Sport: Football, Oct. 21, 1940

While the University of Chicago, purified of intercollegiate football, played six-man football before a handful of co-eds last week, its former associates in the Big Ten (now Big Nine) carried on eleven-man war. Ohio State, defending champion, played Northwestern in what turned out to be the game of the week. Northwestern, despite its 40-to-0 victory over Syracuse the week before, was the underdog. But the underdog showed its fangs, intercepted one of mighty Don Scott's magnificent passes to score a touchdown, win the game, 6-to-3.

Hero of the day was Halfback Bill De Correvont,...

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