Illinois at Northwestern

Saturday, November 10, 1934

Illinois beat Northwestern 14–⁠3. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 16–⁠9–⁠3.

AwayIllinois7–⁠1 in 1934
14
HomeNorthwestern3–⁠5 in 1934
3

Final

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Dazzling Colgate R0u Tulane 200 Illinois Wal0ps Northwestern z43 Vols Wait Late For l4-tO.O Win

    Evening star, November 11, 1934, page 24

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    Dazzling Colgate R0u Tulane 200 Illinois Wal0ps Northwestern z43 Vols Wait Late For l4-tO.O Win KNOXVILLE. Tenn, November n 10 R.-With little exertion the University Of Tennessee today defeated scrappy Mississippi State eleven, IA to 0, on a mud smeared field. Phil Dickens. the Vols flashy sophomore halfback. was the spark plug of third-quarter attack that saw Tennessee march twice down the field within six minutes to score touchdowns. Both markers were made by Dickens. After that, Tennessee was content to coast, using mostly reserves.

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 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Illinois leads 59–⁠55–⁠5 in 119 meetings, counting the 91 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Illinois 20, Northwestern 13
2024Illinois 38, Northwestern 28
2023Northwestern 45, Illinois 43
2022Illinois 41, Northwestern 3
2021Illinois 47, Northwestern 14
2020Northwestern 28, Illinois 10

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