Wednesday, December 5, 2007

1946 Illinois

It's a busy couple of days for me, so I'll need to keep this one short. It's kind of fitting, though, with Illinois returning to the Rose Bowl.

No. 4 UCLA was on pace for an undefeated season when it faced No. 5 Illinois at the 1947 Rose Bowl in the first meeting with a Big Ten/Pac-10 agreement. Led by “Orange” Julius Rykovich (107 yards) and Mr. Five by Five, Buddy Young (103 yards), Illinois won, 45-14. Courtesy of the Tournament of Roses archives.

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