Illinois at Iowa

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 18, 1925, page 79

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  IOWA MAKES THRILLING FINISH TO BEAT ILLINOIS By the Associated Press. OWA CITY, October Out where the West begins gdron today enabled Iowa vanquh Illinois finish that has equaed Western Confe foot ball Illinois, leading, 10 in the last minutes play and with the safely when Cowboy Nick Muh gdiron broke 32yard the ball

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  San Antonio light, San Antonio, Tex., October 19, 1925, page 9 (results column)

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  MICHIGAN TEAM DR|V|NGF0R TITLE CHICAGO. Oct. 19.-CP)-The triumphant march Of Michigan toward a big Ten” title, began with vic tories over Indiana and Wisconsin, is gathering momentum which the Wolverines hope it will sweep before it Red Grange and his Illinois out fit next Saturday. Their heads bowed by the 12–⁠10 Iowa defeat, Illinois men are working to make the game. before an expected Homecoming crowd Of 67,O00, both n comeback and Il duplicate of last years melee, when Grange made the runs that startled the football world. Michigan boasts q similar per former in running back kickoff for a score in Benny Friedman whose feat at Madison Saturday was fac tor in the downing of the Badgers. IOWA VS.. OHIO STATE Iowa, flushed with victory over Illinois, is taking stock of its forces and improving its line for the Ohio State meeting this week. Ohio’s experience in downing Columbia last week is guiding its practice sessions. The Iowa backfield. with Nick Kutsch the leading conference scorer, is past the test stage. Wisconsin, smarting under its defeat by Michigan, plans to re-coup i’ll the next three weeks, with three Big Ten” teams on the schedule. Its first opponent, Purdue makes its conference start. after a preliminary record of two wins and one loss against outsiders. The Boilermakers’ fall from grace by losing to Wabash has been miSigated by victories over DePauw and Rose Poly. CHICAGO PLAYS PENN After a lapse of a quarter century, rivalry between Chicago and Pennslyvania flares anew in their Philadelphia meeting. The Maroons, last year Western Conference champions and so far undefeated, although tied by Ohio State, are grooming them selves to reverse ancient history by winning, the Quakers having won three and tied one of the games played before 1901. Penn has a great team this year; Yale fell before it Saturday. Northwestern, downed by Chicago, has . breathing spell in rehearsing an entertainment for Tulane, before meet ing three conference teams and Notre Dame. Ralph Moon” Baker, Purple backfield ace, will be out of the came for two weeks at least and pos sibly for the rest of the season as a result of injuries to his ankle. Eotre Dame, having fulfilled the prophesy of defeat spoken by Knute Rociine, its coach. in the Army game, is being rehabilitated for its appear ance against Minnesota. Indiana expects slight trouble in disposing of Miami.

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Illinois leads 39–⁠38–⁠2 in 79 meetings, counting the 64 since this game.