Illinois at Ohio State

Saturday, November 24, 1923

Illinois beat Ohio State 9–⁠0. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 6–⁠4–⁠2 as played.

AwayIllinois8–⁠0 in 1923
9
HomeOhio State3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1923
0

FinalHigh 42°F, low 36°FAttendance 42,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: LATE DRIVE BY ILLINOIS BEATS OHIO STATE. 90 By the Associated Press.

    Evening star, November 25, 1923, page 73

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    LATE DRIVE BY ILLINOIS BEATS OHIO STATE. 90 By the Associated Press. OLUMBUS Ohio November 4Inois defeated Ohio to IN the annual between the Institutions tie with Michigan for the conference championship here With more than 5000 looking the trailing conference Buckeyes played periods but weakened fourth and touchdown. For time it looked like Buckeyes going spoil ball the Illinois failed to take on nlun

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: Football Finals

    Imperial Valley press, California, November 24, 1923, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Finals Albion 81; Kalamazoo O. Maryland 40; Catholic Uni vcrsity 6. University Of Detroit O; Car roll 0. Lehigh 8; Lafayette 13. Holy Cross 81; Buffalo o.. Notre Dame 26; Carnegie o. Georgetown 26; Tulsa University 0. Chicago 13; Wisconsin 6. Syracuse Z; Nebraska 0. Illinois 9; Ohio State 0. Galcaburg Krox 18; Lake Forest O. Iowa II; Northwestern IA. Indiana 8; Purdue o. Wabash Il; Depauw D. =. Butler 10; Haskell 13.

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 61% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ohio State leads 70–⁠30–⁠4; as played, 71–⁠30–⁠4 in 105 meetings, counting the 93 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Ohio State 42, Illinois 19
2025Ohio State 34, Illinois 16
2017Ohio State 52, Illinois 14
2015Ohio State 28, Illinois 3
2014Ohio State 55, Illinois 14
2013Ohio State 60, Illinois 35

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