Football Matches: Dec. 5, 1927

Football is done again. Save for a scattering of Southern and Pacific conflicts, Thanksgiving and the succeeding Saturday sufficed to settle scores for 1927.

Missouri ploughed peevishly through Oklahoma, after the latter had scored unexpectedly in the opening period. Missouri won the game 20-7 and with it the Missouri Valley Conference championship.

Pittsburgh made further trouble for itself by scattering Penn State 30-0. By the victory the unbeaten Pittsburghers qualified to clash with Stanford New Year's Day in California.

New York University took a train to Nebraska to have their season's stirring efforts shattered....

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