Illinois at Michigan
Saturday, October 31, 1942 Share
No. 13 Michigan beat No. 12 Illinois 28–14. It was their 28th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 19–9.
FinalHigh 68°F, low 45°F, 0.06 in. of rainAttendance 33,826
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 2, 1942, page 5
Read the text
ILLINOIS DEFEATED AS MICHIGAN MAKES 4T0U(HD0WNS, WINS ANN ARBOR, Mich, Nov g. Michigan swept through the highly regarded Illinois football eleven last Saturday afternoon for four touch downs to win 28 to IA It was Michigan’s second Big Ten victory against one defeat and the Wolverines struck hard through the air and on the land to win.
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 77% to win. Michigan pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Illinois–Michigan gameMichigan leads 72–24–2 in 98 meetings, counting the 70 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 gameat NorthwesternNov. 7, 1942
- SeasonIllinois in 1942
- ProgramIllinois history and records
Michigan
- Next gamevs. HarvardNov. 7, 1942
- SeasonMichigan in 1942
- ProgramMichigan history and records