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Indiana at Illinois

Saturday, September 23, 1944

Illinois beat Indiana 26–⁠18. It was their 20th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 14–⁠4–⁠2.

AwayIndiana7–⁠3 in 1944
18
HomeIllinois5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1944
26

FinalHigh 64°F, low 53°F, 0.11 in. of rainAttendance 7,986

In the newspapers

  • The Detroit evening times's story: Illinois Late Rush Beats Indiana, 26-18

    Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, September 24, 1944, page 1

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    Illinois Late Rush Beats Indiana, 26–⁠18 CHAMPAIGN, H., Sept q trP) Illinois presenting vast speedy backs 1914 Big Ten football here today coming from behind 10 defeat Indiana, 26-l8. The Him traed 80 midway the second quarter but Paul Patterson speedy hafbak and passed to

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)

Indiana 52% to win. Illinois won as Elo’s underdog.

The series

Every Indiana–Illinois game

Illinois leads 46–⁠26–⁠2 in 74 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Indiana 63, Illinois 10
2023Illinois 48, Indiana 45
2022Indiana 23, Illinois 20
2017Indiana 24, Illinois 14
2013Indiana 52, Illinois 35
2012Indiana 31, Illinois 17

Around this game

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