Illinois at Iowa

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 5, 1947, page 45

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  Illinois Flashes Glass In 35-to-12 Triumph Over Game Iowa IOWA CITY, Iowa, Oct. 4.-You can count Illinios in on the battle for the 1s47 Western Conference foot ball championship, too. The Illini, although minus several of the stars who led Illinois to the 1916 title and Rose Bowl triumph, showed a tremendous running and passing game today as they> opened their 1947 bid with a IS to IL victory over Iowa before a crowd Of 1924 today. Illinois struck fast In the first period, Sam zatkoff. Illini end, jumped on EN- Tunnell’s tumble on the Iowa II and big Russ Steger capped a touchdown drive with a plunge from the /. Don Maaechtle placed kicked the first of his five extra points. A few moments later Zatkoh blocked Bob Smiths punt and Illinois had the ball on the Iowa “a. Perry Moss, who completed II of is passes for 116 yards, tossed three straight aerials and the Illini were on the 6. Dwirnt Ebleman went over from the 2. Iowa scored early in the second as Ron Headington drove across from the l after pass interference had given the Hawkeyes the ball at that spot. Headington’s kick was no good. But the stubborn Illinois bounced right back for third touchdown when moss went over from the l after long Illini march. Iowa at the start of the third period, went II yards to score. Al Dimarco climaxed the advance with TOSS from the to End Jack Kelso in the end zone. Headington again missed the extra point and Illinois led 81 to IL. Illinois again met the challenge as Moss tipped screened toss to Steger on the Iowa 80, who went all the way. The Illini finished the scoring in the fourth period when Bernie Kruger intercepted an Iowa pass on the Hawks IS and ran to the 6. Chick Maggioli did the touch down stint with 4-yard dash around end.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 6, 1947, page 3 (results column)

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  COLLEGE FOOTBALL UNDER WAY NEW YORK, Oct 6-lR-One of these days the folks who have been too busy following the World Series to notice college football are going to find that the grid season al ready is well under way and that the action to date has resulted in such impressions as these: 1.-Notre Dame, Michigan, Texas and Georgia Tech look like the teams most likely to battle it out for the mythical national crown. 2.-The title chase in the Pacific Coast Conference threatens to be the dizziest of them all 3.-Army refuses to roll over and play dead, even though Glenn Da- wis and Doc Blanchard are no longer on the premises Notre Dame. the nations No. l team in 1946, arrived on the scene Saturday and, although somewhat tardy picked right up where it left off last year by crushing Pitts burgh, 40–⁠6. Michigan, which entertains Pitt Saturday, lambasted Stanford 49- l3, while Georgia Tech blanked Tu- lane, 20-O, and Texas trounced North Carolina, $40, running the Tar Heels bid for an l-victorious season with one of the outstanding performances of the day. On Pacific Coast Meanwhile. Washington State dumped Idaho, TO- and Oregon State stopped Washington, 14–⁠7, in couple of surprises on the Pacific Coast while UCLA bowed to North western 27–⁠26. Nevada upset Ore gon, 13–⁠6. and Southern California was held to a tie by Rice, TT All of which makes California, originally tagged as an also ran on the Pacific Coast, look more and mere Ike the team to beat after its 45–⁠6 runaway over St Mary’s. Army, unbeaten since 1943, waltz cd merrily along with a 47–⁠0 breeze through Colorado, indicating that the Cadets are not going to be pushed around this year despite personnel losses. Army’s true strength will be test cd Saturday when the Cadets risk their 30-game undefeated record against Illinois, 35–⁠12 conqueror of Iowa, at New York in the Easts foremost attraction. Duke, 19–⁠7 winner over Tennes- see, plays Navy at Baltimore while Columbia, which stopped Navy, 13 6, entertains Yale, 14–⁠0 winner over Cornell, in an Ivy League contest. Notre Dame this week invades Purdue, surprise 24–⁠20 winner over Ohio State, while Ohio State enter tains Southern California and Wis consin plays host to California. Oregon will be at UCLA and Idaho at oregon State in the Pa cific Coast Conference Washington plays host to St. Marys.

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Illinois leads 39–⁠38–⁠2 in 79 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.