Washington at Illinois

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 12, 1952, page 71

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  Illinois Bounces Back As 0’ConneII Stars in B-14 Rout Of Huskies CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, Oct. IL Tommy O’Connell hurled five touchdown passes within &c minutes to pilot Illinois to q smashing 48–⁠14 intersectional VIC tory over the Washington Huskies before 48,248 fans. The Illini, bouncing back from a licking at Wisconsin a week ago rolled up a $50 f1rst-quarte1 margin. Only in the last four minutes of the game did Washington come to life against Illinois second and third stringers to push over two ItouchdoWns and avoid the worst defeat a Big Ten team ever handed a Pacific Coast Conference eleven in regular season play. g. AS it was, Illinois atoned vicious ly for lickings handed the Big Ten so far this season by the West Coast, swapping a four game conference losing streak in the in tersectional competition. .O’Connell, 178-pound junior quarterback from Chicago, had time on his hands in getting set for his pitches as his mates Gagged in Washington’s weak defense. Completes IA of II. O’Connell, firing at will, COM pleted IA out of II tosses good fol- I262 yards before being retired in favor of his understudy, Elroy Falkenstein, at the outset of the third period. O’Connell speared End John Ryan with % and 15-yard touch down toSses in the first period threw 81 yards to Pete Bachouros fer another and set up the fourth on a 29-yard heave to Rex Smith This one gave Austin Duke his chance to barge over from the 9 Dick Miller booted the first Of his six consecutive points. The O’Connell-to-Ryan combination paid off on a 78-yard touchdown pass play at the outset of the second quarter. Minutes later, O’Connell shot his fifth scoring pitch 10 yards to Frank Wodziak to cap a 53-yard drive. O’Connell left the game for gooc after the first five minutes of the third period, but Illinois continued in the air with Duke hitting Bachouros on a 50-yard touchdown play. Average IL Yards Per Play. In all, Illinois seven touchdowns came on stabs of SO. rs, 80, 81, 81 So and SO yards. This totals 406 yards and was covered in @ total of SO plays-an average Of 12.a yards per play on the scoring jaunts. A recovered tumble by Wash ington’s Bill Larsen on the Illini 80 gave Don Heinrich a chance tC sneak over from the one for the Huskies’ first tally with four min utes of the game left. Later Heinrich completed his longest pass of the contest. a 36-yarc heave to George Black, for an other marker. Heinrich. continually rushed of his feet. tried 80 passes and connected on II for 180 yards. Don’s aerial record in four games is now 1123 tosses, 81 competitions anc I719 yards. Illinois ----------- 3s Il 9 .o-4| Washington -.----- 0 o o Id.

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