Illinois at Syracuse

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  New-York tribune, New York, November 21, 1909, page 12

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  ILLINOIS THE TICTOR. Syracuse Deciiuely Beaten IN Hard Fought Game. Syracuse. Nov. 20-The West again conquered the East here to-day, the Uni versity OF Illinois taking Syracuse into camp by a score of Il 70 S. The battle was hard fought from beginning 10 end About the middle of the first half, with several substitutes in. the Westerners started down the field. End runs Onside kicks and forward passes were successful. and the Illinois dashing haIfback. Roberts carried the ball over IN rapid succession for two touch downs, clinching the contest. Syracuse scored a touchdown and goal FROM the field Ten thousand persons witnessed the intersectiOnal struggle The iua-un FOlIours

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 21, 1909, page 1

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  ILLINOIS VARSITY TRIMS SYRACUSE SYRACUSE. n. Y, November 2O.-The west again conquered the east at foot ball here today, the University of Illinois taking Syracuse University into camp by a 17-to-S score. The battle was hard Tough, from beginning to end. About the middle of the first half, with several freshmen in. the westerners started down the field. End runs, onside kicks and for ward passes were successful and the Illinois dashing halfback, Roberts, car ried the ball in rapid succession for two touchdowns, clinching the contest. SYRIA cuse scored a touchdown and goal from the field Ten thousand persons witnessed the intersectional struggle. The lineup:

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.

Officially, Illinois leads 10–⁠1; as played, 10–⁠2 in 12 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.