Army at Illinois

Saturday, October 11, 1947

No. 5 Army and No. 6 Illinois tied 0–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 2–⁠2–⁠1.

Away5Army5–⁠2–⁠2 in 1947
0
Home6Illinois5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1947
0

FinalHigh 79°F, low 51°FAttendance 65,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: Gsy1o FOOTBALL \ SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 13, 1947, page 3 (results column)

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    Gsy1o FOOTBALL \ SCORES Scores oI principal football games played during the weekend are as follows: St. Marys 6; Washington 26. San Jose s. 28; Puget Sound 0. Idaho G. Oregon State 33. Michigan s. 21 Washington s. T. Santa Clara 13; Stanford 2. OCLA 24; Oregon ‘ Alabama 26; Duquesene 0. Mississippi State 21 University of San Francisco 14. University of Hawaii IA; Mon tana State 0. Illinois 0; Army 0. Duke 14; Navy 14. California 48; Wisconsin 2. Gettysburg IS; LaFayette IA. Boston University 38; New York University ‘. Pittsburgh 0; Michigan 69 Bowdoin 61; Amherst 6. Main T; New Hampshire 28 Rutgers 13; Princeton T. Ohio University T; Western Re- serve 20. Bucknell 13; Delaware 12. Georgia Teach 20s VNII O. Wake Forest IS; N Carolina T. Cornell 27; Colgate IS. Chattanooga T; Tennessee 26. Vermont T; Union 20. Tulane 0; Rice B. William and Mary 21; Virginia Teach 6. Nebraska IA; Iowa State T. Indiana l4; Iowa 27. Quantico Marines 29; Davis and Elkins 0. Dennison 50; Beloit T. George Washington 0; Washing ton and Lee 15. Furman 8; South Carolina 26. Catholic University T; Western Maryland 21. Northwestern 21; Minnesota 37. Texas 34; Oklahoma A. Drake 13; Wichita 21. S. Dakota s. 6; Kansas 86. Harvard O. Virginia 47. University of Manitoba 0; North Dakota University 47 Tulsa T; Texast Tech A. Arkansas 9; Baylor IT. Florida IA; Auburn 20. University of Mississippi G.; Vanderbilt 10. Texas ARM IS; Louisiana s. 19. Georgia 0; Kentucky 26. Wyoming 53; Colorado School of mines 6. University of Nevada 51; Univer- city of Portland 6. California Aggie 20; San Fran cisco State 0. Brigham Young 6; Utah 28. New Mexico ARM 0; University of New Mexico 20 Texas Mines o; Texas State IA. Colorado ARM 13; Denver 13. Penn 32; Dartmouth 0. Middlebury T; Trinity 31. Villanova 13;; Holy Cross G. Penn State 75; Fordham 0. Hawaiian All Stars IA; Idaho State 12. San Diego Naval Air 45; Seattle Naval Air 0. Fort Lewis ‘; Bremerton Navy 6.

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Justice Stopped Again As Wake Forest Sur prises ARMY, ILLINOIS TIE Navy Scores In Last Ten Seconds In Blue Devil Game Wake Forest 10 North Carolina 7 Navy IA Duke IA N. {. State Is Clemson 0 Virginia AZ Harvard 0 Army 0 Illinois 0 Rice 30 Tulane 0 C--41

    The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 12, 1947, page 1 (results column)

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    Justice Stopped Again As Wake Forest Sur prises ARMY, ILLINOIS TIE Navy Scores In Last Ten Seconds In Blue Devil Game Wake Forest 10 North Carolina 7 Navy IA Duke IA N. {. State Is Clemson 0 Virginia AZ Harvard 0 Army 0 Illinois 0 Rice 30 Tulane 0 C--41 The dizzy football world swayed back to normal again todav after a crazy Saturday yes terday when upsets rocked the favored teams all over the nation with the biggest surprise comm 6 at Chapel Hill where a beefy Wake Forest Deacon team struck through the air to score a stun ming 1877 upset over the University of North Carolina. For the third Saturday in a row Charlie Justice, famed UNC All-American, was stopped. Up in Baltimore Dukes strong Blue Devils lost their chance to keep an unblemished RECORD when a fighting Navy team scored in the last ten seconds Of play for a 14–⁠14 tie. North Carolina State defeated Clemson 1870 in a night game al Raleigh.

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.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Army 56% to win.

Army leads 4–⁠3–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1985Army 31, Illinois 29Peach Bowl
1959Illinois 20, Army 14
1948Army 26, Illinois 21
1947Army 0, Illinois 0
1934Illinois 7, Army 0
1933Army 6, Illinois 0

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