Michigan at Illinois

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  Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 31, 1943, page 1

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  Michigan 7rounces Illinois; PENIS Rally Ties Arr Michaels’ Aerial Catches Cadets Beaten for } Periods, Penn Shows Power PHIL DELPHA, Oct. 80 (UPl-A valiant little band Of Pennsylvania ironmen, beaten and battered for three periods, rose up in the closing quarter today to gain a 13 to 13 deadlock with Army’s Wanted football forces. Their white uniforms mud coated and soaked with a light, cold rain that pelted 1000 fans jammed into Franklin Field, the weary Penn men uncorked a TO yard pass play and added the extra point in the final period to tie the favored Cadets from up the Hudson. A smokey-blue fog had settled over the playing field as the two teams, both unbeaten in five games this season, started that final period. And then the Quakers-who had used only four subs up to this time came from behind. Joe Michaels faded far back and heaved long pass that Capt. Bob Odel took or the Army 40. Odell OUTRAGED four of the soldier secondary for a touchdown and Frank McKernan place-kicked the point to knot the score. That was the ball game. Army, with its host of hard. hitting reserves. went into the game an 8 TO 5 favorite and its smashing attack soon yielded q lead that looked like victory a. the Soldiers stopped every Penn thrust. But Penn fought back with [; second-period touchdown, only Il

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  The Daily Alaska empire, November 1, 1943, page 5 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL :. SCORES The following are final scores of important football games played over the weekend: University of Washington Al, Spo- kane Air Commandos ‘. Southern California 13, Califor- mia 0. San Diego Navy 2S, UCLA 0. St Mary’s Gaels l9, University of San Francisco ‘. Notre Dame 33, Navy 6. Army l3, Pennsylvania l3. West Virginia 2, Penn State 32. i Carnegie Tech 6, Pittsburgh 45. Michigan 42. Illinois 6. Purdue 32, Wisconsin 0. Minnesota 6, Northwestern 42. Indiana 20, Ohio State IA. Nebraska 20, Missouri 51. | Colgate 2, Holy Cross IA. 1 Georgia 39, Howard o. South Carolina 20, Charleston 0 Iowa State ‘, Oklahoma 2l. Cornell 33, Columbia 6. Brown 28, Princeton 20. Great Lakes Naval Air Station 32 Western Michigan 6. Iowa Navy l9, Fort Riley 2. Kansas 25, Kansas State 2. Duke IA, Georgia Tech T. Carolina 27, Carolina State 13. Vanderbilt 26 Millipan 6 Georgia Peflight IA, Tulane IS. Southwestern 6, Tulsa G. Rice 13, Texas Tech Q. j Virginia 34, Virginia Military 0.

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Michigan leads 72–⁠24–⁠2 in 98 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.