Illinois at Northwestern

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1940, page 30 (results column)

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  Purdue, 1877, while Columbia nipped Wisconsin, 7–⁠6, on a fourth-quarter touchdown. Man. haitian won a marathon scoring duel from Marquette, 45–⁠41, but Holy Cross was soundly trounced by Mississippi, BAT. Harvard sprang a big upset, holding Penn to a 1910 draw. A fourth-quarter pass gave Prince ton 14–⁠9 decision over Dart mouth. Army was beaten by Brown. 1879. Pitt just did make the grade against Carnegie Tech, 60, while Temple trounced VII lanova, $50. New York Uni versity ended its losing streak with a 1910 decision over Franklin and Marshall. Northwestern, beaten a week ago by Minnesota, 1912, moved back into the winning column with a great fourth-quarter drive that buried Illinois, 32–⁠14. In diana walloped Michigan State, 300, but Iowa was beaten by Nebraska, 1915. Oklahoma took a Big Six Conference decision from Kansas, 40. Missouri

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  The Nome nugget, Alaska, November 15, 1940, page 3 (results column)

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  Football Scores Stanford 20-Washington 10 Wisconsin 6-Columbia ‘ Boston College 21-Boston o Kansas State 13-South Caro- lima 20 Oklahoma 13-Kansas 0 Georgia Tech 7-Kentucky 26 Georgia 13-Florida Is SeWanee 0-Vanderbilt 20 University of Richmond IA North Carolina 13 Tulane 6@Alabama 13 Clemson Auburn 21 Iowa 6-Nebraska IA Georgetown 41-Maryland 0 Rice 14-Arkansas T Michigan State 0-Indiana 20 Illinois 14-Northwestern 32

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Illinois leads 59–⁠55–⁠5 in 119 meetings, counting the 85 since this game.