Iowa State at Illinois
Saturday, October 15, 1927 Share
Iowa State and Illinois tied 12–12. It was their first meeting; after it, the series stood even at 0–0–1.
FinalHigh 56°F, low 39°FAttendance 11,211
In the newspapers

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

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.
The series
Every Iowa State–Illinois gameIllinois leads 3–1–2 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1969 | Iowa State 48, Illinois 20 | |
| 1955 | Illinois 40, Iowa State 0 | |
| 1952 | Illinois 33, Iowa State 7 | |
| 1949 | Iowa State 20, Illinois 20 | |
| 1930 | Illinois 7, Iowa State 0 | |
| 1927 | Iowa State 12, Illinois 12 |
Around this game
Iowa State
- Next gamevs. Kansas StateOct. 29, 1927
- SeasonIowa State in 1927
- ProgramIowa State history and records
Illinois
- Next gameat NorthwesternOct. 22, 1927
- SeasonIllinois in 1927
- ProgramIllinois history and records

