[NU Sports] 56 year-old question

[Roy Lamberton]

Lindsey Wilhite had a bunch of the firsts last night also.

I suspect that Dave Eanet had them on the broadcast yesterday. The WGN
sports guys who were on between periods of the hockey game were pretty
excited, and even WBBM made mention of the win.

Unfortunately, while the game was on, I was at Choir rehearsal and missed
it, but I did have my old NU coaches' hat on during the drive over to church
<g>

So, this means my old Black NU Coach Hat AND my Fast Break Club Purple golf
shirt have magic powers. Will have to wear one or the other (or both) during
the U Mich game. 

rsl

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Laketheposts.com had these nuggets also:

- First back-to-back wins over ranked teams (Minnesota/MSU) EVER
- Snaps MSU 80-game home win streak against unranked teams (Toledo, 2002)
- First win at MSU since 1984

I may have to go to the library here in Minneapolis and dig out some details
from the 53 game...

The '53 Cats finished 6-16, 5-13 in conference play in Waldo Fisher's first
season.? They were only 2-8 on the road that season, and came in 8th.
?
The '53 Gophers?finished 14-8, 11-7 in conference play under coach OB
Cowles, who had a .612 winning percentage over 11 seasons (1948-1959).? They
finished fourth or better in seven of those seasons.? Cowles' Dartmouth team
had lost the 1942 NCAA Championship game to Stanford.

Chuck Herron?? Tech '85

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71-65 win at No. 4 Minnesota Jan. 3, 1953. ...


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In a message dated 1/22/2009 3:33:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
cherron604 at aol.com writes:

I realize that almost anybody who witnessed this would?have to be at least
70 years old now, but maybe there's someone out there (or somebody who read
about it).

The Lansing State Journal stated that this was "the Wildcats' first road win
over a top-10 team since 1953"

Does anybody recall that game ?? The opponent ?? How it happened ?

(Forgetting for the moment the sadness of not beating a top-10 team on the
road in almost 60 years...)

Chuck Herron?? Tech '85
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