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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Purdue's greatest feat of the season was holding mighty Notre Dame to one field goal (3-to-0) in its opening game...
Ohio State, with a 215-lb. quarter back named Don Scott and two Brobdingnagian tackles - 225-lb. Jim Daniell and 260-lb. Jim Piccinnini - looked like the No. 1 threat. Considered only fair-to-middling at the start of the season, the Buckeyes sprang the surprise of the Big Ten when they conquered touted North western three weeks ago and followed it by beating Minnesota. In downtown Columbus' Broad & High quarterbacks stopped heckling Coach Francis Schmidt even after the Bucks were defeated 23-to-14 by Ivy Leaguer Cornell last week, began to count the days until November...
Northwestern, pre-season favorite (along with Michigan), has been a dis appointment, not only to alumni but to its coach, jovial 250-lb. Lynn Waldorf...
...Alonzo Stagg - the Maroons shared honors with Michigan as the top team in the Midwest. But in the last decade, under the regime of President Robert M. Hutchins, football has been de-emphasized, its teams play like scrubs (154 points have been scored against them in four games this season) and its alumni bow their heads on Saturday nights. "We are a big joke in the eyes of the American public," wailed the student Daily Maroon last week...
...Teams are not required to play all nine Conference rivals in one season. Michigan has yet to play Big Tenners Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio State...