Illinois at Ohio State

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 10, 1955, page 1 (results column)

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  EIGHT LEFT TO SEEK TITLE Contenders Fall EorIy In Football Campaign HELL be missed. Luckily, North i western is about the weakest / team on the remainder Of the michigan schedule. / Kramer hasn’t scored since collecting % points in the opener against Missouri. but Ooster- Ibaan is unconcerned. / There are a lot OF things unseen in a football game” the coach said. Kramer played q whale of a game against both Michigan State and Army even though he didn’t score. In both games. he blocked very hard and sucked away a lot Of defenders. : / Besides Washington and Michi- Il gan, the teams still In the rum ming for the national crown ] include Navy. Notre Dame, Okla llhoma. Maryland. Duke and Georgia Tech i Two UnSc0re0 Upon i Navy and Notre Dame share i. one distinction. They are the Ionly major teams that haven’i been scored on. The Middies-pending the Army clash--jus1 1 about nailed down the Eastern title with their 21–⁠0 victory ovel Pitt Saturday. The Panthers hae been rated a threat. Notre Dame, OF course, now /, VERY much in contention. With each passing week, it become. more apparent that the Irish arr not bunch OF green boys try. 4 ing to fill mems shoes. Theii l4–⁠0 victory over Miami--a team that had been pointing for thu game for two seasonsprovec that. And Quarterback Pau Hornung can handle himself with the best. Oklahoma ran It’s winning IStreak to % games Saturday by downing Texas. 400. The , Sooners have left their tough lest opponents behind. Except for Oklahoma Ann they have la solid Big Seven schedule ! ahead. All they have to do Ii show up on the field and their ; league rivals roll over and play dead. Duke Meets Ohio State Maryland. No. in the Associated Press poll, and Duke, the two behemoths of the Atlantic !. Coast Conference, don’t meet Both would like to, get to the Orange Bowl New Years Day and II they both go undefeated !. the conference will select the team by vote. Maryland prob : ably would get the bid since Duke played there last Januairy /. , The Terps won their fourth : straight BY smothering Wake Forest, 28–⁠7. while Duke clubbec ? William and Mary, ATT. Mary. land tangles with North Carolins this week. while Duke has q toughie-Ohio State. The Buck. eyes walloped Illinois. 27–⁠12 with Hopalong Cassidy scoring 1.-TWO touchdowns. Georgia Tech, the class of the Southeastern Conference, hao its troubles eking out a TO VIC tory over Louisiana State. Its big test will come two weeks sshence against Duke.

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Officially, Ohio State leads 70–⁠30–⁠4; as played, 71–⁠30–⁠4 in 105 meetings, counting the 61 since this game.