Illinois vs. UCLA

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  The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, January 2, 1947, page 1

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  Illinois Tramples Bruins Dazzling Display Of Power Proves Too Much For UCLA PASADENA, Calf, Jan. 1-(P)c Illinois, with a dazzling display Of strength that stopped everyone but a record-breaking UCLA halfback belted the favored Bruins all over the Rose Bowl today and walked of with a stunning 45–⁠14 victory in the 33rd edition of the Tournament Of Roses. Inaugurating the Big Nine Pacific Coast conference five-year pact, with an amazed throng of more than go, 900 spectators packed into the big bowl under a c%loudless sky, the supposedly weak-on-offense Hi. nj Numbered along from the first and were never behind Or ever threatened after they got going ir the second quarter. The one-and only big thrill sup porters Of previously unbeater UCLA got came late in the second quarter when little Al Hoisch, 143’ pound mite, fielded a kickoff three yards back of his own goal ano bolted back up the field through the Ilini, racing On the full dis lance of the field for a touchdown, The run, the longest and the only one from a kickoff in Rose Bow history, was listed as 1903 yards. The first half told the story Coach Raw Eliot’s so-called little

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Tied 6–⁠6 in 12 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.