Minnesota at Illinois

• The Salt Lake tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, Utah, November 23, 1913

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  MINNESOTA DEFEATS U OF ILLINOIS, 1873 Gophers Show Their Superior Strength; Forward Pass Freely Used. CHAMPAIGN, III. Nov 22.-Minnesota won from Illinois today. 10 to 3, after desperate battle. Both teams used the forward pass most freely. Illinois. after three touchdowns had been scored by the Gophers, came back strong IN the last period and rushed their opponents of their feet, scoring one touchdown and keeping the invaders dazzled by their play the rest OF the time Minnesota plainly stronger than lliinols. could not gain by straight football Early in the first period Captain Rowe. for Illinois. scored a field goal. In the” second period Shaughnessy’s forward pass to Soon gained a touchdown for Mime sofa. In the third period and carly in the fourth period the Gophers made two moro scores. mainly through forward passes. Then the tide OF battle quickly changed. The battle was fought on slippery field. and The backs slipped and stumbled frequently but fumbling was inirequcnt. Minnesota resorted 10 kicking much more than the Hint The first half was slightly In favor OF Illinois In ground gaining by straight During the third and fourth periods Minnesota outplayed Illinois. both oifensively and defensiyely. They excelled In the best exhibition OF the open game seen on Illinois field this season Rowe and Wilson. the stellar performers Tor ILL., nols. showed well IN their last appear ance. Chapman and Watson played their sofa. with Ma tern, Shaughnessy and So lon. It’s leading lights, played great foot ball Wagner OF Illinois was tho here OF the fourth period. His sprint was responslble for llinois’s touchdown Silk man showed his form OF last year In passing the ball. an enthusiastic crowd witnessed The game. Tho lineup: Minnesota Illinois.

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  New-York tribune, November 23, 1913, page 15

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  ILLINOIS RALLY FUTILE Minnesota Triumphs, but Not Without Hard Work. Champaign. ILL.,. Nov. 22.-Minnesota won from Illinois to-day by 10 to IN What was one OF the most open games ever played IN the West. Both teams used the forward pass most Of the time the Gophers early learning that play was their only chance to penetrate TO the Orange and Blue defence. 1lAois, after three touchdowns had beer scored by the men from the North. came back strong in the last period and rushed the Gophers off their feet, scoring one touchdown and keeping the In ‘afers in hot water the rest Of the time. The Introduction OF Silkman to throw INC pass gave the Illinois combination an enectiye passer and II almost seemed mat this fighting team would catch up With its adversaries. The Gophers had setback early in the Hrst period when Rowe scored Fl field goal ior Illinois. but in the second period resVrted 20 forward passes and caught the nu.r by surprise. Shaughnessy’s passes “ SCION gaining a touchdown. IN the third and early in the fourth pc iloo the Gopher propensity to pass had its success IN two more scores. Then the uue OF battle quickly changed with the introduction OF Silkman. Inc lineup follows.

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  Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 23, 1913, page 64

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  FORWARD PASSES EFFECTIVE. Minnesota Defeats Illinois, 10 to 8, Through Clever Handling of Ball. CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,. November ca Minnesota won from Illinois today by a score Of 10 to 8 in what was probably the most open game ever played in the west Both teams used the forward pass most Of the time. the Gophers early discerning that 1t offered their only chance to penetrate the Orange and Blue defense. Illinois. after three touchdowns had been scored by the men from the north came back strong in the last period and rushed the Gophers off their feet, scoring one touchdown and keeping the in yaders In hot water the rest Of the time. The Introduction of Silkman to throw the ball gave the Illini an eff fective passer. and for a few moments 1t seemed as IL they might catch up with their adversarfes. The Gophers had a setback early in the first period, when Rowe scor I a field goal for Illinois, but In the second period they resorted to forward passes and caught the Illini by surprise, Shaughnessy’s passes to Scion gaining a touchdown. In the third period and early in the fourth the Gophers’ propensity to pass had its success in two more scores.

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  The Julesburg grit-advocate, Nebraska, November 27, 1913, page 7

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  SPORT. Minnesota won from Illinois at Champaign by 19 to 9. after a desperate battle. Earl Cooper of Los Angeles is the champion motor road racer of the United States. Earl Cooper, automobile driver, win ner of Santa Monica and Corona road races and other motor car classics OF 1913. was probably fatally injured at San Jose. Cal. Capt Chris Christensen of New York will be the skipper of the new Americas cup defender to be built for the Vanderbilt syndicate at the Her. reschoff yards at Bristol, r. l.. The Harvard football team of 1918, with Fullback Charles f. Brickley playing in the stellar role, established new epoch in Crimson gridiron his. tory at Cambridge by defeating Yale Is to 8. The clamor of $500 foghorn throats bombarded the November sky as eleven Boulder athletes seized the state championship from the Colorado School of Mines at Union park in Denver by score of 20 to 0. Cornell’s runners won the team hon. ors in the sixth annual cross-country championship run Of the intercollegiate Association Of Amateur Athletics OF America, over the six-mile course al Van Cortlandt park in New York.

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Minnesota leads 41–⁠33–⁠3 in 77 meetings, counting the 69 since this game.