Illinois at Army
Saturday, October 21, 1933 Share
Army beat Illinois 6–0. It was their third meeting; after it, Army led the series 2–1.
FinalHigh 58°F, low 37°F
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 22, 1933, page 48
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Army Conque1s Illinois Minnesota Beats Pitt “ and Surprises Stanford Is Near Defeat by Frisco TEZAR STADIUM, SAN FRAN. n CISCO, October 81 UP.-Meet- ing the stubborn defense of \ highly underrated foe. Stanford’s Indians flashed an aerial attack in the closing minutes today to break a deadlock and defeat University Of San Francisco’s Dons. 20 to Is. Stanford was on the short end Of a 1877 count as the game rolled into the last quarter. and badly outplayed by lighter and supposedly weaker eleven. The touchdown that tied the score saw Maentz, left half. stumble over the goal from the 6-yard line. after three previous downs had gained only a yard Four minutes were left to play when the Indians started on the winning drive.

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 23, 1933, page 5 (results column)
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BALL. RESUIIS& The following are final scores of football games played in var ious parts of the states last Sat- urday afternoon Washington University IA; Pu- get Sound College 6. Washington State 6; California 6. Oregon State 0; Southern Cali fornia 0. Stanford 20; San Francisco 13. Loyola ‘; UCLA 20. Montana State 0; Montana 32. Army 6; Illinois 0. Michigan IS; Ohio State 0. Notre Dame 0; Carnegie Tech ‘. Columbia o; Princeton 20 Brown 6; Yale IA. Holy Cross 10; Harvard 7. Dartmouth IA; Penn Syracuse IA; Cornell ‘. Virginia T; Navy l3 Colgate T; Pittsburgh 3. Purdue IA; Chicago 0. Indiana 0: Northwestern 25. Nebraska g; Kansas State 0. Wisconsin T; Iowa 26. Tulane ‘; Georgie Tech 0. North Carolina 0; Florida 9. Alabama 12; Tennessee 6.
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 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Illinois–Army gameArmy leads 4–3–1 in eight meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 1985 | Army 31, Illinois 29 | Peach Bowl |
| 1959 | Illinois 20, Army 14 | |
| 1948 | Army 26, Illinois 21 | |
| 1947 | Army 0, Illinois 0 | |
| 1934 | Illinois 7, Army 0 | |
| 1933 | Army 6, Illinois 0 |
Around this game
Illinois
- Next gamevs. MichiganNov. 4, 1933
- SeasonIllinois in 1933
- ProgramIllinois history and records
Army
- Next gameat YaleOct. 28, 1933
- SeasonArmy in 1933
- ProgramArmy history and records

