Michigan at Illinois
Saturday, October 26, 1929 Share
Illinois beat Michigan 14–0. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 10–5.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 40°FAttendance 53,403
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 28, 1929, page 5 (results column)
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GRID GAMES ON SATURDAY The following are results of prin- cipal football games played last Saturday in various parts of the country: Oregon IA; Washington Univer- sity 0. University of Southern California ‘; Stanford O. Oregon State 27; Idaho O. Gonzaga T; Mount. Charles 6. Penn State G.; Lafayette 3. Columbia 33; Williams 0. Syracuse 6; Brown 0. Amherst ?; Wesleyan 0. Dartmouth 34; Harvard 2. Colgate 62; Providence 0. Iowa T. Wisconsin 0. Ohio 25; Cincinnati 0. Missouri T; Nebraska 2. Illinois 14; Michigan 0. Yale 21: Army 13. Notre Dame T; Carnegie Tech Q. Navy 13; Princeton 13. Ohio State 0; Indiana 0. Purdue 26; Chicago 0. Kansas 33; Iowa State O. Tulane 20; Georgia Tech 14. Florida IS; Georgia 6.
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 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Michigan–Illinois gameMichigan leads 72–24–2 in 98 meetings, counting the 83 since this game.
| 2024 | Illinois 21, Michigan 7 | |
| 2022 | Michigan 19, Illinois 17 | |
| 2019 | Michigan 42, Illinois 25 | |
| 2016 | Michigan 41, Illinois 8 | |
| 2012 | Michigan 45, Illinois 0 | |
| 2011 | Michigan 31, Illinois 14 |
Around this game
Michigan
- Next gamevs. HarvardNov. 9, 1929
- SeasonMichigan in 1929
- ProgramMichigan history and records
Illinois
- Next gameat NorthwesternNov. 2, 1929
- SeasonIllinois in 1929
- ProgramIllinois history and records

