Illinois at Ohio State

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 22, 1931, page 61

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  OHIO STATE CRUSHES WEAK ILLINOIS, 400 Long Runs by Buckeyes Feature of Game-Defeat Worst Ever for Zuppke Team. COLUMBUS, November 2l.-Scarletand Gray-clad foot ball players from Ohio State ambled up and down Touch down street here this afternoon, and as result the University of Illinois eleven was handed the worst licking it ever received from an Ohio team. The FINAL score was 40 to O.. 1t was three-fold victory for the Buckeyes. 1t marked the first time Illinois had ever been beaten in the Ohio Horseshoe and the first time since 1917 that it has been subdued on Ohio soil. Also 1t was the first time Ohio ever defeated Illinois and Michigan in the same season. Not only was this worst defeat ever handed the Illini by Ohio, but the worst given Illinois by any team in the 30 years that Bob Zuppke has guided the deStinies Of foot ball at that institution. Today’s victory was a personal triumph for two Buckeye players, Carl Cramer and Bill Carroll. These two players took the crowd to its feet four times during the game with sensational runs for touchdowns, with long run honors Of the day going to Carroll when he raced 90 yards to return kickoff for marker. Ohios backfield was not the whole show of the day. The forward wall threw of everything the Illini had to offer and came back for more.

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Officially, Ohio State leads 70–⁠30–⁠4; as played, 71–⁠30–⁠4 in 105 meetings, counting the 85 since this game.