Red Grange, left, scores one of his first touchdowns against Field Yost's Michigan Wolverines, (who hadn't lost a game in three years), on Oct. 18, 1924, at the dedication game for Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois in Champaign. In the first 12 minutes of the game, Grange ran for 265 yards and scored four times. He had his hands on the ball only six times and left the field before the end of the first quarter. In the third quarter, he returned and ran for the fifth touchdown; in the fourth quarter he passed for his sixth of the day. Illinois won 39-14. Grange went on to become one of the first superstars of the century.
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