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As a senior in 1900, Edson helped lead Iowa to a Big Ten championship in its first year in the conference. He scored one touchdown in Iowa's first ever Big Ten game, a 17-0 victory over
Chicago, and he scored another touchdown the following week in a 28-5 victory over Michigan. In two years at
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