Iowa State at Illinois

Saturday, September 24, 1949

Iowa State and Illinois tied 20–⁠20. It was their third meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 1–⁠0–⁠2.

AwayIowa State5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1949
20
HomeIllinois3–⁠4–⁠2 in 1949
20

FinalHigh 73°F, low 35°FAttendance 31,106

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Iowa State Scores Upset, | Holds Illinois to 1920 Tie

    Evening star, District of Columbia, September 25, 1949, page 43

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    Iowa State Scores Upset, | Holds Illinois to 1920 Tie AI lIle OuISeI OI GIlc IlIldle, LICK Raklovits, rammed over from the one-foot line to give the Illinois a 20–⁠13 margin. Then Iowa State paraded> 80 yards with Weeks passing SO and Is yards to Jim Doran to feature the drive. Weeks eventually punched over from one foot out and Joe Brubaker booted the point to knot the count, 1920. Iowa State--------o 9 30 Illinois --------------O IA go G. w. squad. Gunner was a track man at Teaneck IN. j. High School and came to G. w. as a back. Jim Kline and Stan Burak. both backs. played exceptional defensive ball for the Co. lonials in backing up the line. . q. Although Virginia, like Maryland. uses the split-T formation, the Cavaliers depend more on delayed plays and laterals, while the Old Liners have little of that in their offense. Andy Davis wore braces on both knees and was heavily taped but still was almost a Commute player. He received Ia tremendous ovation the first time he was helped from the field. Sophomore Bill Shaw showed flashes of running form for G. w. and will be heard from before the season is over. John Tivnan, Davis understudy on one play, completed a 21-yard pass to Charles Butler on his first play as a varsity gridder. George Washington. Left End-Szany. Close Lett dusrd-Gunner. 6eiderich~. ~ Genter-Dredge. Druckenmiller. Grinnell Risht % naSH, TaskleEsSipmsn, nD’Gslan Fitzpatrick Right End-Butler. Jones. Quarterback-Burak. Yednock. Samuelson ksht Hsfbscfss.v sa’1ss asnnsy FuilbaekHDavis. cilento. Dugon. Virginia. Left End-,Elliott, Mausteller. BesselL LettS STackle-Schulte, johnson. LefN fNGuard-Thomas. Nesbit. Center-Meadows. Martin, Myers. Right Guara-Rhea, Palumbo, Wright. Risht EndMweir. Schroeder. Quar- alterback-Kern. Michels, Lesane. Left Halfback-Osisek. Gill Right HSlfback-Stanley, Shoaf, Edmonds. Fullback-Sinclair. Papit. GEORGE Washington Q 13 0 0–⁠13 Virginia u 14–⁠27 George Washington scoring: Touch down, Kline. Virginia scoring: Touchdowns. Papit (2l. Schroeder, Gill. Points after touch downs, Elliott, 3 placements.

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)

Illinois 67% to win.

Illinois leads 3–⁠1–⁠2 in six meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1969Iowa State 48, Illinois 20
1955Illinois 40, Iowa State 0
1952Illinois 33, Iowa State 7
1949Iowa State 20, Illinois 20
1930Illinois 7, Iowa State 0
1927Iowa State 12, Illinois 12

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