Illinois at Iowa

Thursday, November 30, 1899

Iowa beat Illinois 58–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Iowa led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayIllinois3–⁠5–⁠1 in 1899
0
HomeIowa8–⁠0–⁠1 in 1899
58

FinalHigh 51°F, low 32°FAttendance 4,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening times-Republican's story: eT.-R. BULLE TIN. NOTICEABLE NEWS OF TODAY. Tie Weather. For Iowa-Fair tonight and satur- day. For Illinois-Fair tonight and Sat llrdav ENflts

    Evening times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, December 1, 1899, page 1

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    eT.-R. BULLE TIN. NOTICEABLE NEWS OF TODAY. Tie Weather. For Iowa-Fair tonight and saturday. For Illinois–Fair tonight and Sat llrdav ENflts PAGE ONE AND GENERAL: Rebels Guns Captured. New Government of Mindanao. Beers Driven Back at Coenso. Conviction Under the Oleomargarin Law. House Republicans to Caucus. Hobart’s Will Filed for Probate. PAGE rws,. AND IOWA: EnGland’s Warning to France Comment on Chamberan’s Speech. Big Fire at st. Paul Case of the Manuense. PAGE TH.:aE IOWA NEWS: Report on Iowa National Guard. Attempt to Dynamite a House. Short Iowa Specials. The Foot Ball Scores. PAGES FOUR AND FIVE. EDITORIAL Will Aid Bryan Wide Open Belmond. When Greek Meets Creeks Topics and Press Comment. Iowa Items and Newspapers. Work of Iowa Women. pAi;; SIX ASs.1 SEVER CITY NEWS: Big Damage Case Dismissed. Foot Bah Team Defeated at Eldora. Bituminous Coal Prices. Several Deaths. Various Local Happenings PAGE ElGIT 4. MARKETS AND GENERAL: Fridays Markets by Wire. Congress Against Roberts. Sensational Suicide.

  • The Rock Island Argus's story: IOWA AN EASY WINNER Trims Up Illinois University Team at Football to Tune of SO to o. CONTEST oNE-s1DED THROUGHOUT.

    Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., December 1, 1899, page 1

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    IOWA AN EASY WINNER Trims Up Illinois University Team at Football to Tune of SO to o. CONTEST oNE-s1DED THROUGHOUT. HaWkeye Boys Prove Too Speedy for Thelr Adversaries, Playing a Brilliant Game, Which is Witnessed by a Crowd of Four Thousand People-Great Thanksgiving Gridiron Event. Fully 1000 people gathered at the Rock Island baseball park yesterday afternoon to witness a contest for supremacy on the gridiron between elevens representing the universities of Illinois and Iowa. While it was n one-sided game throughout, the adj mirers of the vanquished took their medicine bravely and smiled at the class yells and shouts that issued from the Threats of the thousands who rooted for the victors. Tri-city So ciety turned out in force, the navy blue and orange of Illinois and the old gold of Iowa standing out conspicuously in every section of the i’m mense audience. Iowa was decidedly in the majority. The rooters brought big and little horns, cowbells and

  • The The Denison review. (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current's story: EASY FOR THE low ANS. Defeat Illinois Eleven by ; Score of So to o. GREAT GAME AT ROCK ISLAND Hawkeyes Garry Everything Before Them. Their Goal at No Time In Danger. Nebraska vanquished by GrinneM In Concluding Game of the Season.

    The Denison review. (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, Iowa, December 1, 1899, page 1

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    EASY FOR THE low ANS. Defeat Illinois Eleven by ; Score of So to o. GREAT GAME AT ROCK ISLAND Hawkeyes Garry Everything Before Them. Their Goal at No Time In Danger. Nebraska vanquished by GrinneM In Concluding Game of the Season. DAVENPORT, Dec. 1.-The football team of the State University Of Iowa yesterday at Rock Island defeated the University Of Illinois team by score Of 58 to 0. At no time was Iowa’s goal in danger. Five thousand spectators wit messed the contest. twas Iowa’s game from the start and at the end Of IL minutes play two touchdows and a goal had been scored. During the first half the Iowans rolled up % points. A feature was the work of Griffith, Iowa’s fullback, in dodging, and the long run Of Edison, Iowa’s full hack

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)

Iowa 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Illinois leads 39–⁠38–⁠2 in 79 meetings, counting the 78 since this game.

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2023Iowa 15, Illinois 13
2022Illinois 9, Iowa 6
2021Iowa 33, Illinois 23
2020Iowa 35, Illinois 21
2019Iowa 19, Illinois 10
2018Iowa 63, Illinois 0

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