Illinois at Ohio State

Saturday, November 13, 1937. Ohio State kept the Illibuck

Ohio State beat Illinois 19–⁠0. It was their 26th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 12–⁠12–⁠2 as played.

AwayIllinois3–⁠3–⁠2 in 1937
0
HomeOhio State6–⁠2 in 1937
19

FinalHigh 60°F, low 47°F, 0.1 in. of rainAttendance 41,921

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT {3AG{5 @M REISSUE IFS Me

    The Daily Alaska empire, November 15, 1937, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOT {3AG{5 @M REISSUE IFS Me The following are final scores of important football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington State O.; Stanford 23 Oregon State 12; Southern Cali fornia 12, tie. Idaho 6; Gonzaga 0. California 26; Oregon 0. UCLA 0; University of Washing ton 26. Utah 45; Colorado State 0. Wyoming 6; Denver 21 Purdue T; Wisconsin 2, tie. Notre Dame T; Army 0. Yale 26; Princeton 0. Cornell 6; Dartmouth 6, tie. Holy Cross T; Brown 0. Boston College 13; Kentucky o.. Temple 0; Bucknell 0, tie. Manhattan IS; North Carolina State 0. Pittsburgh IS; Nebraska 2. Minnesota T; Northwestern 0. North Carolina IA; Duke 6. Alabama ‘; Georgia Tech o. Southern Methodist 13; Baylor T. Syracuse 6; Columbia 6, tie. George town 6; NYU 0. Harvard Is; Davidson 0 Ohio State 19; Illinois 0. Michigan State 13; Carnegie Tech 6. Michigan ‘; Pennsylvania O.

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 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ohio State leads 70–⁠30–⁠4; as played, 71–⁠30–⁠4 in 105 meetings, counting the 79 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Ohio State 42, Illinois 19
2025Ohio State 34, Illinois 16
2017Ohio State 52, Illinois 14
2015Ohio State 28, Illinois 3
2014Ohio State 55, Illinois 14
2013Ohio State 60, Illinois 35

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