 Duke Slater played all sixty minutes in that game, the only Cardinal lineman to do so.The "Chicago Herald-Examiner" reported, “Duke Slater, the veteran colored tackle, seemed the dominant figure in that forward wall which had the Bear front wobbly.It was Slater who opened the holes for Nevers when a touchdown was in the making.”

Bears head coach and owner George Halas later said, “I can’t say too much about Duke Slater as a football player and as a gentleman.