Illinois Smothers Chicago In Finale 46 to 0
Illinois Dominates with 46 point shutout over Chicago finishing 1939 season. Sophomore James Smith scores twice as Illinois opens with two quick touchdowns and adds three more. Chicago fights to reach scoring but stops at Illinois 4 yard line before final touchdowns.
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Weary Iowa Cinderella Men Tie Wildcats To Finish Season
Iowa battles Northwestern to a 7 7 tie as Nile Kinnick exits with injury and Murphy scores. The Hawkeyes, outgained and outmanned, refuse to quit behind Mike Enich and Red Frye. Coach’s crew earns a heroic share of the Big Ten title chase through grit and late-game drive.
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Buckeyes Bow To Michigan But Gain Big 10 Championship
Ohio State falls to Michigan in a dramatic edge but claims the Big 10 title after a late clinching score. Michigan uses a trick play with Harmon to seize momentum, while Crisler’s Wolverines prevail in a hard fought season finale.
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Southern California Triumphs Over Notre Dame in Edge-of-Rose Bowl Battle
Southern California defeats Notre Dame 20 13 to stay undefeated with a 7 7 tie vs Oregon blemish. Sheridan breaks through for a long kickoff return and a late TD as USC holds off a Notre Dame rally led by Kovatch and Lansdell receivers.
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Columbia Colgate End In Scoreless Football Tie
Columbia Lions and Colgate Red Raiders battled to a 0-0 draw before about 20 000 fans as five field goal attempts failed to find the mark. Both teams closed their husterless campaigns without scoring.
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Midwest All Conference Football Team Named
Appleton Wis AP Monmouth college placed four men on the 1939 Midwest college all conference football team selected by nine coaches. Dick Raiter Carleton back named captain. First team includes Nelson Monmouth Prasch Coe Croft Ripon Plunkett Monmouth Jantz Ripon Vi pond Monmouth Grimes Grinnell and ties Ripon Christian Scanecchi Monmouth Tornquist Cornell.
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SMU Beats Baylor 21 0 to End Baylor Threat to Aggies Title
Southern Methodist shut out Baylor 21-0 securing the Southwest Conference championship for the unbeaten Texas Aggies, removing the last obstacle to their first title since 1927.
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Hawkeyes 1940 Schedule Shows Busy Fall Lineup
Iowa City notes Dr Eddie Andersons Hawkeyes face a full slate next season with no respite. Planned games include Wisconsin at Iowa City Indiana at Bloomington Minnesota at Minneapolis Purdue at Iowa City Nebraska at Lincoln Notre Dame at Bend and Illinois at Iowa City.
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Georgia Tech Beats Florida 21 to 7 on Homecoming
Georgia Tech preserved its Southeastern Conference record with a 21 to 7 victory over Florida in an open contest. About 15 000 homecoming spectators remained engaged throughout the game as the Yellow Jackets secured the win in Gainesville.
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Duquesne Defeats Carnegie Tech 22 to 7 in Pitt Stadium
Duquesne beat Carnegie Tech 22 to 7 before 35,060 fans at Pitt Stadium to remain undefeated and untied among the nation's football teams.
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Iowa Hawks Cling to Edge Notre Dame Rivalry Thriller
In a tense clash with Northwestern and Michigan looming, Iowa relies on Kinnick’s late connections to Prasse and a strong line to swell its score to 41. A series of fumbles and standout plays by Kinnick, Frye, and Hahnenstein shapes a hard fought win amid a volatile final stretch.
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Elis Triumph Over Harvard In Fifty-Eighth Yale Hub
Yale upset Harvard 20-7 before 52 000 at Ambridge as Hovey Seymour and Ala Bartholemy starred. Seymour scored twice with Bartholemy adding a 57 yard rushing score after a Burr pass. Harvard led in first downs and yards but Yale’s line held firm late.
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