Illinois at Chicago

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  Evening star, November 18, 1928, page 85

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  ILLINOIS 400 VICTOR IN CHICAGO’S FINALE Ey the ASSoCldtSu EEeSS. CHICAGO, November 17.-Chicago ended its foot ball season today with out winning a big ten conference game. falling before the onSlaughts OF the 1927 champions. Illinois, 40 to 0. It was an ideal setting to end such disastrous season, rain falling during most of the game on an already Soggy sridiron. The nlini. however. were mud-runners, piling up six touchdowns with Frosty Peters, Douglas Mills and Walker leading the barrage. Mills supplied the big thrill OF the afternoon when he dashed rs yards through the entire Chicago team for his touchdown. Peters opened the attack in the first period. dashing almost so yards for the first score He added two other touch downs and Walker scored two, one after racing IS yards following a pass of % yards from Peters. Nowack, Illini captain, kicked four out of five tries for points after touch down. Peters tried the last kick after his third touchdown just before the game ended. Chicago was overwhelmed through out. The Stagg-coached team had moth ing to offer in the way of an offense and its defense was almost as bad

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Illinois leads 22–⁠18–⁠3 in 43 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.