Army at Illinois

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  Brownsville herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, Texas, November 10, 1929, page 1

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  Rice OVls Easy Victims of 7. {. u Horned Frogs; Score 24-O Illinois Stops Army Dead and Wins, ~ On Breaks of Game CAST. an alert end and youthful o~pportunist from Aurora, Ill, broke in TO intercept a short lateral pass from eagle to Murrell, and race 90 yards 70 another touchdown. In little more time than 1t takes TO tell, Illinois. with the aid OF n first period goal by Douglas Mills from the 20-yard line. had run UP It’s entire total OF IL points. The Army led by Captain Cagel. came back gamely In the second half but its most gallant efforts produced only one touchdown and neve Sc riously threatened the lead OF the big ten champions. The famous Cadet redhead personally took the ball across for West Points only touchdown, on q three yard dash through the line. but the best ne could do otherwise was To harrass the Illini with q long range passing attack that repeated ly produced big gains. The Army gained lis yards through the afr. averaging 23 yards for five passes completed out OF IL attempts. Illinois gained only 80 yards on two passes completed out OF seven thrown. The Cadets registered IL first downs 10 only five FOR Illinois and lust about held their own at rush ing. with 10 yards 70 show for the attack from scrimmage TO 123 Tor Illinois.

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Army leads 4–⁠3–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the seven since this game.