Pittsburgh at Illinois

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  The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., September 23, 1945, page 10

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  Illinois Eleven Beats Pitt Panthers, 23–⁠6 CHAMPAIGN. ILL.,, Sept. %. Up “A heavy, stubborn all-veteran University of Illinois football team struck once in the fir period and made two lightning thrusts in the last quarter today to justify preseason representations by handing the University of Pittsburgh a 1856 defeat on rain soaked Memorial field Only twice did Pitt get within scoring distan lin the first quar-. ter when the Painters We, STOP ped on the one-foot line and in the last when they scored while most Of the Illinois first string was on the bench. . long passes, Bill Wolff to Ed Zimmovan. set up the only Pan Their touchdown. Those two passes covered 60 yards. and Zimmovan crashed over for the touchdown.

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  Detroit evening times, September 23, 1945, page 11

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  ButkoyiCh Aids IIini Victory CHAMPAIGN. IL, Sept p CUP)-Bnl Butkovich. chunky, quarterback, brought a famous football name back Ia the headlines today when he spanked Illinois TO 23 TO 6 victory over Pittsburgh. Butkovich, breaking into the first = string Illinois lineup after being a sub last fall. accounted for Il points on two touchdowns and two conversions. His line cracking runs. which lifted the Illini 10 victory, brought back m cmories Of his late an-American brother, Tony, who SCARED 10 Stardom with Purdue two years ago. He was killed on Okinawa with the marines last summer.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, September 24, 1945, page 3 (results column)

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  ! SCORES Cornell College, 38; Iowa Wes- leyan, S. Depauw, IS; Wabash, ‘. Indiana State, 24; East Illinois Teachers, 6. Swarthmore, 28; Muhlenberg, 8. Wesleyan, o. Middlebury, 0. West Virginia 42; Otterbein, 2. Franklin Marshall, 2: Ursinus, 0. Virginia, 39; U. s. c. G. Academy, Ohio, 26; Bowling Green, 0. Texas, IS; Bergstrom A. A. F., T. Texas A & M 54; Ellington A. A. F., o. T. c. U. IS; Kansas, 0. Corpus Christi N. A. S., 26; Rice, 13. Baylor, 32; West Texas State, o. New Mexico, 78; E. New Mexico College, 0. Georgia, 49; Murray, Ky, Teach CTS, 0. Following are the final scores of major football games played last Saturday afternoon: Indiana, IS; Michigan, T. Hondo Airfield, 6; Oklahoma, 2l North Carolina, 6; Camp Lee, O. Blackland Airfield, 0; Southern Methodist, 51. Fort Warren, 6; Colorado. 0. St. Mary’s, 20; U. of California, 13. Mississippi, 2l; Kentucky, ‘. Colorado College, l2; Denver, O. Purdue, IA; Marquette, 13. Minnesota, 34 Missour 0. Wisconsin, o; Great Lakes, 0. Villanova, 21; Bucknell. 2. Illinois, 23; Pittsburgh, 6. Northwestern, IS; Iowa State, 6. Cornell, 26; Syracuse, IA. Arkansas, 12; Barksdale Field, 6. Duke, 60; South Carolina, 0. Texas Christian, IS; Kansas, 0. 0. Texast Christian, IS; Kansas, 0. Tulsa, 61; Wichita, 0. Baylor, 32; West Texas State, O.

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Illinois leads 6–⁠2 in eight meetings, counting the five since this game.