Ohio State at Illinois
Saturday, November 14, 1936. Ohio State kept the Illibuck Share
Ohio State beat Illinois 13–0. It was their 25th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 12–11–2 as played.
FinalHigh 55°F, low 34°FAttendance 19,465
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, November 16, 1936, page 5 (results column)
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FOOT BALL 4s1REsULTs The following are final scores of principal football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington State 31; UCLA T. Southern California 0; Washing ton 12. Oregon O; California 28. Stanford 20; Oregon State IA. Idaho 0; Montana 16. Tennessee 26; Vanderbilt 13. Brigham Young T; Denver Uni versity 35 Colorado University 13; Utah Ag gies A. Arkansas IT; Southern Methodist 0. Notre Dame 20; Army 6. Northern g; Michigan 0. Holy Cross 32; Brown 0. Georgetown 0; Manhattan 13. Syracuse O; Columbia IT, Villanova o; Temple 6. Penn State 12; Penn 19 Duquesne 13; Carnegie Tech 0. Indiana 20; Chicago T. Navy 20; Harvard 13. Duke 27 North Carolina ‘. North Carolina State 6; Catholic University ‘. Yale 26 Princeton g. Dartmouth 20; Cornell 6. Rutgers o; New York University 46. Purdue IS; Iowa O. Cincinnati 6; Wisconsin IT. Iowa State T. Kansas State AT. Texas 19; Minnesota AT. Michigan State Al; Kansas O. Ohio State 13; Illinois 0. Pittsburgh 19; Nebraska 6. Tulsa 21; Drake 6. Missouri 21; Oklahoma IA Mississippi 0; Marquette 33. Alabama 20; Georgia Tech Is. Georgie l2. Tulane G. Louisiana State i9; Auburn 6. SUNDAY GAMES Santa Clara 19, St. Mary’s o. GonZaga IA; Portland University 13.
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)
Ohio State 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Ohio State–Illinois gameOfficially, Ohio State leads 70–30–4; as played, 71–30–4 in 105 meetings, counting the 80 since this game.
| 2026 | Ohio State 42, Illinois 19 | |
| 2025 | Ohio State 34, Illinois 16 | |
| 2017 | Ohio State 52, Illinois 14 | |
| 2015 | Ohio State 28, Illinois 3 | |
| 2014 | Ohio State 55, Illinois 14 | |
| 2013 | Ohio State 60, Illinois 35 |
Around this game
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. MichiganNov. 21, 1936
- SeasonOhio State in 1936
- ProgramOhio State history and records
Illinois
- Next gameat ChicagoNov. 21, 1936
- SeasonIllinois in 1936
- ProgramIllinois history and records

