yard line. Just before the end game the entire Minnesota secon’ went into the game. 1t looked as were headed for a touchdown wh’ was called. Details of Game. Minnesota kicked off to Iowa’s yard line and the ball was returre | yards. Iowa punted on the firs and regained the bali when N fumbled on It’s own thirty-five-ya On two spread formations Iowa twenty yards and Minnesota’s yard penalty gave Iowa the boil was then penalized fifteen var | holding. O’Brien dropped a field goal fl forty-tive-yard line. Minnesota IN caslonal gains through the lines b held at critical times. The Ha | used spread formations with great Iowa blocked Pickering’s pun | trickery got the ball on Minnesot on the last down Minnesota got behind its own goal line and on ! tercepted forward pass Pickering diateiy punted out of danger fr | twenty-five-yard line, Interceptin ering’s forward pass on Mind twenty-fiye-yard line, Ney plant ball on Minnesota’s ten-yard Ii / forward na IL n nd n linn t4IaxF yards. o’Brien then failed to field goal. Getting the ball on OF punts on Iowas thirty-yard linn onwald went through for ten yards ering and Hosenwald tore off five yards between them and Stevens over for touchdown and Morreli goal. Morrell kicked off to Iowa’s “ five-yard line, where Meloy was dc Iowa Immediately punted. Rose made twenty yards to the center field. Capron then got away for a flve-.yard run for touchdown and rell kicked goal. In an exchange Of iowa got the ball on Minnesota’s yard line. After “A forward pass 10 gain O’Brien dropped another goal from Minnesota’s forty-fiV, Line. Score: Minnesota, le; Iowa, after Capron had returned tn, twenty yards from the kickoff s. tpoh harvard pass IRON Pickertn ran fitty yards for a touchdown Merrell kicked goal. Minnesota Iowa, 6. After the ball had been exchange eral times Pickering broke ava forty-iive yards TO the Iowa thirts line. forward pass put the ball Vineyard line. RosenWald went ov a touchdown and Merrell again goal. Minnesota, “a; Iowa. 6. The Minnesota entire second tear sent in TO finish the game Gettir ball on the Iowa fifty-yard line. } | sofa made thirty yards on two Hayward and Lawler carrying thu Time was then called. Score: Minn A; Iowa. 9. Touchdowns; For Minnesota, s | %, Capron, ROsewald. Goals from down: Merrell (D. Field goals for O’Bricn %. Time OF quarters; + minutes.

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  The Fargo forum and daily republican, Fargo, N.D., October 30, 1911, page 3

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  GOPHERS BEAT IOWA “a TO 6 Minneapolis. oct. 0.--Minnesota’s 1911 team encountered the flrst trick onense of the season when Iowa opered UP on Northrop field Saturday art ernoon. Although puzzled for a time by the tactics OF the hawkeyes. the gophers kept their goal line Bnviolate so far as a touchdown was concerned and won the game by a score OF 24–⁠6. Iowa scored twice by the air line. once without question in a beautiful exhibition Of drop kicking by o’Brien and the other effort. while appearing to be wide Of the posts, was declared goal by the referee. In some respects the game was a repetition OF the battle with Nebraska. In the early period Minnesota encountered the famous Dartmouth split plays and the Iowans kept their rivals busy guessing for a time. Iowa utihSed the forward pass. direct pass quarterback run and half dozen 9TH er plays from the split formations but these were so closely foowed by Min nesota that ii Was impossible for the hawkeyss to get man loose. Finally the gophers solved the plays and stopped them very satisfactorily. Iowa’s team was not the weakling 1t had been reported. The line was a heavy, fast charging one, and repeat eddy throughout the game sifted through the Minnesota forwards or got the jump on them. The Iowa baclSfield did not seem to possess men with sufticient speed to make the coach’s ideas effective but the field was slippery through rain and frost and this may have hampered Iowa speed as II did Minnesota’s. The backs were light and the whole team fought with splendid spirit but seemed to lack the decision and power necessary TO make the formations go with consistency. O’Brien gave one OF the greatest exhfbitions Of punting and drop kicking seen on Northrup field in many a day. Coupled with O’Briens good kicking, Iowa seemed to outluck the gophers In the pinches, but the whole game with its uncertainty at times afforded Minnesota q splendid training for the Chicago contest OF next Saturday. The game was free from unnecessary roughness Minnesota after a time tired of line plunglng and dispersed the Iowa de- Tense by the utilization OF the forward pass. Five passes were made in all, three Of them resulting in playing a heavy contributary part in touchdowns. One touchdown came directly as a resuit of successful pass The gopher use Of passes in the Nebraska contest cinched that struggle and so democrat lied Iowa’s defense as to make line gains more possible through driving back the secondary defense. Summary:

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  The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, October 29, 1911, page 12

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  MURPHY OF IOWA STARS FOR LOSERS Hawkeye Eleven Badly Beaten by Minnesota Through Rriliancy Of Latter Team. [Gate City Leased Wire Service. MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 2S.-In a game replete with forward passes, long runs and magnificent drop kicks, Mime. sofa this afternoon defeated the Uni. versity of Iowa, “a to 6. Murphy OF iowa executing two beautiful field goals. The scoring began about the middle OF the first quarter when MUIR. ply booted the oval from the fifty yard line between the uprights. On series OF forward passes and line PUSHES Stevens was hurled throu2 h right tackle for Minnesotas first touchdown. Morrell kicked goal Shortly after the opening OF the third quarter Capron took the ball on Iowa’s fifty yard line, scoring touch down. Morrell kicked goal. Murphy tried for a field goal from midfield and executed his second spectacular dror kick from Minnesota’s as yard line This ended Iowa’s scoring. On a perfectly executed forward pass from lowa’s 45 yard line Stevens ran 81 yards through broken line for q touchdown. Morrell kicked a goal Early in the fourth quarter Iowa was penalized Is yards for an attempt

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  Arizona republican, Arizona, October 29, 1911, page 11 (results column)

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  FOOT BALL. Ohio State. 3; Weslyan. o. Minnesota, 24: Iowa. 6. 1 Army. 20; Lehigh, 0. Michigan. g; Vanderbilt, 8. | Kansas, II; Drake, 3. St. Louis University, 24; Rolla. 6 Catholic University. 6; Maryland | Aggies. 6. Haverford College, 2: Franklin Mar shall, 0. Yale, 23; Colgate. 0. Purdue, ,: Depauw, 0. Carlisle Indians. 19: Lafayette, O. University Of Cincinnati, 6: Univer- sity of Kentucky, o. Washington and Jefferson, 33. Westminster, 0. Dartmouth, 12; Vermont, 0. Wisconsin. 2S; Northwestern, 9 Georgetown. 21; St Johns, O. south Dakota, 10; Denver Univer- sity. 0. Marquette. IS; Depaul. O. Nebraska, 34; Missouri. c. Butler, i5; MoOreshin, Q. University of Virginia, %: Virginia Military Institute, G. Harvard, 20; Brown, 6. Navy. 0; Western Reserve, 0. Princeton. 20; Holy Cross, O. Pennsylvania State College, ?: Uni versity of Pennsylvania, o. Oberlin, 6: Case. ,. Colorado, 10; Wyoming. 3. Washington. r.: Idaho, 0. Utah Agricultural College, s; Mon tana University, 0. University of Texas, 6; University of Arkansas. 0.

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Officially, Minnesota leads 63–⁠54–⁠2; as played, 62–⁠54–⁠2 in the 118 games on file; the official count covers all 119 meetings, counting the 111 since this game.