Northwestern at Illinois

Saturday, October 15, 1932

Northwestern beat Illinois 26–⁠0. It was their 26th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 14–⁠9–⁠3.

AwayNorthwestern3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1932
26
HomeIllinois5–⁠4 in 1932
0

FinalHigh 76°F, low 51°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current's story: Football Results NORTHWEST

    The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, October 17, 1932, page 1 (results column)

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    Football Results NORTHWEST OOuCE OdkOCa 0Late 20, MORNING side 6. North Dakota U. 80: Howard 0. U. of Cincinnati z; South Dakota 0 Moorhead State Teachers IA Winona Teachers Is. Concordia 7; Manchester T. Moorhead high reserves 6: Moor. head State Teachers high 0. Carleton 20; Lawrence O. Bemidji Teachers s; st. Cloue Teachers O. Duluth State Teachers IL; Virgins Junior college 6. st. Johns IA: Hamline O. Eveleth Junior q: Hibbing Junior s st. Olaf 26; Augsburg o.. Morris Aggies 81; Wahpeton In dams O. Glendale Teachers II: Dickinson s Wahpeton Science O.; Jamestown college O. BIG TEN Indiana IL; Iowa o. Northwestern 26; Illinois 0. Chicago 20; Knox 0. Purdue Z; Wisconsin s. Minnesota 7; Nebraska 6. Michigan IA: Ohio State 0. MIDWEST Luther 10; Iowa State Teachers o. James Millikin 13; Butler Z. Wabash 10; Evansville 0. Grinnell O.; Coe 0. Heidelberg II; Toledo 0. Ohio Northern 9; Otterbein 0. Kansas State Is; Missouri O. Baldwin Wallace 81; Kent State o. Notre Dame g.: Drake O. DePaul 10; Ripon O. White Water Teachers Is; Column bia 6. Marietta II: Hiram O. Case IA; John Carroll 7. Kenyon Z; Capitol o. Miami q; Denison 7. AuguStana Z; Yankton 6. Northern Normal 13; Huron COL lege O. Akron o: Wooster O. Carroll Z; Beloit O. Defiance 8; Wilmington 0. Spearfish Normal ST.; Billings Poly. Michigan State q; Illinois Wesley an O. Kansas 26; Iowa State 0. Franklin 10; Earlham IL. EAST Wesleyan 6; Haverford O. Pittsburgh ID: Army Is. Tufts o; Bowdoin 0. Duke “a; Maryland 0. v. p. I. Z; william and Mary O. Harvard 46; Penn State 13. Amherst 10; Hamilton o. Cornell o; Princeton o. City College, N. Y, 10: Renssaler 0. Holy Cross 8: Detroit Z. Penn IA: Dartmouth 7. Colgate IS: Lafayette 0. Brown Z; Yale 2. Fordham 50; Lebanon Valley o. st. Thomas Z; Manhattan 0. Baltimore Z; Canisius 6. Columbus %: Virginia s. N. Y. U. 80; Georgetown 0. Southern Methodist l6: Syracuse s. Rochester, N. Y, 2: Oberlin 0. Gettysburg IA; Swarthmore 0. Catholic 10; Chattanooga 0. John Hopkins IL: Lehigh 0. Union 46; Hobart 6. Trinity 48; New York Aggies 0. Ursinus Is: F. g. M. 6. Colgate %; Cook 0. w g. J 6; Carnegie Tech 6. Muhlenberg 10; Dickinson O. Providence rs; Boston u. 6. Middlebury 18; Williams Z. Lowell Textile Is; Brooklyn o. Bates 6: Rhode Island State 0. Rutgers 80: Delaware 0. Clarkson Al; Buffalo 0. Massachusetts, State 80; Connect cut Aggies 0. SOUTH Texas Christian U. II; Texas A, & M. 6. Rice Institute IA, Loyola New Or leanS) Z. Vanderbilt s: Tulane 6. Arkansas 20: Baylor 6. Davidson IL; v. M. I. o. Furman 10: Davis & Elkins O. NIL V1N.s

  • The The Indianapolis times's story

    The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], October 17, 1932, page 8 (results column)

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    From here out Michigan perhaps has the softest schedule, but the wolverines have at least two hard games ahead of them, playing In diana at Bloomington Nov. 5 and Minnesota at Minneapolis Nov. 10 Third Hard Tilt in Row Purdue’s toughest assignment comes this week when the Boiler makers meet Northwestern at Evanston. 1t will be the third hare game in row for Purdue and tC add to the difficulty Northwestern is eagerly awaiting a chance tc avenge last years TO defeat at the hands of the Boilermakers. Northwestern completed its regular schedule indicated last season only to lose to Purdue in a post season charity game which brought about a three-way tie for the cham pionship between Northwestern Michigan and Purdue. For the second time in a row Michigan was outgained in yardage by its opponents, but won from Ohio State. Harry Newman, Mich igan’s eagle-eye passer, threw two touchdown passes which enabled the Wolverines to triumph. AS North western had done the week previ- GUS, Ohio State outgained Mich igan, but couldn’t beat the alert Wolverines. Olson Wildcat Star Purdue had a close call with Wis consin by the margin of Paul Par donner’s successful dropkick after the Boilermakers’ touchdown. A 30 yard dash by Jim Carter, Purdue sophomore half back, carried the ball to the 2-yard-line from where Roy Horstmann, knitting full back took it over. Wisconsin scored on a triple pass with a substitute guard making 30-yard run for the touch down after receiving a lateral. Northwestern staged an impressive comeback against an improved Illinois team, winning 26 to 0. Ollie Olson, platinum blond full back starred in crashing the line and punting for the Wildcats. Indiana registered its first triumph in football history over Iowa, 1910, scoring a touchdown, an extra point, field goal and safety Weller, Babb, Opasik, Spannuth and Lyons were the Hoosier heroes. Outside the conference Minnesota barely nosed out Nebraska, rs, and Chicago had a scare from little Knox, but won, 200, on three last period touchdowns. Jack Manders Minnesota fullback, kicked the extra point that won for the Gophers.

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)

Northwestern 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Illinois leads 59–⁠55–⁠5 in 119 meetings, counting the 93 since this game.

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

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