Notre Dame at Illinois

Saturday, October 28, 1944

No. 1 Notre Dame beat No. 14 Illinois 13–⁠7. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 7–⁠0–⁠1.

Away1Notre Dame8–⁠2 in 1944
13
Home14Illinois5–⁠4–⁠1 in 1944
7

FinalHigh 72°F, low 40°FAttendance 65,114

In the newspapers

  • The The Nome nugget's story: EEss1 ; FOOTBALL. i. SCORES

    The Nome nugget, October 30, 1944, page 1 (results column)

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    EEss1 ; FOOTBALL. i. SCORES Pitt 26, Muhlenberg 18. Franklin Marshall 6, Rochester Yale g, Syracuse 12. Boston College 19, Rutgers 6. Lafayette 19, Kansas State O.. Iowa State IA, Iowa 0. Indiana 32, Maine 6. Norwich 13, Dartmouth IA. Brown 13, Great Lakes 40. Wisconsin 12, Minnesota IA. Ohio State 34, North Carolina State 19. William & Mary 2, Colgate 6. Columbia o Notre Dame 13. Illinois 7 Arkansas 26. Nebraska “A, Missouri 20. Brooklyn College 0, Connecticut Brooklyn College 0, Connecti- cut IS. Wichita 6. IA, Rockhurst Col lege 12. North Texas Agricultural Col lege 0, Texas A. & M. 61. Washington B, California r. Southern California 34, St. Mary’s 2. Denver 3e, U1ah State 6. Tulane 27, SMU T. Virginia State 70, Winston Sa- lem o. Oklahoma A. & M. 46, Tulsa 40. Rice Texas o. Vanderbilt 1s Tennessee Tech ?. Virginia 34, V. M. I. O. Tennessee 26, Clemenson 2. Florida IA, Maryland 6. L. S. O. IS, Georgia 2. Oklahoma 34, T. c. U. 19. Randolph Field 19, Third Air Force o. Fl Toro, California, Marines IA, Fleet City Bluejackets 0.

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 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Notre Dame leads 11–⁠0–⁠1 in 12 meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1968Notre Dame 58, Illinois 8
1967Notre Dame 47, Illinois 7
1946Notre Dame 26, Illinois 6
1945Notre Dame 7, Illinois 0
1944Notre Dame 13, Illinois 7
1943Notre Dame 47, Illinois 0

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