Illinois at Northwestern
Saturday, November 22, 1941 Share
No. 10 Northwestern beat Illinois 27–0. It was their 35th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 17–15–3.
FinalAttendance 26,000
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Illinois–Northwestern gameIllinois leads 59–55–5 in 119 meetings, counting the 84 since this game.
Around this game
Illinois
- Next gamevs. South DakotaSept. 26, 1942
- SeasonIllinois in 1941
- ProgramIllinois history and records
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. Iowa Pre-FlightSept. 26, 1942
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1941
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records

