Nebraska at Michigan

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  The Detroit times, Michigan, October 29, 1917, page 1

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  MICHIGAN SMOTHERS NEBRASKA II. of NJ. Takes Big Game From Western ers 20 to 0 To The great surprise of most football followers thc tnlfffsiN on Michigan farly warmed over me HUSKY Nebraska university mcu ~a. rrday afternoon and rompfl ~ “i.” Inc football gnmc eo points io NOM Ing. IN every dfpar mHni 9t INf game exccpi p size Michigan snow cd her superiority These tan teams had been relied upon “a fight ugat Hai.ie “.A -. odds fav0ring the Wes’einnI-. came 20 Michigan aii iifi1e fought on some h.Gt grade and with her own goal lne ‘n’ .’‘A’‘ Men who bet ON football s1m’ n’fN’ Nebrnsta the iasortp a pte7 VT iHN 10 one Seldom ha Nicheah pr’N On the short end az tae oofule fs peclaily on her cwn home hela soon after play began in ile hfs’ period Frccmke grabbed ihc baii oh his own lo-yard line and nacad itt nsu lcngih OF the held fur touch down. re was aided By one OF ..e most mastorlul blocking of his AA’ mates thai bias been Witnessed en- Ferry Ncid iu years AS te NoIA huskers we’re about no down him al various times during his pectaclia. dash a Michigan man wolia shoA’ dor his way 10 and nnccremoHiooshoulder the tackle away tip” this time on the game was puf 7”at for Michigan gained confidence ana Nebraska appeared % crump’e ui she continued 10 par up soo’ game. bur always on ihe deienNiN In tho second quarter another ‘oa y down was a6deG and later Two tr.d goals brought the score Ap io

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 28, 1917, page 45

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  MICHIGAN WALL0PS NEBRASKA ELEVEN Wolverines Green Team Sur prises Opponents and Wins Easily; Score, 20 to 0. ANN AREOR. Mich, October 2T.- Michigan’s green. but powerful, foot ball eleven sprang a surprise here this afternoon by defeating the Nebraska University eleven, 20 to 0. At no time after the first period did the visitors have a chance and poor generalship and glaring fumbles cost the Wolverines two or three touchdownS. The game was played in a steady rain. The gridiron had been soaked by previous rains and was very heavy. In the first quarter Nebraska showed superior ground gaining ability and worked the ball to within striking dis tance of Michigan’s goal. Then Froemke of Michigan recovered a Nebraska tumble and sprinted more than eighty yards for touchdown. Weimann kicked goal. Michigan showed better offense in the second period and Weimann finally crashed through for a touchdown. Again he goaled. Weimann was the star in the last half. also getting a field goal in each of the periods. The lineup:

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 28, 1917, page 18

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  Michigan Team Has Easy Time With Nebraskans ANN ARBOR, Mich, Oct. 27.-Michigan’s green but powerful, football eleven sprang surprise here TINS afternoon by defeating the Nebraska University eleven 20 to 0. At no time after the srst period did the visitors have a chance, and poor generalship and glaring fumbles cost the Wolverines two or three touchdowns. The game was played in a steady rain. The grdiron had been soaked by previous downpours and was very heavy. In the first quarter Nebraska showed superior ground gaining ability and worked the ball to within striking distance of Michigan’s goal. Then Froemke, Of Michigan, recovered Ne braska tumble and sprinted more than eighty yards for touchdown. Wei mann kicked goal. Michigan showed better offence in the second period, and Weimann finally crashed through for a touchdown. Again he kicked goal. Weimann was the star in the last half, also, getting field coal in each of the periods.

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  South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., October 28, 1917, page 1

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  Wolverines Beat Nebraska 200 Funbles Co silly Associated Press Service: ANN ARBOR, Mich, Oct 27.- Michigan’s green but powerful foot ball eleven sprang a surprise here this afternoon by defeating Ne braska university eleven, 20 to 0. At no time after the firse period did the visitors have a chance. Poor generalship and glazing fumbles cost the wolverines two or three touchdOwns. Inc lineup: Michigan (20). Nebraska (O).

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.

Michigan leads 9–⁠4–⁠1 in 14 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.