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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1937
Page
18
Wisconsin capitalized on Iowa fumbles and a late fourth quarter surge to seal a 13-6 victory on homecoming day. Iowa showed grit with a 70 yard TD drive butMisfired in the red zone and the final period, Wisconsin regained control to clinch the win.
Washington State and Washington tied 7-7 as Miller sprinted 50 yards for a second half Huskies touchdown after Craver's kick tied the score. Early in the game Littlefield smashed 24 yards to the UW 27 and Sienko followed with a one yard plunge and extra point.
Corby Davis of Lowell Indiana plays hero and goat in a tense 13 to 6 victory as Indiana defeats Illinois. Davis fumbled twice but scored the winning TD with Frank Filchock and saved a late Illinois threat with a goal line pass breakup. First Big Ten win of the season for Indiana.
Arkansas upset Texas 21 to 10 in Austin as the Razorbacks disrupted Dana Bible’s Texas squad in a Southwest Conference clash. Arkansas used its aerial attack to outplay the Longhorns and spoil Texas’ bid to rebound.
Carnegie Tech, the underdogs, defeated Notre Dame 9 to 7 after an early interception and a late goal by Kopcsak. Leo Naptonik scored Techs touchdown on a 33 yard pass play set up by Condit to Matelan, while Puplis added the extra point for the Irish.
In Lawrence Kansas the Kansas Jayhawks beat the Iowa State Cyclones 14 to 6 in a Big Six conference game. Fast first half offense featured standout runs by Milton Sullivant and hard line play from Clarence Douglass.
More than 7,000 fans braved threatening weather as Kansas defeated Iowa State in a hard fought conference opener. Al Waite connected with Hugh Vickerstaff for a 63 yard TD after a 15 yard pass from the Iowa State 37. Sullivant opened the scoring for Kansas with a 17 yard return off Henry Wilder’s pass. Douglass then plunged for the first Kansas TD and added the extra point.
Kansas State Wildcats avenged five straight losses by Marquette with a 13 to 0 victory before 3 500 fans in Manhattan. The last K State win over Marquette dated back to 1925 when the score was 2 to 0.
Minnesota, last season’s glory returns, battered Michigan 39 6 before 70 000 at Ann Arbor. Harold Van Every stars the backfield as Rudy Gmitro and Vic Spadaccini score others. Gophers hold the Little Brown Jug after dominating with 274 yards rushing and 131 passing.
Summary of scattered results across conferences with scores for Wisconsin Northwestern Minnesota Princeton Chicago Indiana Cornell Coe Kansas Iowa State Michigan State Missouri Oklahoma Nebraska Tulane Colgate Yale Army Notre Dame Georgia Florida Texas Texas Christian South Georgia Tech Alabama Tennessee Arkansas Texas A&M Vanderbilt Ole Miss Wake Forest Florida A&M Oregon Oregon State UCLA Montana California Wyoming and more with page 2 note.
Lincoln Nebraska AP Water and the stubborn opposition of a determined Oklahoma eleven quenched Saturday the flaming hopes of Nebraska's Cornhuskers of continuing in the ranks of the nation's undefeated and untied football teams. After four quarters.
In a rain soaked encounter between Nebraska and Oklahoma the stalemate ended a tense fourth quarter. Oklahoma's punt block near the Nebraska line sparked a brief threat but Raphael Boudreau's field goal try from the 23 was short. Dominant linemen and weather shaped a gritty draw.
Villanova led by John Wysocki who scored all three touchdowns and one extra point blanked Manhattan 20 to 0 before 20000 at Ebbets Field.
Princeton defeated Chicago 16 to 7 before about 20,000 fans as the Tigers broke loose in the third quarter to erase a 7-3 deficit. Princeton gained 224 yards to Chicago’s 55, with a late fourth quarter score sealing the win amid postgame riots around the goal posts.
Pershing Mondorff kicked a 33 yard field goal in the fourth period to lift Maryland to a 3-0 victory over Virginia. The game was a defense dominated affair with the ball mostly at midfield for much of the afternoon.
Syracuse defeats Cornell 14 to 6 at Schoellkopf Field. Marty Glickman scores two touchdowns as Syracuse overcomes a stronger statistical game by Cornell, which played without star halfback George Peck. The upset halts Cornell's perfect season bid with 7,9k fans in attendance.
Northwestern Big Ten champions prevail 14 to 7 over Purdue in a tight game. Fred Vanzo burst through late to spark a turnover and a short Wildcat drive culminating in a touchdown by Jack Ryan after a fumbled ball. Cecil Isbell powered Purdue, but Northwestern clamped down after halftime.
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