DePaul at Illinois

Saturday, September 26, 1936

Illinois beat DePaul 9–⁠6. It was their first meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayDePaul2–⁠1 in 1936
6
HomeIllinois4–⁠3–⁠1 in 1936
9

FinalHigh 74°F, low 54°F, 0.39 in. of rainAttendance 16,589

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Minnesota, Duke Stand Out Among Big Foot Ball Teams As Season Formally Opens

    Evening star, September 27, 1936, page 22 (results column)

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    Minnesota, Duke Stand Out Among Big Foot Ball Teams As Season Formally Opens mons helped Iowa score over Carleton, 14-o, and 27-yard field goal by Lowell Spurgeon gave Illinois 9–⁠6 triumph over Depaul. Chicago and Wisconsin, where Harry Stuhldreher unveiled his first Badger team, won easily, the former over Lawrence. $40, and Wisconsin over South Dakota State, 24–⁠7. The East lacked a big game, but watched with interest as Carl Snavelys Cornell sophomores buried Alfred, TAO, scoring as many points as the victoryless Cornell varsity amassed all last season under Gil Dobie. Pitt looked good in a $50 rout Of Ohio Wesleyan and Dartmouth, burying Norwich, $50. uncovered a new star in Whitley Pratt, who scored thrice. Navy needed all its power to roll over William and Mary, 1876. In the Southwest, Southern Methodists Mustangs barely made the grade against North Texas Teachers, 60, and Baylor was held to two touch downs by Hardin-Simmons, 1870 Utah hung up a 26–⁠0 triumph over Greeley Teachers in the Rocky Noun tain group, where Utah State won from Montana State, 1910, and Col orado State defeated Western State. 1870.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: BALL As1REsULTs

    The Daily Alaska empire, September 28, 1936, page 5 (results column)

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    BALL As1REsULTs The following are final scores ot principal football games played last Saturday afternoon. Minnesota A: Washington T. Montana 0; Washington State 19. Santa Clara 13; Stanford 0. Oregon State ‘; Southern Califor- nia 33. Bates 0, Holy Cross 45. Colgate 0; Duke 6. William and Mary 6; Navy 18 DePaul 6; Illinois 9. Mercer Georgia Is. South Dakota State T; Wiscon- sin 24 Ohio University O.; Purdue AT. Carleton 0; Iowa A. Ohio Wesleyan 0; Pitt 53. Lehigh 16; Case T. Mississippi 6; Tulane I. North Texas Teachers 0; South crn Methodist 6. University of Southern Califor- nia 39; California Aggies 0. Uni versity of California l4; College of Pacific 0, doubleheader Rhode Island T; Maine 0. Norwich O; Dartmouth 58. Lawrence G. Chicago 34. .SUND4.Y GAME St Mary’s 26. Gonzaga 13. FROM ANNEX CREER Mrs. A. R. Hayden is in Juneau from Annex Greek and is guest at the zynda. HERE FROM IoLSEQUAH w. J. Wilson is at the Gastineau registered from Tulsequah

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 89% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Illinois leads 2–⁠0–⁠1 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1938Illinois 44, DePaul 7
1937DePaul 0, Illinois 0
1936Illinois 9, DePaul 6

Around this game

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