Illinois at Washington

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 21, 1951, page 41

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  Him Beat Huses in Last PERIOD Michigan State Uphill Vcto Washington Beaten, H-N, on S1-Yard March Led by Soph SEATTLE. Oct. 20.-Sophomore Tommy O’Connell. cool when the going was toughest, pitched Illinois to a fourth-quarter, tie cracking touchdown and a 27–⁠20 football victory today over the ever-challenging Huskies of the University of Washington. The Illini. ranked eighth in the Nation, had freed two flying phantoms – Johnny Karras and Pete Bachouros-in the first half to run up 20–⁠7 margin before an amazed crowd of $4,000. Washington came pounding back for touchdowns in the third and fourth quarters to knot the count at 20-all and wreck the Illinois running attack. Pitches Five Strikes. With seven minutes left, O’Connell launched an 81-yard drive toI the victory. Plunges took the 1lllni to midfleld and when Wash lngton threatened to halt the parade there. O’Connell went up stairs and pitched five strikes to reach the goal, throwing every one from the deep punt formation. There were only two minutes left. Illinois looked like money mi the bank right from the opening kickoff, powering IS yards in II plays to post a TO advantage. The speedball team from the Big Ten never trailed, although Washington twice rallied to tie the score. The home team matched the Illinois touchdown quickly, thrusting 66 yards in four plays. The big one was a 6l-yard canter by sophomore Quarterback Dean Rockey. who faxed handoff and angled over left tackle into the clear. He was caught on the five by Herb Neathery, but plunged over from the one three plays later. Huskies Come to Life. Washington came to life suddenly in the middle of the third period when Quarterback Sam Mitchell sailed a pass to Hugh | McElhenny. who danced to the goal on play good for n yards. McElhenny added a placement point and the Huskies, realizing they were back in the game again, dominated the play well into the fourth quarter. Stalled by an Illinois defensive ! stand on the one-yard line, Wash ington got a second chance when , Tackle Jim O’Brien intercepted , one of O’Connell’s partially blocked passes on the Illinois Is. i Running plays gained the Huskies nary an inch. but on fourth down Mitchell hit Bill Farley in the end zone for the tying touchdown and ! the count remained at 20-all when McElhenny’s conversion attempt { was wide of the standards. Illinois came back Immediately with its drive to the triumph via : O’Connell’s great under pressure : pitching.

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  The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 22, 1951, page 3 (results column)

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  U. of w. Sill Has Slim Bowl Hopes;; Saturday 10 Tell The University of Washington stood as the lone contender for the Rose Bowl in the northern division of the Pacific Coast conference to- day and it lay it’s slim hopes on the line Saturday in Seattle against another contender, the Stanford Indians. Oregon State College virtually bowed out of the race Saturday when the Beavers fell 26–⁠13 under a last-half Washington State College drive. With the win. the WSC Cou- gars stamped themselves the team to beat for northern division honors. Barring an upset, Southern Cali fornia seemed headed for the Rose Bowl after taking California 21–⁠14. The Trojans have only two con- ference games left, these against UCLA and unbeaten Stanford. But Stanford has five conference games to go, including such opposition as still mighty California, Washington State and Oregon>State. The whole picture will be cleared Nov. 10 when Stanford and use collide. Meanwhile. Washington looked like no pushover for Stanford after holding Illinois to a 27–⁠20 victory, snatched in the closing minutes on fourth-down, 14-yard pass. Coach Howie Odell said after the game: I’m not sure we didn’t play the Big Ten champions. Washington State gets breather Saturday at Oregon, which lost it’s third straight conference game last weekend to UCLA 41–⁠0. Oregon State meets California at Berkeley use meets Texas Christian at Los Angeles in an intersectional. Idaho, which beat San Jose 40–⁠7, and UCLA has open dates this Saturday. It was a rough-tough game at Seattle Saturday, dominated by Illi- nois in the first half and by Wash ington in tying it 20–⁠20 in the sec ond half – until the Illini suddenly came back to life just when it counted. They took to the air for a series of passes for the winning touchdown. At Corvallis, the passing combo of quarterback Bob Burkhart and end Ed Barker paved the way for the WSC victory. Burkhart twice found Barker for long touchdown passes and the two set up another score in the third quarter. Oregon suffered it’s fourth defeat in five games at the hands of UCLA. Ore gon held the Bruins scoreless in the first quarter but the Uclans rolled over six tallies for 41–⁠0 score before the slaughter ended. The Idaho Vandals walloped San Jose State 40–⁠7. Glen Christian, Idaho halfback from Talent, Ore, scorsd three times to spark the at tack.

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  The Nome nugget, Alaska, October 22, 1951, page 1 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL SCORES FAR WEST FAR WEST Illinois 27-Washington 20 Southern Cal 21-California IA Stanford 21-Santa Clara IA Washington State 26 - Oregon State 13 UCLA 41-Oregon 0 SOUTHWEST Texas Christian 20 - Texas A & M IA Oklahoma 33-Kansas 21 Rice 28-Southern Methodist 2 MIDWEST Northwestern 16-Navy 7 Michigan 21-Iowa 0 Notre Dame 33-Pittsburgh O Indiana 32-Ohio State 10. SOUTH LSU 7-Georgia 0 Kentucky 35-Villanova 13 Mississippi 25-Tulane 6 Virginia 34-VMI IA Duke 55-VPI 6 Georgia Tech 27-Auburn 2 EAST San Francisco 32-Fordham 26 Penn 28-Columbia 13 Princeton 60-Lafayette 7 Carnegie Tech 39-Allegheny O

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Washington leads 8–⁠4 in 12 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.