Illinois at Army

Saturday, November 8, 1930

Army beat Illinois 13–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, the series stood even at 1–⁠1.

AwayIllinois3–⁠5 in 1930
0
HomeArmy9–⁠1–⁠1 in 1930
13

FinalHigh 58°F, low 29°FAttendance 68,186

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: ILLINOIS DEFEATED BY US. ARMY ELEVEN

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 10, 1930, page 5

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    ILLINOIS DEFEATED BY US. ARMY ELEVEN NEW YORK CITY, N. Y, Nov. 10-The Army rallied in the second half last Saturday to beat Illinois 13 to O. The game drew 10000 spectators. Ray Stecker plunged for one touchdown in the third period and raced 49 yards after an intercepted forward pass to count for the other score in the fourth quarter.

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)

Army 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Army leads 4–⁠3–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the six since this game.

Recent meetings
1985Army 31, Illinois 29Peach Bowl
1959Illinois 20, Army 14
1948Army 26, Illinois 21
1947Army 0, Illinois 0
1934Illinois 7, Army 0
1933Army 6, Illinois 0

Around this game

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