Illinois at Iowa

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  Evening star, November 6, 1927, page 81

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  ILLINOIS EXTENDED TO WIN OVER IOWA by the Associated Press IOWA FIELD. Iowa City. Novcm. ber IA hard charging f1Illback, +. Humbert. proved too much for Iowa to-day and Coach Bob Zuppke’S fight in=c Illini romped away with II 70 o victory over tha team coached by his former assistant. Burt lngwersen. in the annual homecoming gridiron classic today. The victory gave the Illni an unblemishnd ronfelenc record rs the green IIawkeye team went down to it’s third Big Ten defeat. Although Humbert prxcd to be the irresistible force of the game, f. II. Walker Of lirbana. a 158pound sopho more substitute halfback, also tailed for the IElni. when he broke through & Iowa left tackle, eilt neatly back against the field and completed 53 yard sprint for the second of Illinois TWO touchdoWns. Carrying the. ball on nearly every play late in the fir / period, Humbert smashed and squirmed his way from the Iowa 3@-yard line to cross the Iowa goal line. NnWak placed kicked both OF the

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Illinois leads 39–⁠38–⁠2 in 79 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.