Michigan at Illinois

• 

  Evening star, October 31, 1937, page 29

  Read the text

  MICHIGAN SADDENS PARTY FOR ZUPPKE Illinois Coach’s Silver Jubilee Is Smeared as Wolverines Rally for 7–⁠6 Win. CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, Oct. 30.-Michi- gan’s scrappy Wolverines applied a spot of tarnish to Bob zuppke’s silver Jubilee celebration today, coming from behind with a quick third-period scoring thrust to defeat Illinois, to 8, before 10000 spectators in Memorial Stadium. Illinois began 69-yard touchdown march in the third period. Taking the kickoff, the Illini drove to the Michigan Is. Zimmerman then faded back and shot a bulletlike pass to Bill Dennis, who made brilliant, fingertip catch and was nailed by Trosko on the Michigan five. Zimmerman reached the Michigan three, when he fumbled. The ball bounded over the goal line and Willard Cramer, Illini tackle, recovered for touchdown. Bill Berner’s conversion try was low. Michigan’s alert secondary gave the Wolverines their chance for victory In the closing minutes of the same period. Bill Barclay intercepted one of zimfnerman’s passes on the Wolverine A. Trosko shot pass to Danny Smick, which put Michigan on the Illinois At. Trosko and Barclay alternated in smashing to the Illinois 80. Then Trosko dropped back yards and shot q long pass diagonally across the field. Nicholson took Trosko’s aerial on the IL and ran unmolested over the goal line. Trosko booted the winning point

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Michigan leads 72–⁠24–⁠2 in 98 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.