Illinois at Chicago
Saturday, November 25, 1939 Share
Illinois beat Chicago 46–0. It was their 43rd meeting; Illinois leads the series 22–18–3.
FinalAttendance 4,500
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 27, 1939, page 3
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CHICAGO CANNOT SCORE; ILLINOIS WINNER BY 46-o CHICAGO, IL, Nov. 27-Chicago marched to within five yards of a touchdown last Saturday afternoon but tumble robbed them of a chance to score and Illinois won 46 to 0.
The Nome nugget, Alaska, November 27, 1939, page 1 (results column)
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Football Scores November 25 Yale 20-Harvard T Kansas State ‘ - Boston Col ege 38 Cornell 27-Penn 0 Pitt 0-Pitt State 10 Ohio State 14-Michigan q Duke 28-North Carolina State Purdue 7-Indiana 6 Georgia Tech 21-Florida ‘ Missouri 20-Kansas 0 Wisconsin 6-Minnesota g Baylor 0-Southern Methodist 21 Southern Cal 20-Norte Dame 12 Illinois 46-Chicago 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. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Illinois–Chicago gameIllinois leads 22–18–3 in 43 meetings.
| 1939 | Illinois 46, Chicago 0 | |
| 1938 | Illinois 34, Chicago 0 | |
| 1937 | Illinois 21, Chicago 0 | |
| 1936 | Illinois 18, Chicago 7 | |
| 1935 | Chicago 7, Illinois 6 | |
| 1934 | Illinois 6, Chicago 0 |
Around this game
Illinois
- Next gamevs. BradleyOct. 5, 1940
- SeasonIllinois in 1939
- ProgramIllinois history and records
Chicago
- SeasonChicago in 1939
- ProgramChicago history and records