Illinois at Pennsylvania

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  The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, October 31, 1925, page 1

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  ILLINOIS wins FROM PENN, 24–⁠2 Franklin Field, Philadelphia. Oct. 3l.-(P- While IA record crowd of G2.O00 looked on in anlazcment. Red Grange, Illinois gridiron thundcrbolt, ran wild through Pcnn’s hitherto unbeaten team today on a muddy field. The famous all-Amcrican star led an attack that gave the westerners three touchdowns and an IL to , lead at the end of the filst half. Grange scored the first touchdown on 55-yard run after receiving n kick early in the first period. An other 55-yard dash from kick off paw ed the way for the second tally soon afterward. with Britton carrying the ball over, while in the second quarter Grange went out for the third touchdown on an 18-yard end sprint. The famous red head tore Penn’s de fcnse literally to pieces in Il success sion of dazzling. knife-like thrusts. , Time after time he shook off, straight armed and lodged a half dozen of the tacklers before he was downcd. | When he left the game near the close of the half. giving way to Gallivan, he was accorded terrific ovation ! in tribute to the most amazing eXhibition any eastern gridiron has seen in wears. In the first half Grange ! had carried the ball l6 times alto | rether for the astonishing gain Of 226 yards. ) Early the third quarter Grange back in the game again, began a parade from his own 15yard line ! With fine interference from Brltton and Daugherty, Grange worked his wav to Penn’s 42-yard line, but two successive penalties for being off side cost Illinois II yards and put the ball back to midfield, where Brit ton was forced to kick. Penn return ed the punt and from the Quaker AS yard line Daughtcry broke through center to gain “a yards. | On a fake kick Illinois threw a / triple pass, Britton to kassel te Grange, and the redhead ran around ! right end for 20 yards and his third / touchdown. Britton attempted to drop kick for the extra point but missed ! Score Illinois “a, Penn 2. / A 42-yard run by Grange from his own 36-yard line to Penn’s 22-yard line was nullified when Illinois lost the ball on a tumble, but Penn also miscued on an early play and the westerners had the ball on their op. ponents’ 30-yard line. Grange seemed headed for another touchdown on the previous play when Odiorn, sub back, got him from behind. Gallivan replaced the Illinois meteor soon afterward, Grange leaving the field caked in mud from head to foot, but cheered to the echo. Coached Suppke of Illinois sent in his entire second and third string | lineups after Grange left and the re- serves had little difficulty keeping Penn in check. The final whistle blew with the ball in Penn’s hands on their own 3O-yard line. Score Illinois “a; Penn 2.

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  Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., November 2, 1925, page 8

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  Red Grange Flashes In Illinois Triumph Over PENNSYLVANIA PHILADELPHIA, Oct 31-(AP)-A flash of red lightning struck the red and blue gridiron juggernaut this att ernoon and split it to pieces with reverberating crash. The lightning was Red Grange, ILL nois thunderbolt, and in the wake OF his dazzling thrusts through the mud of Franklin Field, Pennsylvanfa’s hitherto unbeaten eleven. demoralized and put to rout, went down to crush ing defeat. The final score was Illinois “a. Pennsylvania 2. Grange scoring three touchdowns himself, paving the way for the fourth and narrowly missing two others, gave as great an exhibition as any grid iron has ever witnessed in bringing about the downfall OF the Quakers al most single-handed, while record crowd Of $1,000 looked on in amaze ment. On, field wet and soggy from a previous days snowfall and under con- ditions which were expected to prove big handicap to Grange, this ace of backfield aces moved with the sure footedness of a panther. The speed of deer and the destructive force of a cyclone. Instead of being hampered, the Illinois captain thrived On the heavy going. keeping his feet as he lodged and twisted, shaking off tack lers by the half dozen with a deadly straight arm and always pressing for ward, even when it seemed the entire Penn team was massed to bring him down. 1t was Oranges day, the greatest he has had since he ran wild through Michigan last fall. and he lost no time convincing the cast, colorful throng of his marvellous ability as broken field runner. On the sixth play OF the game, the sorrel-thatched meteor grabbed punt and raced So yards through the whole Penn team for the first Illinois touchdown. PENNSYLVANIA ILLINOIS Ensinger lie .............. lie, Kassell Wilson, 1t ............. 1t, Mariner IKE, lg .’........’.... ls, ShlVely Roplnson, ........,..... c. ReltSch Butler, re- .......... re-, Mitterwalner Slerackl, TT ‘........... RI, Brown mayer, re ............... re, Squlres Lelth, qp .............. qD, Grange Douglass, In .......... III, Daugherty Rogers, rh .............. rh, Gallivan Long, ID .-........... ID, Brltton Score by periods: Pennsylvania ........ O. 2 Illinois .......... IL 0–⁠24 Illinois scoring: Touchdowns, Grange :, Britton. Pennsylvania scoring, safety by Britton., Referee, Walter Eckersall, Chicago. Umpire. Thomas. Thorpe, Columbia. Linesman, Charles Eckles, Washington & Jefferson. Field judge, Milton Gheen, Dartmouth. Time of periods, Is minutes.

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  Imperial Valley press, California, November 2, 1925, page 5

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  RED GRANGE IS HERALDED AS GREATEST BALL CARRIER AFTER ILLINOIS BEATS Pennsylvania TING at least, ranks as the best foot b..ll team of the season, in the opinion of eastern critics. The downfall OF PENNSYLVANIA be fore Red Oranges S Illinois team and the defeat handed to a powerful army eleven by Yale removed the two leading eastern contenders for the mythical national championship and left Michigan practically alone. Dartmouth remains undefeated now as the eastern leader but Dart mouth hasn t the record that Mich igan has made. Michigan has beaten three west ern conference tcams-Indiana, Wisconsin and Illinois. Indiana held Syracuse to two touchdowns and IL linois drubbed Pennsylvania. b Alabama, with four victories and ne defeats, is leading the southern teams. Missouri, unaefeated, holds first place in the Missouri Valley conference and Stanford. California and Washington are tied for the lead on the Pacific coast. Cowboy Kutsch, the Iowa back. leads the western conference in scoring with 40 points and Benny Friedman, the star Michigan back is second with 43. Southern California leads the country in team scoring with $50 points. Dartmouth has scored 245 Cornell 2l2 and Columbia 210.

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Illinois leads 2–⁠0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.