Nebraska at Kansas

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  Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, November 19, 1911, page 1

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  wALKAwAY FROM THE START Scores Come Early and Pile Up Fast During Contest. KANSAS UNABLE TO RESIST Impossible for Them to Stand Up Under Fierce Charges. 0. FRANK IN STELLAR ROLE Splendid Interference and Team work Tar Excellence on Part of Nebraska Gives Them Right to valley HOnOrs. LAWRENCE, kan, Especial Telegram NEBRASKA today gave It’s oldest and most honorable rival, the University OF Kansas, the worst defeat that any Jay hawker eleven has suffered during the last ten years. The score OF 20 to shows only how effectively the Cornhuskers played. The game will go down in Corn husker foot BAH annals as the cleanest cut victory Of such proportions that has ever been achieved against the men of the Jayhawker school. 1t was not luck that won for Nebraska. 1t was superior foot ball, every inch superior. Kansas was outplayed from whistle to whistle. It,was outklcked, out charged, outgeneraied, outguessed, out passed, and simply outclassed, and this statement speaks much for those men fSom Lincoln for never has q Nebras ska eleven worked so smoothly. so precisely – the crew that went onto McCook field this afternoon and played the Missouri valley champions, and annexed the coveted title to leading honors in this section. From tackle to tackle the line held like q steel brace when on the defense. Then, on the offense, 1t broke through not one man, but sevral, and tackld Kansas play ers before they could get their bearings and be off with the ball. 1t was Won derful aggressive play that the forwards exhibited, and they deserve all the credit that can be given, them. The backs were terrors in carrying the ball and the Kan sas spectators weTe astounded by the hard plunging ana terrific playing ball carriers. They even dove on for good gains after being tackled and never were stopped with ease. O. Frank Hero of Day. In the eyes OF The big crowd of Ne brasha rooterasBlfe followed the team here for this battle, every player is a hero tonight, but standing out above the others, because of HIS sensational work, Is owen Frank Left Half Frank has done wonderful things in foot ball before, but today he surpassed all other perform ances. HIS runs and his charges through the Kansas lines have hardly ever been equalled on McCook field. He charged straight ahead, lodged tacklers when necessary and reeled off many runs OF thirty and forty yards. e. Frank, brother of owen, was another Of the striking stars. One of his best pieces Of work was a run OF sixty-five yards for touchdown. He took the ball ON q punt and behind great interference, charged through a broken field and past the last chalk mark. The Nebraska ends always were sensational in their work. Chauner did some of his usual excellent play in getting down under pupnts. Lofgren at right end also figured in dashing work down the field. He and Chauner always kept their wings from being turned Cor gains. Captain Shonka displayed the work that promises to earn him place on the all western eleven. Elliott, center, gave fine exhibition of offensive play and went through to check many plays. Warner, the General. Jerry Warner ran the eleven with the finest kind OF generalship. He used the proper plays at the right moment ami deserves much credit for the early scoring. Potter, who played at ular;er in the second half chose the rign play and formed fine interference Cor o. Frank on some Of the latter’s brilliant runs. Delaney, the famous Kansas punter was outkicked by Gibson of Nebraska, who sent some of his sprals fifty yards. Di- short distances. Russell and Purdy were excellent grond gamers among the backs. Puriy’s diving an brushing with. the ball marks him as a likely candidate for all Missouri Valley honors. Harmon Swanson and Pearson were sensational in their work. Mulligan play ing at right and in the last quarter was up to, the standard of the other Nebraska ends. Kansas Line weak. He’ll, quarter, was the only man “a show up in good place for the Jayhawkers. The Kansas line was weak. The ends could not diagnose plays, and The backs failed TO come up in good secondary defensive work. 50 for outplayed were the JayhaYhers that they made first downs only once. All through the contest the Cornhuskers suffered severely from penalties. The men of the victorious side did a great amount of holding. Five tOuchdowns gave the CornhusKers their scores. owen Frank missed one goa out flour and Herbert Potter kicked goal from the final touchdown The gave was only minutes old wher the Cornhuskers charged across the line for five points. Elliott recovered a tumble by Coolidge on the Kansas thirty-yarC line. owen Frank and Purdy ran through the left side OF the line and carrledth’ oval 70 the two-yard mark. Here Franz went over and then kicked goal TOuchdOwns Come swiftly. Within six minutes after the firs score was registered another six point were checked up. owen Fran. will Purdy again sliced off many yards a left cad and tackle TIL the ball wa taken from the Corahu1ker forty-ysrr line 10 the Kansas five-yard mark. The Warner called for ra.a nd ahnf th

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  The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 20, 1911, page 1

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  II. q. Had No Chance Against Nebraska Team. Coach Sherwin’s Surprise Failed to MateriaIize. DOWNS THREE TIMES Kansas Unable to Puncture COrnhusker Line. Delaney Was Outpunted by the Giant Gibson. hdnSdS EADGClSQ TO lOSe cdl0IQdSI but was hardly prepared for the one sided score of % to 0. with which the X U--Nebraska football game ended Those closely guarded plays OF Coach SherWin were worthless to Kan saS when sprung against Nebraska and consisted largely of variations of a shift which changed many positions to no advantage The only play Sherwin’ S men could gain on was the tandem for nation with interference across and the last back straight in. Kansas made first down only three times during the game, while Nebraska made their first down s times. punting duel, Kansas kicking from ne cessity and Nebraska partly from choice and partly from necessity. Som etimes, particularly in the thlro quarter, the Cornhuskers did little but kick. apparently from choice, and then in the last quarter turned and began charging as they did in the first half Delaney was more than matched in kicking by Gibson, the giant Corn husker Many punts of both were high which kept down the distance. but both heightened out many good spirals. G1Dson made an average of SO and Della ney of 3 / yards, each making 20 punts. Delaney missed in four attempts at goal and Gibson three On returns Nebraska cutclassed Kansas. though their backs were often dumped in their tracks when Delaney’s kicks were high in the air. Gibson E. Frank and Purdy tore back with puntS, often leaving a trail or Kansas tacklers E Frank, soon after he had replaced Purdy, caught punt and ran 65 yards to a touchdown. Pete Hels work in returning punts seemed the brightest bit of Kansas work, but he invariably sacrificed gains to distance and ran out of bounds, netting him an average of yards, while Nebraska made 10. The one department of the game in which Kansas seemed to have an edge on Nebraska was in the ends getting down the field. Brownlee and McGiIl, Delaney and Price, hurried down under puntS in great style or the Nebraska backs would have heightened their returns considerably. There always were these two men to throw aside and often they nailed the runner in his tracks. Nebraska tried seven passes, sue ceeding on three of them for distance of Sc yards. one of three yards going for a touchdown when made 10 Purdy standing in the corner of the neld while the back field charged in the opposfte direction. Kansas made gains of and II yards on two successes in nine attempts The Cornhuskers were penalized 165 yards and Kansas 40. The Nebraska penalties all were 15-yard varieties and there were II of them. The Jayhawkers drew for offside. holding, and in reference in the 20-yard zone When Kansas looked strong during the game was in the third quarter, when Nebraska opened up with a rush and then began kicking E Frank returned the kick-off for 80 yards and the team began charging. but only for a few minutes, then kicked to the end of the field Kansas then seemed to | have turned. They punted 80 yards / and recovered the ball. They punted | again and again recovered the ball. | this time on Nebraska’s 25-yard line ! near the side of the field. They tried | desperately for touchdown but failed, | and tried to drop-kick. The ball was blocked and the Cornhuskers returned / to the kicking game. which continued | the quarter. Never for a minute did the Jay hawkers quit. They fought their defeat until the finish and then when the game was over and the stories of defeat were sent out. the college scribes sent with them long strings of dope on how the Tiger would suffer for that vaIloping a week hence. Nebraska made two touchdowns and Kicked goal from both in the first quarter. Score IL to 0. In the second two

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  Tulsa daily world, Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.], November 19, 1911, page 1

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  KANSAS WAS SMOTHERED by THE NEBRNSKANS. Missouri Valley Championship Goes To Nebraska for the second Time LAWRENCE. Kan. Nov 1S.-Unable to stand before the heavy line plunging OF Nebraska’s football team. Kansas lost TO 20, today and the Missouri Valley championship went TO the winners

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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 99 since this game.