Illinois at Iowa

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  Decorah public opinion, Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa], November 13, 1907, page 1

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  Jewell Helps Iowa Defeat Illinois. In the most spectacular game of football the state of Iowa ever saw, the Iowa university defeated the Illinois university at Iowa City Saturday by the score of 25 to IL, placing Iowa in the forefront among the big university teams of the west. Knowlton was kept out of the game by an injured ankle. but John Jewell as left tackle kept up the DEBORAH end of the team with signal credit. as is shown by the following excerpts from the detailed account of the game in the Cedar Rapids Republican: Jewell recovered the ball when Seidel blocked punt and with Gross interfer ence scored touchdown after a spectacular run of twenty yards. The Iowa rooters gave nine “Rahs’‘ and q tiger for every man on the team including Knowlton. who was unable to play owing to an injured ankle. Murphy smashed off left tackle for one and Jewell pounded the same place for nine. Illinois held Jewell and Murphy on tWO SmaSheS. A quarter back kick was recovered by Jewell on Illinois 45-yard line. Lift. for Illinois, kicked off for Iowa, Jewell getting the ball on the 50-yard line and returning it five yards. On the next play Sinnock attempted forward pass on quarter back run, but Jewell got him before he threw the ball for five yard loss. The ball recovered by Jewell on Illinois 5-yard line. Jewell scores on 20-yard line. Gross sprang in front of the rolling pigskin and knocked off both the halves who were rapidly closing in on Jewell. who had snatched the ball on its rebound and got away straight down the field for 20 yards and a touchdown. Jewell tried left tackle for no gain. Jewell smashed off right tackle for six yards.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 10, 1907, page 52

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  Iowa Defeats Illinois. IOWA CITY, November BY good use OF the forward pass and splendid straight line plunging In the last fifteen minutes OF play the University of Iowa today defeated the University of Illinois. % to II, at foot ball. Iowa gained 19o yards with the forward pass and lost only 80 yards for penalties on the offside play.

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  The Birmingham age-herald, November 10, 1907, page 10 (results column)

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  FOOTBALL RESULTS Carlisle, 23; Harvard, 15. Cornell, IA; Army, 10. Princeton, IA; Amherst 0. Swarthmore IS; Navy, 0. University of Pennsylvania, 2S Penn sylvania State College. 0. Lehigh, 34; University of New York, O Yale, 22; Brown, 0. Yale Freshmen, 22; Princeton Fresh men, G. Dartmouth, 52; Holy Cross, 0. University of North Carolina, 12 Georgetown University, 5. Worcester Academy, 9; Brown Fresh men, 5. Trinity, 29; Stevens, 6. Western University of Pennsylvania 10; University of West Virginia, 0. Nebraska, 16; Kansas. 6. Iowa, 25; Illinois, 12. Wisconsin, 12 Indiana, 8. Chicago, 5S; Purdue. 0. St. Louis, H. Wabash, 12. Harvard Freshmen, G. Rutgers, ,. Villanova, 15; Fordham, II. Ohio State, 22 Oberlin, 10. Wash ington and Lee, 6; University of Virginia, 5. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 22 Virginia Military Institute. 0. University of Tennessee, 0; Kentucky State, O. Sewanee, IS; Georgia Tech, 0. University of Arkansas, IT; Tu- lane, 12. Louisiana State University 23, Nils. sissippi A. and M. College. Il. Stanford 21; California, II. Bellevue College, 2s; Doane Col lege, O. Creighton University. 21; Drake Uni versity, II. Richmond College, 2s; Hampden syd. ney, o. Davidson, 10 Clemson, 6. Oklahoma University, CT; Agricul- tural College of Saltwater, Okla., 0. Mars Agricultural College, 19 Tufts, TO- Williams, IS; West Lynn, o. At Easton--Lafayette, S4, Buck. nell, O. Texas University, 27; Baylor Univer’ sity (Texas), Il. New Hampshire State College, 0; Uni yersity of Vermont, 5. University of Rochester, 4; unor College, 0.

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Illinois leads 39–⁠38–⁠2 in 79 meetings, counting the 73 since this game.