Illinois vs. Ohio State

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  The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., November 19, 1944, page 8

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  BUCKS TRIUMPH OVER ILLINOIS BY M-l2 SCORE, Ohio State Still Rank, With Nations In. defeated ~, CLEVELAND, Nov. IS. - The Scarlet Scourge fror ~ a. State, still hoping tbeyn H. %, oa III play IN the Rose Bowl. survives w, % same-openlng score by the Unfr,’ slty OF Illinois today 10 d~,h ‘‘ Ct lllini, IS to p. for the Bn, Ne eighth consecutive football virt Y~‘ OF the season. ‘! A tremendous outpouring ., % 627 fans-the largest crowd u w. w. nation this season-watcbed , I,’ Bucks bounce back to score Nv three of the four periods atter \ linois had registered toucbdo1, the first time it got the ball. The fans were hardly settled I, their seats before the Him IN the ball on the 37-yard line by =. covering Dick Flanagan’s fumb’. and on the second play Don Green. wood broke off tackle and rs,ps IS yards for a touchdown. After that Ohio State took cbar,. OF the ball game and had II wen under control before the{ Illn capitalizing on poor punt, scored its other touchdown in the tjna period. The victory set up Ohio Stat. and Michigan to settle the western conference championship in their game at Columbus next SATURDAY. The title will 60 to the winner After Illinois first touchdown the Bucks promptly went to work and battered their way 50 yard, in IL plays for a touchdown with Les Horvath who was the fly in Illinois Ointment all afternoon, scoring from the two-yard line, The Bucks covered 80 yards for their second touchdown, climax ed when Brugge, throwing a game pass for the first time this season, connected with Jack Digger from the Illinois 47-yard line. Brugge himself got the thlr, touchdown a few minutes late after Warren Amling recovered Claude Buddy Young’s tumble. The Bucks drove 48 yards thai time with Brugge smashing oyer from. the two-yard stripe.

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  Evening star, November 19, 1944, page 18

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  Ohio State Overhsus Illinois to Register 26–⁠12 Triumph GANGED It took three Purdue players to dump Clyde Scott Of Navy in the second period of the game the Middies won in Baltimore yesterday, 80 to 0. The former Bulls School ball toter had gone 20 yards In returning . kick before he was hauled down. Two Of the Purdue players are Guard Ralph Clymer (92) and Boris Dimanchef (87), a back. Scott, as in previous contests, was one of the standout performers OF the game, scoring the first touchdown and ripping OH lot Of yardage. “A. P. Wirephoto.

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  Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, November 19, 1944, page 1

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  Michigan remained in the run ming for the Western Conference football championship by beating Wisconsin Saturday. 40. Ohio State. meanwhile. continued unbeaten by diSpoS.ng OF Illinois. 26–⁠12. Michigan and Ohio meet in Columbus next Saturday 10 decide the title. In other games involving CON ference teams. Minnesota gave Iowa a trouncing, $50; Indiana

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  The Daily Alaska empire, November 20, 1944, page 5 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL SCORES Following are final scores or leading football games played dur ing the weekend: Colgate 13; Syracuse 43. Purdue 0; Navy 32. Wisconsin O. Michigan IA. Army 62; Penn ‘. Lehigh 0: Lafayette GA. Maryland 19; Penn State 34. North Carolina $; Yale l3. Pittsburgh Q; Indiana AT. Duke 34 South Carolina ‘. William and Mary 26; VMI 0. Oklahoma 20; Kansas 0. Northwestern 0; Notre Dame 2l Minnesota 46, Iowa 0. Mississippi State 0; Alabama l9 Camp Peary 19; North Carolina Pre-flight 7. Richmond 0; North Carolina State 39. Brown 12; Columbia 0. Ohio State 26; Illinois 12. Marquette 0; Great Lakes 32. Swarthmore 0; Princeton 0, tie. Texas 6; Texas Christian T. Arkansas 12; Southern Methodist 20. Chatham Field 0; Cherry Point 35. Dartmouth 13; Cornell IA. Hampton Institute 0; Morgan State College 55. West Virginia g, Kentucky 40. Iowa Pre-flight 5l; Missouri ‘. Southwestern Texas 0; Randolph Field 54. Georgia 49 Auburn 19. Kentucky 40; West Virginia 9. Tennessee -27; Temple IA Idaho Southern Branch) IT; Edmonton, Alaska, Air Base 6. Southern California 32; Cali. fornia 0. Second Air Force 4G University O1 WdSltilS lOil U. Colorado University 40; Colorado College G. Murray 26 Illinois Wesleyan G. UCLA 54; College of Pacific T. Georgia Tech IA; LSU 6. Fort Pierce, Florida, Amphibs 48; Payport Auxiliary Air 3. Indiana State 21; Georgefield Illinois, 0. Louisiana Tech ‘; Southern Lou isiana Institute O. Jackson, Mississippi, Air 13; Mill saps 0. Fl Toro, California, Marines 42; Fort Bliss, Texas, Anti-aircraft 0 Florida Aggies IA; Clark College T. St. Marys Navy Pre-flight. 3; Fleet City Bluejackets 0. March Field Fourth Air Force 2; San Diego Naval Trainees 0. Green Bay Packers 24; New York Giants 0. Detroit Lions fl; Chicago Bears .2i Boston Yanks 13; Brooklyn Dodgers 6. Philadelphia 37; Washington T. Hollywood Rangers 3; San Fran cisco Clippers 0. Les Angeles Mustangs 35 Port land Rockets 6.

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.

Officially, Ohio State leads 70–⁠30–⁠4; as played, 71–⁠30–⁠4 in 105 meetings, counting the 72 since this game.