Kansas at Illinois

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  Evening capital news, Boise, Idaho, October 8, 1916, page 4

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  ILLINOIS HAS EASY time With KANSAS Champaign. H., Oct. kansas failed to penetrate to Zuppkes defense in the opening game of the Illinois season here today and the Illini pounded the Jayhawkers’ line consistently, win ming 30 to 0. Captain McComber of Illinois led his team in a varied often sive which was weak at times. The victors opened with straight football but began the use of the forward pass in the second There were many changes in both lineups. McComber, Sternaman and Knop were Illinois scorers. Captain Lindsay gained ground for Kansas. on end runs, while Martin broke through the Illinois line several times.

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, October 8, 1916, page 48

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  Illinois Smothers Kansas. CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, October TN a game slowed up by the heat the Uni yersity of Illinois foot ball team defeated Kansas University, 80 to here today. The game was devoid of sensations and Illinois was able to pierce the line at will Macomber’s passes aided the victors in running up big score The Kansans fought to the fin ish. but were clearly outclassed.

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.

Illinois leads 4–⁠3 in seven meetings, counting the five since this game.