Butler at Illinois

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  The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 11, 1926, page 9 (results column)

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  N. d. AN . . u r . u :. WI N N = r 8 Illinois Trims Butler. u, De Paw, Franklin and EarIham Defeat Rivals. Another week. end has slipped past into football history, and as far as Indiana is concerned. without any thing that could be called on upset. The two high spots were Notre DANES 20 to 7 defeat of the Gophers at Minneapolis, and within the State, Purdue’s victory over Wabash at La fayette, n to IA. Illinois proved too strong for But Ter. largely due to superior line play and exceptional blocking by the vic tors. The score was 38 to 7. Indiana u. turned in its second victory under the tutelage Of Pat Page, send Ing University Of Kentucky back to the bluegrass on the short end of a IA to 6 score. After being held to in the first half at Minnesota Notre Dame broke loose in the last half to score two touchdowns. Long runs by Dahl man. Flanagan and Heardon featured the winners attack. Wynne also was a star. Forty-seven thou teams triumph. 1t was a rather costly victory as Joe Boland, veteran tackle, received a compound leg fracture in the first minutes Of play, and Collins, full back, sustained a fractured jaw. Both remained in a Minneapolis hos pital when the team left for South Bend. Wabash and Purdue put on one Of their typical hammer-and-tongs battles. The Scarlet scored in the first quarter on a long pass, Bayer to Helm, and counted again In the final period, with only a couple of minutes to play, when Bayer car red the ball through. the entire Boiler maker team for a touchdown on a Kickoff

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Illinois leads 8–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the four since this game.