Illinois at Wisconsin
Saturday, November 9, 1918 Share
Illinois beat Wisconsin 22–0. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 5–3–2.
FinalHigh 44°F, low 35°FAttendance 7,000
In the newspapers

The sun, New York [N.Y.], November 10, 1918, page 17
Read the text
ILLINOIS BEATS WISCONSIN. MADISON, Wis, Nov 9.-Thc University OF Illinois eleven defeated the Uni versity OF Wisconsin football team, 90 to 0, to-day. Illinois outplayed tho Bad gers in every department OF the game and used puzsliys end shift formation.
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.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Wisconsin 57% to win. Illinois won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Illinois–Wisconsin gameWisconsin leads 46–38–7 in 91 meetings, counting the 81 since this game.
| 2025 | Wisconsin 27, Illinois 10 | |
| 2023 | Wisconsin 25, Illinois 21 | |
| 2022 | Illinois 34, Wisconsin 10 | |
| 2021 | Wisconsin 24, Illinois 0 | |
| 2020 | Wisconsin 45, Illinois 7 | |
| 2019 | Illinois 24, Wisconsin 23 |
Around this game
Illinois
- Next gamevs. Ohio StateNov. 16, 1918
- SeasonIllinois in 1918
- ProgramIllinois history and records
Wisconsin
- Next gameat MinnesotaNov. 16, 1918
- SeasonWisconsin in 1918
- ProgramWisconsin history and records

