Northwestern at Illinois

Saturday, October 18, 1930

Northwestern beat Illinois 32–⁠0. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 14–⁠7–⁠3.

AwayNorthwestern7–⁠1 in 1930
32
HomeIllinois3–⁠5 in 1930
0

FinalHigh 44°F, low 28°FAttendance 52,687

In the newspapers

  • The New Britain herald's story: .CARlDEO LEADING THE QUARTERBACkS Notre Dame Field General Again Headed for Big HonorS

    New Britain herald, October 21, 1930, page 12

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    .CARlDEO LEADING THE QUARTERBACkS Notre Dame Field General Again Headed for Big HonorS Chicago, Oct. q (UP) - Many smart field generals are performing on middle-western gridirons this season. Foremost, at least for the pres ent, among the select quarterbacks of this region is Frank Carideo, Notre Dame’s crack leader who won all-America honors by his direction Of last seasons undefeated team. Again Carideo is performing in well-night tlawless fashion. Three of Carideo’s outstanding qualities are his knack of seizing a break and turning it quickly to his teams ad- vantage, his refusal to get Mustered, and his placing of punts. One of Carideo’s foremost rivals is Lee Hanley, Northwestern quar- terback and brother of the team s coach, Dick Hanley. He was the hero of Northwestern 19–⁠2 victory oveT Ohio State and shared honors with Frank Baker and Pug Retner in his teams rout of Illinois, 32–⁠0. Hanley is hard runner and a good passer and kicker. Three brilliant sophomore quarter backs already have won their spurs in Big Ten competition before the end of October They are Harry Newman, Michigan. Chuck Golden berg, Wisconsin. and Lewis Hinch- man, Ohio State. A fine quarterback who undoubt- cdly would shine more brightly on a better team. is Paul Stagg of Chi cago, son of Coach A. A.. Stagg. Stagg is the brains of the Chicago team. and has most of the Maroons’ plays built around him. He is a good passer and receiver. Captain Win Brockmeyer of Min nesota is another good quarterback in this section. He is @ plendid open field runner and a good selecter of plays. Jack White of Purdue, a dangerous runner, completes the list of this sectors best quarterbacks. Iowa, Indiana and Illinois have no outstanding QuarterbaCkS.

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 64% to win. Northwestern won as Elo’s underdog.

Illinois leads 59–⁠55–⁠5 in 119 meetings, counting the 95 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Illinois 20, Northwestern 13
2024Illinois 38, Northwestern 28
2023Northwestern 45, Illinois 43
2022Illinois 41, Northwestern 3
2021Illinois 47, Northwestern 14
2020Northwestern 28, Illinois 10

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