Iowa State at Illinois

Saturday, October 15, 1927

Iowa State and Illinois tied 12–⁠12. It was their first meeting; after it, the series stood even at 0–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayIowa State4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1927
12
HomeIllinois7–⁠0–⁠1 in 1927
12

FinalHigh 56°F, low 39°FAttendance 11,211

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID GAMES ON SATURDAY

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 17, 1927, page 5 (results column)

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    GRID GAMES ON SATURDAY The following are the results of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington g, Montana 0. Idaho 40 Whitman 0. California 16, Oregon 0. Washington State 13, Gonzaga 0. Yale 10, Brown O. Princeton 13. Washington and Lee o. Northwestern 19, Ohio 13. Penn State 20, Pennsylvania Q Notre Dame 19, Navy 6. Michigan IA, Wisconsin o. Minnesgota IA. Indiana 1i Iowa State, 12. Illinois 12. Chicago ‘, Purdue 6. Harvard IA. Holy Cross 6. Army 27, Davis and Elkins G. Colgate 13. Columbia ‘. Stanford 13, Southern California

  • The Seward daily gateway's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    Seward daily gateway, Alaska, October 17, 1927, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Washington, 32; Montana, 0. Idaho, 40; Whitman, 0. California, 16; Oregon, 0. Washington State, 13; Gonzago 0. Yale, 19; Brown, 0. Princeton, 13; Washington & Lee 0 Northwes tern, 19; Ohio, 13. Pennstate, 20; Pennsylvania 0. Nortre Dame, 19; Navy, 6. Michigan, IA; Wisconsin, Q. Minnesota, 14; Indianana, 14. Iowa State, 12; Illinois, 12. Chicago, 2; Purdue, 6. Harvard, IA; Holy Cross, 6. Army 27; Davis & Elkins, 6. Colgate, 13; Columbia, ‘. Sanford, 13; So. California, 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 70% to win.

Illinois leads 3–⁠1–⁠2 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1969Iowa State 48, Illinois 20
1955Illinois 40, Iowa State 0
1952Illinois 33, Iowa State 7
1949Iowa State 20, Illinois 20
1930Illinois 7, Iowa State 0
1927Iowa State 12, Illinois 12

Around this game

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