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  The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., October 15, 1944, page 8

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  Illinois Rolls On To Second Circuit Win CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, Oct. 14.-R- The once beaten Illini, striking with surprising suddenness in a hectic first period, momentarily demoralized heavier Iowa Hawk eye football team today and then rolled on to their second West ern Conference victory, 40 to 6. Little Buddy Young, dusky speedster, was tn estar Of the first-quarter blitzkrieg. On the first play of the game he scooted around his right end and raced GA yards for touchdown. Six min utes later, after Bill Heiss intercepted an Iowa pass on the 30 yard line, Young exploded through tackle to score again. With Young again doing most of the ball-carrying in the third period, the Illini marched from their own 10 to the Iowa 10, where a penalty for unnecessary roughness moved the ball to the one. Don Greenwood dived over on the next play for ancther counter.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, October 16, 1944, page 2 (results column)

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  gaining effort for the day At least a dozen different backs saw action, Bob Kelly setting the tempo by sprintlng 53 yards in the first scrimmage play. The Army used everybody against Pitt but the scoring mounted higher and higher. Tony Minisi and Al Sica, pair of Fresh ball-carriers, operated be- hind strong Penn line to the amazement of the previously un- beaten Southerners, and Georgia Tech counted three times in the final period for it’s triumph. Hal Hamberg, tiny back rele- gated to the reserves by horde of bigger tars at Navy, gave the Mid dies their triumph over Duke. Biggest Upset The biggest upset of the day was Colgates spilling of Cornell IA to T. It overshadowed Purdue’s loss to Iowa Pre-flight, l3 to 6. the Sea hawks getting both their touch downs by intercepting Purdue’s passes Les HorWath escorted Ohio State to a 20 to verdict over Wisconsin with last period outburst, break ing a to ‘ tie. Roger Barksdale, hero of unbeaten Yale, pushed Col umbia to it’s first setback 27 to 10. Michigan scored three touchdowns in the first 19 minutes and then coasted to 27 to win over North western. Illinois, with sprinter Buddy Young setting the pace, outsped Iowa, 40 to 6. Indiana had little trouble with Ne braska, 54 to 0, but Missouri’s Bill Dellastatious gave Minnesota rug ged afternoon before the Tigers lost, 39 to 27. Tennessee kept climbing toward the Southeastern Conference title with a 40 to 0 triumph over Florida, while Iowa pre-flight stunned New Mexico 89 to 6.

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Illinois leads 39–⁠38–⁠2 in 79 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.