Iowa at Illinois

Saturday, October 26, 1935

Iowa beat Illinois 19–⁠0. It was their 19th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 11–⁠7–⁠1.

AwayIowa4–⁠2–⁠2 in 1935
19
HomeIllinois3–⁠5 in 1935
0

FinalHigh 67°F, low 46°FAttendance 26,647

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: POWERFUL IOWA CRUSHES ILLINOIS Simmons, Crayne Leaders otFiery Attack That Wins, 1910, for HaWkeyes.

    Evening star, October 27, 1935, page 31

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    POWERFUL IOWA CRUSHES ILLINOIS Simmons, Crayne Leaders otFiery Attack That Wins, 1910, for HaWkeyes. ~ HAMPAIGN, III, october %. -Iowa’s foot ball forces. undefeated and previously ~ thrice victorious this season, turned thei. full fury on Illinois today. crushing the Illini, 19 to o. A crowd Of $4,000 sat in sun drenched Memorial Stadium to watch rogt OF the tricky. iorWard-pasS ing Illini, and with bulging eyes, saw great open field running Of Iowa’s Negro star fullDack. Oze Simmons. a 21-year-old youth from Fort Worth, Tex. Simmons, with breath taking gal lop of II yards broke through center in the third play after the second period opened, dashed down the field into the clear and raced on to touch down outrunning his pursuers and skillfully dodging the last Illinois defense man.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 28, 1935, page 5 (results column)

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    GRID SCORES ON SATURDAY The following are final scores of principal football games played in various parts of the country last Sat- urday afternoon: Washington State 26; Oregon State IS. Wisconsin T; Chicago 13. Idaho IA; Montana 2. University of Portland 2; Santa Clara 21. Southern California T; California 21. Oregon 6; UCLA B. Washburn O; Gonzaga 21. Washington 0; Stanford G. Army IA; Yale 6. Princeton 54; Cornell 0. Colgate 0; Holy Cross 3. Dartmouth IA; Harvard 6. Iowa 19; Illinois 0. Minnesota 21; Northwestern 10. Notre Dame 13; Navy o. Rice 28; Texas 19. Penn State O; Pittsburgh g. Alabama IT; Georgia 2. Louisiana State 2; Vanderbilt 2. Sewanee 0; Tulane B. Centre IA; Tennessee 25. Oklahoma o; Nebraska 19. Ohio State 28; Indiana 6. Georgia Tech o; North Carolina 19. Mississippi ‘; Marquette 33. Carnegie Tech ‘; Purdue 0. Lafayette o; Pennsylvania 67. Lebanon Valley o; Fordham 15. Villanova IS; Detroit 19. SUNDAY GAME St. Marys 13; University of San Francisco 0.

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 68% to win. Iowa pulled the upset.

Illinois leads 39–⁠38–⁠2 in 79 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.

Recent meetings
2023Iowa 15, Illinois 13
2022Illinois 9, Iowa 6
2021Iowa 33, Illinois 23
2020Iowa 35, Illinois 21
2019Iowa 19, Illinois 10
2018Iowa 63, Illinois 0

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