Notre Dame at Illinois
Saturday, October 24, 1942 Share
No. 8 Notre Dame beat No. 5 Illinois 21–14. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 5–0–1.
FinalHigh 54°F, low 29°FAttendance 43,476
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, October 26, 1942, page 14 (results column)
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Sturs Saturday G.. Paul sarringhaus and Gene Fekete. Ohio 3ss 5este of foaReKsLMBetWesn them tney ga.neu mage and did all the teams Scoring in 2O-6 victory over Northwestern. two % touchdowns. hdo MARY one aua5 on yard touchdown pass to lead Dte’rS 61o gout 4o Of :. Bob Perina, Princeton halfback-He was pig gun in 32-l3 victory over Brown. scorns feenne boss passng to sn9hsr | =, Bob steuber, Missouri halfback-Scored three touchdowns, one on 57-yard run, yards in i tries as Tigers sSamped Iowa GhHsa THyP TTa batfsa Stpra ace sna ds 32 yards, to touchdown in 1916 victory over Southern CALIFORNIA. Playing in his first varsity game, COM pleted 54-yard pass for touchdown that Joe swan PENNSYLVANIA end-His block ing and tackling featured 42–12 rout Of | Columbia, in which Penn gained 427 yards 0A Russ sauHSi Mosley. Alabama h.lfback-His downs; So one Of which he scored, in 14-o Tom Farmer. Iowa uuarterback-Passed to winning touchdown and. kicked both important extra points in 14–13 squeeze Eddie McGovern Rose Poly halfback- Scored six touchdowns and kicked seven Stan SZymakowski Lehigh fullback- | Kicked three field goals. scored one touch down and helped set up two more in 2s-10 | win over Rutgers. Jim Jurkovich. California halfback- Returned to action after injury lay-off and led Bears to 1915 victory over Wash ington. Russ Ashbaugh Notre Dame halfback- Helped set up two touchdowns. one with 40-ysrd punt return. in 21–14 win over Illinois and intercepted pass near goal line in last minute. Johnny Strzykalski, Marquette halfback Tossed three touchdown passes and AVERAGED 40 yards on Is tries in 800 shut-out over Arizona Bob Kennedy. Washington State full back-Scored two touchdowns and passed to third in 26–13 triumph over Oregon State. Emery Nix, T c. U. halfba ck-Led o1-o victory over Pensacola Flyers by passing to I’ve touchdowns and scoring third Lou Thomas. Tulane halfback-Scored one touchdown, passed to two more and frankie Sinkwich. Georgia halfback- Scored three touchdowns and passed to other two in 1918 victory over Cincinnatl

The daily monitor leader, Mount Clemens, Mich., October 26, 1942, page 1 (results column)
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Saturdays Grid Stars Stan Szymakowski, Lehigh fullback – Kicked three field goals, scored one touchdown and hoped set up two more in 28–10 win over Rutgers. Jim Jurkovich, California halfback – returned to action after injury layoff and led Bears to 1875 victory over Washington. Russ Ashbaugh, Notre Dame halfback – Helped set up two touchdowns, one with 40-yard punt return, in 21–14 win over Illinois and intercepted pass near goal line in last minute. Johnny Strzykalski, Mar quette halfback – Tossed three touchdown passes and averaged SO yards on Is tries in $50 shutout over Arizona. Bob Kennedy, Washington State fullback – Scored two touchdowns and passed to a third in 26–13 triumph over Oregon State. Emery Nix, T.C.U. halfback – Led 21-O victory over Pen sacola Filters by passing to two touchdowns and scoring “a third himself. Lou Thomas, Tulane half back – Scored one touch down, passed to two more and kicked field goal and extra point in 1914 win over North Carolina. frankie Sinkwich. Georgia halfback Scored tn r c c touchdowns and passed to 9TH err two in 1918 victory over Cincinnati. Bill Daley. Minnesota half back – Led 1914 upset of Michigan, scoring one touch down and helping set up the other.
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)
Notre Dame 64% to win. Notre Dame pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Notre Dame–Illinois gameNotre Dame leads 11–0–1 in 12 meetings, counting the six since this game.
| 1968 | Notre Dame 58, Illinois 8 | |
| 1967 | Notre Dame 47, Illinois 7 | |
| 1946 | Notre Dame 26, Illinois 6 | |
| 1945 | Notre Dame 7, Illinois 0 | |
| 1944 | Notre Dame 13, Illinois 7 | |
| 1943 | Notre Dame 47, Illinois 0 |
Around this game
Notre Dame
- Next gamevs. NavyOct. 31, 1942
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1942
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records
Illinois
- Next gameat MichiganOct. 31, 1942
- SeasonIllinois in 1942
- ProgramIllinois history and records

