Illinois at Michigan
Saturday, October 29, 1938 Share
No. 13 Michigan beat Illinois 14–0. It was their 24th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 16–8.
FinalHigh 62°F, low 34°FAttendance 43,006
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 31, 1938, page 5
Read the text
Illinois Is Held SCore|eSs by Mich, ANN ARBOR, Mich, Oct. 31. - Two scoring thrusts. one through the air and the other on the ground, gave Michigan’s resurgent football forces a IA to 0 victory over Illinois last Saturday afternoon
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)
Michigan 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Illinois–Michigan gameMichigan leads 72–24–2 in 98 meetings, counting the 74 since this game.
| 2024 | Illinois 21, Michigan 7 | |
| 2022 | Michigan 19, Illinois 17 | |
| 2019 | Michigan 42, Illinois 25 | |
| 2016 | Michigan 41, Illinois 8 | |
| 2012 | Michigan 45, Illinois 0 | |
| 2011 | Michigan 31, Illinois 14 |
Around this game
Illinois
- Next gamevs. Ohio StateNov. 12, 1938
- SeasonIllinois in 1938
- ProgramIllinois history and records
Michigan
- Next gamevs. PennsylvaniaNov. 5, 1938
- SeasonMichigan in 1938
- ProgramMichigan history and records