Kentucky at Illinois

Saturday, October 9, 1909

Kentucky beat Illinois 6–⁠2. It was their first meeting; after it, Kentucky led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayKentucky2–⁠1 in 1909
6
HomeIllinois5–⁠2 in 1909
2

FinalHigh 75°F, low 52°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Paducah evening sun's story

    The Paducah evening sun, Paducah, Ky., October 11, 1909, page 6

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    mn ttNA III i@-hAo iAsAhNOio Urbana. Ill, Oct. ll.--”Prep’ White. of Illinois. coaching star demonstrated his honesty and conyiclions today In the second half of the game with Kentucky when he ruled against his own team and gave a declsion that resulted in defeat for the surprised Illinois by score OF 6 to 2 White, as referee. after Richards had electrified the orange and blue bleachers by a brilliant dash for a touchdown on a forward pass play called back the bail and declared the touchdown Illegal, holding that Quarter Back Bernstein had Illegally thrown the ball. Had White ruled otherwise Illinois would have had at least a tie and proabbly scant victory. AS it is gloom shrouds the orange and blue camp tonight. and even the most ar dent camp follower hesitates TO make any claims for the Chicago game next Saturday. Kentucky’s craft in. refusing to play unless the halves were limited TO fifteen minutes was demonstrated and the sullen roOters are showerlngI imprecations on everybody for agree ing to such a brief battle. The Southerners at the jump play ed with a vim and dash that was inI striking contrast TO the Illinois Coach Hall. with Seller and EthertonI crlpples, and Twist with HE arm in a sling. sent in patched-up eleven but no one supposed for moment that the varsity would be unequal toI the task of defeating the blue grass boys by a decisive score. Kentucky. in the first half, was favored by the wind and with shank Inns gilt-edged punting gained much ground. The Illinois plan of having Right End Richards give the signals did not seem TO be effectual, for the lllini plays went off poorly. After ten minutes of play Captain Barbee, the feet leader of the invad-l ers. eircled Illinois right end for al touchdown. The Him were unable to break his Interference and the rooters were aghast while Shanklinl kicked goal. In the second half Hall substituted Butter, VanHook’s successor at guard who had just passed a “con” exam ination, and Butter bolstered up the line in great style Soon Kentucky was on the defense, but the line seemed to have bad ease of rattles Richards made his run for touch down, only to be called back by the

  • The Rock Island Argus's story: JAR FOR ILLINOIS Kentucky University Eleven Gets Away With Long End of Score. SHORT PERIODS AID LATTER Chicago University Lucky to Win from Indiana 21 to O, Most of Points Being on FIukcs.

    Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., October 11, 1909, page 1

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    JAR FOR ILLINOIS Kentucky University Eleven Gets Away With Long End of Score. SHORT PERIODS AID LATTER Chicago University Lucky to Win from Indiana 21 to O, Most of Points Being on FIukcs. Champaign, Oct. 11.-ilIini football hopes were dealt e hard blow Saturday when Kentucky university defeat ed the University of Illinois. to ,. The Kentuckians proved fast. hard fighters, and were aided by brief peri DDS. they refusing TO play longer than 15-minuto halves. ! In the first half, within p yards Of the local goal Captain Barbee clrcled Illinois right end for run to tho goal posts. Shanklin kicked the goal f. A. White Of the Illinois coaching STAFF. referee in the second half. do clared a touchdown by Illinois Illegal after Richards made a 35-yard run from a forward pass. Later Illinois blocked a Kentucky kick and was awarded a safety, Illinois only score. Chicago Had Lucky Day. Chicago, Oct. LITTLE University of Chicago football team defeated Indiana ri TO 0 on Marshall field SATURDAY. but the score was larger than the relative merits of the rivals seem to JUS tify. All Chicago’s scores were made n tho first hall One touchdown came from a blocked kick. another from a tumble. a third on an interrupted forward pass. Worthwine kicked the goal each time Three points accrued to Chicago on Pages pretty field goal from placement from the 35-yard line Chicago’s first touchdown came when Kassulker grabbed a blocked kick on lndiana’s 20-yard limo and cross 81 tho line unopposej. A few moments later Ehrhorn grabbed the ball on a tumble and ran 90 yards for the second The feature was Pages return of a kickoff for 50 yards through a broken field wisconsin H. All Mol. Madison. Oct lin drizZling rain the University of Wisconsin team easily defeated the light but plucly Lawrence university. % to O. Mol, the Wisconsin quarterback, was the Stas

  • The The Montgomery advertiser's story: ILLINOIS DEFEATED KENTUCKY WARRIORS TURN THE TRICK AT CHAMPAIGN. Oolonels Very Fast and Captain Barbce as the Brightest StRr-FInal Score is to 2.

    The Montgomery advertiser, October 10, 1909, page 11

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    ILLINOIS DEFEATED KENTUCKY WARRIORS TURN THE TRICK AT CHAMPAIGN. Oolonels Very Fast and Captain Barbce as the Brightest StRr-FInal Score is to 2. Champaign. H.. Oct. s.-Kentucky University defeated the University of Illinois today by e score of to in Q brief game on Illinois Field. The Kentuckians were fast and were hard fighters and were aided by the brief halves. fifteen minutes. Captain Barbee, of Kentucky, made the score that decided the battle. In the first half. within twenty-five yards of the local goal, he circled the Illinois right end for run to the goal posts. Ehanklin added point, for the goal kick. B. A. White, of the Illinois coaching stan, the referee in the second half, declared a touchdown by Illinois iile- gal after Richards had made twen- ty-fve yard run from a forward pass. White decided that Quarterback Bern stein had made an illegal pass. Later the Illinois blocked a Ken lucky kick and were awarded a safety. Illinois essayed a number of trick plays which were costly. while the vis- itors adhered to an open field. running game.

  • The The Cairo bulletin's story: ILLINOIS BEATEN BY KENTUCKY IN FOOTBALL GAaE AT CHAM PAiGN YESTERSAY-FiERCE CONTEST. CHICAGO BEAT INDIANA Harvard nad Cicsc Call With VIII lams-Prncetoa Played Foor Game With Fordham, But Wcn--Other Games.

    The Cairo bulletin, Illinois, October 10, 1909, page 1

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    ILLINOIS BEATEN BY KENTUCKY IN FOOTBALL GAaE AT CHAM PAiGN YESTERSAY-FiERCE CONTEST. CHICAGO BEAT INDIANA Harvard nad Cicsc Call With VIII lams-Prncetoa Played Foor Game With Fordham, But Wcn--Other Games. Chicago, Oct 9,--The University of Chicago football team defeated In diana, Il to 0, at Marshall Field today but the score was larger than the relative merits o. the rivas seem to Justify. All of Chicago’s scores were made in the first half. One touch down came from a blocked kick another from a tumble end . third on an in terrupted forward nass. Worthwine kicked the goal each time. Three points accrued to Chicago on Page S pretty field goal from placement from the 35-yard line. ChicaGo’s first touchdown ca’ce when Kassulker grabbed blocked kick on Indiana’s 2o-vard line and crossed the line unon.osed. A few moments later Ehrhorn grabted TIE ball on 2 tumble cId ran 80 yards for the touchdown. The feature was PAGES return o. the kickoff for So yards through a broken fed.

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.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Illinois 71% to win. Kentucky pulled the upset.

Tied 1–⁠1 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.

Recent meetings
1913Illinois 21, Kentucky 0
1909Kentucky 6, Illinois 2

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