Illinois at Minnesota

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  Evening star, October 17, 1948, page 45

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  Minnesota Gets Attire Near End Of Tuss|e,, Beats Illinois, 60 MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 16.-A SEEM ingly impotent Minnesota football team suddenly found itself in the waning minutes of the final period and defeated Illinois, 6 to 0, today. For three periods and we’ll into the final stanza the teams had battled virtually in midfield. Then a long pass from Left Halfback Dick Lawrence to End Vern Gagne set the Gophers on fire. The pass was good for 81 yards to the Illinois %. Fullback Frank Kuzma, who had entered the game just minutes before, hammered through center for 10 yards and first down. Another plunge, on a fake, netted him nine yards more. He was held to no gain on the next play, but added two more yards to put the ball on the Illinois l for another first down. Quarterback Jim Malosky, on a sneak play, went over to give Mime sofa its victory margin. End Corr don Soltaus kick hit the post. Substitutes played the important roles in the triumph.

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  Roanoke Rapids daily herald, North Carolina, October 17, 1948, page 1 (results column)

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  Michigan and Notre Dame Elevens Climb Back Into Grid Limelight New York, Oct. 16-(P)-Michigan and Notre Dame, those twin giants of midwestern foot ball, won greater stature today with lopsided triumphs. The Wolverines sh ackle d the Evanston, ILL.,, outfit gained Northwestern so completely that only AZ yards on the ground while losing, % to 0. Meanwhile, Notre Dame toyed with Nebraska, AZ to 10. That made it % games in row since the South Bend Irish suffered their last defeat. Michigan’s triumph lifted that club to the top of the Big Nine standings with every indication that the Wolverines are there to stay. Indiana could have shared the Big Nine lead with Michigan tonight save for the Hoosiers I’M expected II to 0 defeat by Ohio State in the Indiana Homecoming game. Minnesota, Michigan’s next foe, caught fire in the fin al period for a 6 to 0 conquest of Illinois and Purdue finally broke its chains, 20 to 10, with Iowa the victim. Wisconsin was pushed aside by Yale, II to 7. 1t was the longest football trip ever taken by a Yale team and the change in scenery proved boon to Levi Jackson Eli halfback, who put on a one-man show. North Carolina, voted the ma tons best college team this week, had to hustle to MAINTAIN that position, finally breaking loose in the final half to dump North Carolina State, IA to 0. Maryland was dislodged by Duke, 10 to II. It was the first time the Maryland team had been scored on this fall. Georgia Tech moved out front in the neighboring southeast cir cult, +rouncing Auburn with ease, 81 to 0. However, a free for-all 300 spectators and play ers caused almost as much COM motion. Easy victories by Vanderbilt, Tulane and Tennessee also marked Southeastern action. Tulane upended Mississippi, de- Tending champion, 20 to Z, while Vanderbilt mastered Kentucky 26 to Z. In a game involving pair of one-time greats, the Vol unteers mo we’d to a 81 to 6 YER dict over Alabama. Missouri followed its upset OF Southern Methodist with smooth IS to IA victory over luckless Navy. Oklahoma banged Kansas State, AZ to 0. Iowa State celebrated its homecoming with an 10 to 7 verdict over Colorado California and Oregon moved forward in the Pacific Coast race while Stanford registered an am azing triumph over UCLA, “a to IA. Columbia, famed for its yearly upsets, almost registered another, bowling to Pennsylvania, 20 to IA.

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Minnesota leads 41–⁠33–⁠3 in 77 meetings, counting the 58 since this game.