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Butler at Illinois

Saturday, October 13, 1923

Illinois beat Butler 21–⁠7. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayButler0–⁠2 in 1923
7
HomeIllinois8–⁠0 in 1923
21

FinalHigh 61°F, low 48°F, 0.09 in. of rainAttendance 12,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: ILLINOIS LATE SCORES DEFEAT BUTLER ELEVEN

    Evening star, October 14, 1923, page 81

    Read the text

    ILLINOIS LATE SCORES DEFEAT BUTLER ELEVEN URBANA. Ill, October 13-Two touchdowns in the fourth quarter gave Illinois the necessary margin here today. Harold Red” Grange, feet Illinois halfback. ran through the Butler team for both touchdowns Illinois had scored a touchdown in over after a series OF line plunges, and Butler had tied the score in the third on Middlesworth’s pass to Blessing, who ran twenty-five yards for the score. Britton added three points to Illinois score by kicking goal after each touchdown. GrigEs kicked goal for Butler.

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 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Butler–Illinois game

Illinois leads 8–⁠1 in nine meetings, counting the seven since this game.

Recent meetings
1942Illinois 67, Butler 0
1930Illinois 27, Butler 0
1928Illinois 14, Butler 0
1927Illinois 58, Butler 0
1926Illinois 38, Butler 7
1925Illinois 16, Butler 13

Around this game

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