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  The Waterbury Democrat, Connecticut, November 25, 1946, page 11 (results column)

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  Young WOs Able Against NorthWestern Chicago, Nov, @ (UpD -- The western Conference’e Rose Bowl ballet box” was being ssuffed Co. day with slips marked Illinois. On the strength of a convincing 70 Co 0 victory over Northwestern Saturday, Illinois won the Big Nine championship for the first time since 1928 and with the Triumph came the honor Of representing the conference In the Rose Bowl ct Pasadena on New Years day. The formallty of a vote by faculty athletic committeeman from the nine member schools must be taken this week but the smooth ing Illinois outfit ollnched the bowl Did by gaining its sixth league triumph as against one loss by humbling Northwestern. The official invitation probably will be issued Thursday by Commissioner Kenneth L., Wilson. Illlne Had Beaten Pack = While Mlchlgans blazing finish with a Be to 6 victory over Ohio State made the Wolverines the seF- timental choice of some for the post-seasof game, the season-long play Of Illinois shows it deserves the championship and the bowl bid. Included among the Tilinois’s six trtumphs was . is to Q victory over Michigan. Illinois had the championship stamp on its play against North. western. The proteges of Coach Ray Eliot turned back one early wilcast scoring threat in the opening period and then stepped out to clinch the decision with two touchdowns with in eight minutes of play of the sec. ond quarter. Thereafter Illinois played ortho- dox football, but left the impress sion that if necessary 1t could again turn on the touchdown heat. Buddy” Young, the diminutive Speedster who has had trouble all season breaking loose, turned in his greatest game of campaign against Northwestern. He set up illinois first touchdown with dazzling 8 yard sideline sprint. 1t was his longest run of the conference season from scrimmage. Young made 70 yards on 10 ball carrying efforts. Line shows Greatness Illinois top ground gainer was Art Dufelmeier, who made l23 yards in 10 tries. His outstanding effort was a brilliant 53-yard dash for Illinois second touchdown. The Illinois line once again turned in a great performance. The blue. shirted forward wall was the key to Illinois championship for 1t yielded ony two touchdowns in four games during the torrid stretch drive. Illinois squad will be “at leisure” for the next three weeks and is ex- pected to start practice for the Rose Bowl about Dec. IS. Bob Chappuis was the standout as Michigan routed Ohio State in the most one-sided game of this bitter series since 1902, when one of hurry up” Vests famed point a minute” teams beat the Bucks ee to 0. The Wolverines might have eclipsed that total if Fritz Crisler hadn’t withdrawn his regulars and finished with gridders from his “jay- vee” squad that had played early in the day. Chappius gained 26 yards by run- ming and PA by passing to run his season’s total to i03S yards, to break the old total offense record of 862 yards set by Otto Graham of North western in l042. Minnesota climaxed a late season drive by winning its third straight game as 1t downed Wisconsin 6 to 0: and Indiana put on a whirlwind third quarter rally to trim Purdue a to %.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, November 25, 1946, page 3 (results column)

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  5 , }ElsA ii| g16 B & 1 28e SSG Ya8 ! SCORES Here are the final scores of lead ing football games played over the weekend: UCLA 13; use G. Oregon State IS; Oregon 0. Washington 21; Montana O. Stanford 25; California G. Delaware 20; Muhlenberg 12 Western Maryland 46; Mount St Marys T. Pittsburgh IA; Penn State T. Ohio University 25; Xavier 6. Dayton %; Marshall T. Penn Military 6; Albright 0. Georgetown 1; Hanover 2. Virginia 2l; West Virginia 0. Georgia 48; Chattanooga 27. Oklahoma 27; Nebraska 6. Oklahoma Aggie 59; Drake ‘. New Mexico IA; Kansas State ‘ Montana State 45; Colorado M. 2 Dennison 31; Wittenberg o. Mount Union 19; Kenyon l2. Oberlin 23; Wooster 0. Wichita IS; Toledo 2. Yale 27; Harvard IA. Lehigh o; Lafayette 13 Alabama ‘; Boston College 13. Dartmouth 20; Princeton 13. N Carolina State 37 Florida 6. Bucknell 0; Rutgers 25. Holy Cross 12; Temple T. Georgetown 19; NYU 12. Maryland IA; Michigan State 26. Syracuse 21; Columbia 59. Duke T; North Carolina P. Michigan 58; Ohio Sc te 6. Illinois 20; Northwestern 0. Furman ‘; Georgia Tech Al. Indiana 34; Purdue 20. Baylor 0; s. Methodist 35. Citadel 21; Davidson l3. Johns Hopkins o; University o1 Buffalo 16. Minnesota 6; Wisconsin 0. West Virginia O; Virginia 2l. Clemson 21; Auburn 13 Texas Christian 0; Rice l3 Mississippi s. 20; Mississippi 0. Notre Dame 4l; Tulane 0. Tennessee T; Kentucky 0.

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Officially, Minnesota leads 64–⁠63–⁠8; as played, 63–⁠62–⁠8 in the 133 games on file; the official count covers all 135 meetings, counting the 79 since this game.