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Red Grange is Stopped Just Where He Began
Nebraska 14, Illinois 0 REVENGEFUL Nebraska football team, smarting under defeats in 1923 and 1924, journeyed to Illinois, rose to super-power, vanquished Illinois 14 to 0, and accomplished what no other football team has been able to do--completely stopped "Red" Grange--America's outstanding football star. Grange, heretofore unstoppable, was nailed in his tracks, virtually, every time he started.
Nebraska scored in the initial period when Dailey snatched a pass which came from the hands of the ice man and raced thirty-five yards to place the ball in the sacred territory. Nebraska scored again in the final period when Rhodes after carrying the ball from mid-field plunged through left guard for the final tally.
It was Captain Weir's deadly tackling that accounted for many of Grange's abrupt stops. In fact the whole forward wall was charging so fast that the Illini were forced to succumb to the mighty drives of the Cornhuskers. It was a signal victory for the Nebraska eleven.
ED WEIR
Captain
Illinois Fails to Hold Nebraska
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