Illinois at Washington

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 7, 1956, page 1

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  |Huskies Upset illinois, 28–⁠13; Derby Big Star SEATTLE, Oct. 6 R.-Redhaired Dean Derby slashed Through the line for a 92-yard touchdown run to start Wash lington on the trail to a 28–⁠13 victory today over favored Illinois. The Illini, who had whipped Washington in all three of their previous intersectional clashes took the games opening kickoff

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.

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