Drake at Illinois

Saturday, October 9, 1920

Illinois beat Drake 41–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayDrake4–⁠5–⁠1 in 1920
0
HomeIllinois5–⁠2 in 1920
41

FinalHigh 79°F, low 45°F

In the newspapers

  • The Bisbee daily review's story: TR ]Rf55 I5IE5R4Agz A r ,g5b E5

    Bisbee daily review, Arizona, October 10, 1920, page 6 (results column)

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    TR ]Rf55 I5IE5R4Agz A r ,g5b E5 CHICAGO, Oct. 9. - Chicago inau- gurated it’s gridron with a 20 to 0 victory over Purdue today. Inability of the Boilermakers backs to handle punts paved the way for both Maroon ltouchdowns. Chicago used 27 players and lost many chances to score by poor offea- sive work. especially in the early stages of the game ANNAPOLIS, Md, Oct. 9. - Lafay- cite college and the Annapolis Mid shipment were the contestants in q i bitterly fought football contest here today, the Middies finally winning 12 to :. NEW HAVEN. Conn. Uct. ;. - Yale defeated the University of North | Carolina this afternoon 21 to 0. CAMBRIDGE. Mass, Oct. 9.-After holding Harvard we;i away from the goal for two periods Valparaiso weaks ened today and the Crimson scored three touchdowns by line plunging by l Horween and owen and long runs by Churchill and Hamilton. Score, 21 10 To- MADISON. Wis. Oct. g. - Wiscon- sin defeated the Michigan Aggies to- day 27 to o. although the visitors put up spectacular defense. Although the Wisconsin goal was never in dan ger it was not until tile second half ithat the Badgers were able to score. At Urbana: Illinois 41; Drake 0. At St Louis: Missouri A; St. Louis University o. At West Point: Army 27; Hiddle- boro, Ohio, O. At. Columbus: Ohio State 37; Ober- lin O. At Detroit: University of Detroit l21; Marquette 14. At Indianapolis: Butler B; Han lover ‘. Al Cedar Rapids: Iowa 63; Cor nell o. At Grinnell: Iowa State 2S; Grin, nell 0. At Des Moines: Des Moines 20; Creighton 0. At Washington: Georgetown 27; North Carolina State O. At Schenectady: Union 0; VII Hams 35. , At Bloomington: Indiana 24; Missis , sippi A and M. 0. At Cincinnati: Ohio University 0; University of Cincinnati 6. At Grand Forks: University of North Dakota 55; Fargo College 0. At Denver: University of Wyoming 10; University of Denver ‘.

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)

Illinois 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Illinois leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1941Illinois 40, Drake 0
1933Illinois 13, Drake 6
1920Illinois 41, Drake 0
1910Illinois 29, Drake 0

Around this game

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