Iowa at Illinois

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  The Rock Island Argus and daily union, Rock Island, Ill., October 18, 1920, page 13

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  STRAIGHT PLAYS / BY Him s1u IOHlNSBY 2o-3 Ufbana, III, Oct 1S.-fllinois strengthened IT. chances for tn Western conference championship. and virtually eliminated Iowa from the race Saturday by defeating the Hawkeyes, 20 to ). The Illini, last years title win ners. used only straight .Sootneal3 tactics, while Iowa sprang . BRIT liant array Of trick formations es-I pecially in the last two minutes. when the losers hattled desperately. FtrSt Quarter. Illinois won the toss and A. Devine kicked to Hellstrom. who vas downed ON the 30-ysrd line. An ex-. change Of punts gave the lllini the ball, on Iowa’s 37-yard lnte. Ralph Fletcher replaced Pedsn and INFUSED a place kick BY inches. Iowa ,, kicked and Illinois returned the ball to the 33-yard line. where Fletcher again missed place kick. Iowa made only one nrst down DUR ing the period. Score end 6rst pr iod: Iowa, o; Illinois. o. Second Quarter. A. Devine punted to Bob Fletcher in the center OF the field. He’ll strom made II yards, but . pass, Ralph Fletcher to Carney, WAS In tercepted by G. Devine on the Is yard line. Iowa kicked to Illinois and Ralph Fletcher tried . 42-yard place kick, but 1t fell short by 10 ysrds. A. Devine punted to Bob Fletcher ON the Iowa 36-yard line. Ralph Fletcher made first down through Slater, but Illinois wa3 penalized Is yards for holding 90 WalQuist plunged through ceater for IL yards. Ralph Fletcher cir cled Belongs end for Is yards and Bob Fletcher took the ball 70 the +! Hawkeyes’ 10-yard line. Illinois was penalized five yards for off-side and Ralph. Fletcher kicked the ball for the first score Of the game. I’LL / nois 3; Iowa 0. y7si- | Third Quarter. aa, After the kickoff and an ex- change Of punts, Kelly fumbied and Carney picked up the ball and | raced IS yards for q touchdown for Illinois. Fletcher kicked goal. Score: Illinois. 10; Iowa, o. Mohr was injured and taken out Of the game. At the kickoff. Illinois took the ball to Iowa’s 25-yard line and Hellstrom sent over q drop kick, making the score 13 to 0. = ad- ! Fourth Quarter. aca Iowa resorted to forward passes but Illinois broke them up and took the bail to the 10-yard line on a fake play. Crangle went over, for a touchdown and Bob Fletcher kicked goal Score: Illinois, 20; Iowa, 0. Iowa managed to score late in the game, Devine kicking a field goal. Score: Illinois. 20; Iowa, 3.

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  South Bend news-times, South Bend, Ind., October 17, 1920, page 8

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  ILLINOIS WINS FROM IOWA BY 20–⁠3 SCORE URBANA, H. oct 16-Ilinois strengthened its chances for west ern conference championship and virtually eliminated Iowa from the race today. cutting the line at will and defeating the Hawkeves 20 70 g.. The Him. last years title winners, used only straight football tactics while Iowa sprang a brilliant array of trick formations. especially i’m the last two minutes when the losers battled despera tely

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 17, 1920, page 28

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  VICTORY FOR ILLINOIS. Retters Chances for Conference Title by Beating Iowa. 11RBANA, Ill. October 16.-Illinois strengthened its chances Tor the west An Conference championship and viz tualiy eliminated Iowa from the race foday. cutting the line at will and defeating the Hawkeyes 20 to 3. The Illini. last years title winners. used only straight football tactics, while Iowa sprang brilliant array OK trick formations.

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Illinois leads 39–⁠38–⁠2 in 79 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.