Ohio State at Illinois

Saturday, November 22, 1930. Ohio State took the Illibuck from Illinois

Ohio State beat Illinois 12–⁠9. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 11–⁠6–⁠2 as played.

AwayOhio State5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1930
12
HomeIllinois3–⁠5 in 1930
9

FinalHigh 49°F, low 28°FAttendance 16,881

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Fesler Ends Brilliant Career As Ohio State Beats Illinois

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 23, 1930, page 1

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    Fesler Ends Brilliant Career As Ohio State Beats Illinois play, tossed q short pass to Yanuskus. who caught It on Ohio States 37-yard line and raced around his right end for . touchdown. Yanuskus added the exira point. A few plays later, after BodnfAn had rocked the Buckeyes by booting o &C. yard punt that fell dead on Ohio State q 12-yard line, Fesler attempted to punt out Of danger. Jack Ovelmen, Illinois right guard, blocked it, however. The ball eluded both Eesler and Ovelmen and rolled dead beyond the end rome. Ovelmen fell on it for q safety. The third and fourth periods found Illinois outplaying the Buckeyes, but scoring chances looked golden.

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 56% to win. Ohio State won as Elo’s underdog.

Officially, Ohio State leads 70–⁠30–⁠4; as played, 71–⁠30–⁠4 in 105 meetings, counting the 86 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

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