Iowa at Illinois

Saturday, November 10, 1945

Illinois beat Iowa 48–⁠7. It was their 26th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 15–⁠9–⁠2.

AwayIowa2–⁠7 in 1945
7
HomeIllinois2–⁠6–⁠1 in 1945
48

FinalHigh 45°F, low 33°FAttendance 14,060

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Even Referee Takes Whipping As Illinois MonhondIes Iowa

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 11, 1945, page 18

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    Even Referee Takes Whipping As Illinois MonhondIes Iowa the second period, and set up the opening Illini score at the outset of the second quarter with a 33-yard pass to Ciszek. The Hawkeyes, who last won a conference game on November 7, 1912. from Wisconsin, 60, held the Illini scoreless in the first period, but then came a touchdown deluge that brought Iowa its fifth straight conference defeat.

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)

Illinois 74% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Illinois leads 39–⁠38–⁠2 in 79 meetings, counting the 53 since this game.

Recent meetings
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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