Illinois at Northwestern

Saturday, November 22, 1941

No. 10 Northwestern beat Illinois 27–⁠0. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 17–⁠15–⁠3.

AwayIllinois2–⁠6 in 1941
0
Home10Northwestern5–⁠3 in 1941
27

FinalAttendance 26,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Leading Football Scores Yesterday

    Evening star, November 23, 1941, page 1 (results column)

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    Leading Football Scores Yesterday Scores in leading football games . played yesterday follow: Notre Dame, co. Southern Calf, 18 Minnesota, Al; Wisconsin, s. Michigan, 20; Ohio State, 20. Fordham, 35; st. Marys, 7. Harvard, Ia: Yale, O. Penn, 16; Cornell, 0. Navy. %; Princeton, 0. Colgate. 30: Columbia, 81. Army, T. West Virginia, S. Temple, 81; Holy Cross. l3. Auburn, 13; Villanova, 0. Penn State. 81: Pitt. 7. Lafayette, Al; Lehigh. 7. Northwestern, 27; Illinois, 0. Indiana. 7; Purdue, 0. Nebraska. ID: Iowa. Is Vanderbilt. 7: Alabama. 0. Georgia, 35; Dartmouth, o. Mississippi, 18; Arkansas, 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)

Northwestern 83% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Illinois leads 59–⁠55–⁠5 in 119 meetings, counting the 84 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Illinois 20, Northwestern 13
2024Illinois 38, Northwestern 28
2023Northwestern 45, Illinois 43
2022Illinois 41, Northwestern 3
2021Illinois 47, Northwestern 14
2020Northwestern 28, Illinois 10

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