Northwestern at Chicago

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  The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, November 10, 1912, page 6

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  MAROONS TAKE HARD BATTLE FROM PURPLE Northwestern Fights Chicago University to Three to Nothing Score With No Features. UNITED Press Leased Wire Service CHICAGO, Nov. 9.-Surprising even tEeir fondest followers, Northwest ern’s football warriors this afternoon held their old-time rivals to a score of to 0 in favor of Chicago University. All the dopesters expected Chr cago to pile up a much larger score, even after the two teams trotted our on Marshall field, and were compared A place kick by Selles from Northwestern’s fifteen yard line was the only score of the game. The defense Of Northwestern was too much for Chicago’s. backs. and they pounded the line and attempted to skirt the ends with equal lack of success. Norgren and Pierce, Chi Cages most reliable ground gamers lacked the punch to put the ball far on the other side of the line. There was no stellar work on either side, all the men on both teams playing doggedly and consistently Throughout, the four periods.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 10, 1912, page 14

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  CHICAGO UNIVERSITY HAS A CLOSE CALL Place Kick Gives 1t a Victory Over Northwestern by Score of 3 to o. CHICAGO, November 9.-Scoring place kick saved the University of Chicago from defeat in the annual foot ball game with Northwestern University today. Chicago won, 3 TO 0, when Sellers. in the first period booted the ball squarely between the goal posts from Northwestern s 1J-yard line. Twice during the game Northwestern came dangerously near scoring touch down, but each time lost the ball on downs. Neither team attempted any spectacular plays. Chicago relied solely on straight foot ball and occa asional forward passes for It’s gains. while Northwestern centered its entire attack on off tackle and end run plays. Wells for Northwestern outpunted Nor gren from ten to fifteen yards.

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  The evening times, Grand Forks, N.D., November 11, 1912, page 1

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  Chicago Won from Northwestern by Score of 3 to 0 Chicago. Nov. BY kicking goal from placement today early in the game the University of Chicago , on the annual game with Northwestern. Twice during the game Northwestern came dangerously near scoring Il touchdown, but each time lost the ball on downs. Neither team at tempted any spectacular plays.

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  El Paso herald, El Paso, Tex., November 11, 1912, page 6 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL RESULTS. California, 3; Stanford, 8. Denver, A; Baker, o. University of Colorado, g: J-nfversity Of Utah, 0. Wyoming, “A; South Dakota, 8. Lehigh, 3; SWartmOre, O. Pennsylvania State, Il; Villa Nova, O. Nebraska 81; DOane college, 6. Montana university, SO; Montana AS gies, 8 Whitman, so: Washington State. O. St Louis University, Z; Notre Dame, Purdue, 9; Illinois, 9. Iowa, IS; Indiana, 6. Wisconsin, 81; Arkansas, Z. Missouri, II; Drake, Il. Army, 6; Carlisle. 81 Washburn, 10; Kansas University, 0. Cornell, 0; Dartmouth, “a Princeton, 81; New York University, 0. Chicago, 3; Northwestern. 0. Harvard, 8; Vanderbilt 3.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Chicago leads 26–⁠8–⁠3 in 37 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.