Michigan at Illinois

Saturday, October 26, 1929

Illinois beat Michigan 14–⁠0. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 10–⁠5.

AwayMichigan5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1929
0
HomeIllinois6–⁠1–⁠1 in 1929
14

FinalHigh 68°F, low 40°FAttendance 53,403

In the newspapers

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

    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.

Michigan leads 72–⁠24–⁠2 in 98 meetings, counting the 83 since this game.

Recent meetings
2024Illinois 21, Michigan 7
2022Michigan 19, Illinois 17
2019Michigan 42, Illinois 25
2016Michigan 41, Illinois 8
2012Michigan 45, Illinois 0
2011Michigan 31, Illinois 14

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