Ohio State at Illinois
Saturday, November 22, 1930. Ohio State took the Illibuck from Illinois Share
Ohio State beat Illinois 12–9. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 11–6–2 as played.
FinalHigh 49°F, low 28°FAttendance 16,881
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Ohio State–Illinois gameOfficially, Ohio State leads 70–30–4; as played, 71–30–4 in 105 meetings, counting the 86 since this game.
| 2026 | Ohio State 42, Illinois 19 | |
| 2025 | Ohio State 34, Illinois 16 | |
| 2017 | Ohio State 52, Illinois 14 | |
| 2015 | Ohio State 28, Illinois 3 | |
| 2014 | Ohio State 55, Illinois 14 | |
| 2013 | Ohio State 60, Illinois 35 |
Around this game
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. CincinnatiOct. 3, 1931
- SeasonOhio State in 1930
- ProgramOhio State history and records
Illinois
- Next gamevs. Saint LouisOct. 3, 1931
- SeasonIllinois in 1930
- ProgramIllinois history and records

