Wabash at Illinois

Saturday, November 13, 1926

Illinois beat Wabash 27–⁠13. It was their eighth meeting; Illinois leads the series 7–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayWabash0–⁠3 in 1926
13
HomeIllinois6–⁠2 in 1926
27

FinalHigh 51°F, low 41°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Indianapolis times's story: -ROckne Team Continued from Page 81

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], November 15, 1926, page 1

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    -ROckne Team Continued from Page 81 De PAW players were in the stands at Illinois, Saturday, watch ing their ancient rivals, Wabash, take a licking at the hands of Zuppke’s second string team. The score was 27–⁠13. Gophers Romp Little needs to be said about the er-Minnesota game. The “Swede’ offense had been heralded long before the game. Coach Spears is an offensive man, and believes in out scoring the opponents. A good Of Tense must be a good defense. Wa bash fell ST.; Iowa, 49–⁠0, and But Ter, $40. Rose Poly fell, to s, at the hands of Earlham, at Terre Haute. 1t was Homecoming game for the Engineers and must have been a thrilling game for the old grads to watch. Earlham unquestionably has i’m proved greatly since their first game. They have developed for ward pass attack that scored more than 300 yards against Franklin. Coach Heze Clark had a defense that stopped it for the most part. Rose retaliated with a passing game that scored a touchdown. A safety was the margin of victory, the resuit of a bad pass from center. The Quakers scored a touchdown during the last four minutes with a long pass which carried the ball to the 5-yard line. Muncie Wins Hanover, after registering in with victories for three week-ends, fell before Muncie Normal at Muncie, IS to 0. Coach Wann has the teach. ers moving at fast pace and the Earlham Muncie game next Saturday probably will be a thriller. Danville Central Normal has a good record among the smaller col leges. Coach Russell Cook has a clever bunch this year. They start ed with 200 defeat at the hands OF De Paw, but since then have turned in victories each week, most of them by topheavy scores. Last Thursday Indiana Central was unable to stop the Cookmen. Saturday they crushed the Evansville Aces” 14–⁠3. Two victories in three days is quite an achievement. In games that had little bearing on the dope bucket, Indiana State Normal of Terre Haute was defeated 80, by De Kalb Qll.) Teachers Col lege. Adrian (Mich.) College de feated Manchester, 1910. De Paul Gill; sent Valparaiso down by the same score.

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.

Illinois leads 7–⁠0–⁠1 in eight meetings.

Recent meetings
1926Illinois 27, Wabash 13
1925Illinois 21, Wabash 0
1906Wabash 0, Illinois 0
1905Illinois 6, Wabash 0
1904Illinois 23, Wabash 2
1895Illinois 48, Wabash 0

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