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Ohio State at Illinois

Saturday, November 24, 1928. Illinois kept the Illibuck

Illinois beat Ohio State 8–⁠0. It was their 17th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 10–⁠5–⁠2 as played.

AwayOhio State5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1928
0
HomeIllinois7–⁠1 in 1928
8

FinalHigh 44°F, low 32°FAttendance 35,712

In the newspapers

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

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 26, 1928, page 5 (results column)

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    GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are scores of prin- cipal football games played last Saturday afternoon: Northwestern 27; Dartmouth 6. Illinois 8; Ohio State 0. Michigan 10, Iowa ‘. Harvard IT; Yale o. Minnesota 6; Wisconsin 0. Army 13; Nebraska 3. Princeton 0; Navy 9. Stanford 13; California 13. Oregon 31; Montana 6. Southern California 2S; Idaho [. Centre 0; Vanderbilt 26. Gonzaga 13; Loyola 6. Michigan State [; North Caro- Iina 0.

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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Ohio State–Illinois game

Officially, Ohio State leads 70–⁠30–⁠4; as played, 71–⁠30–⁠4 in 105 meetings, counting the 88 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

Around this game

Ohio State

Illinois