Notre Dame at Illinois
Saturday, September 28, 1946 Share
Notre Dame beat Illinois 26–6. It was their 10th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 9–0–1.
FinalHigh 87°F, low 58°F, 0.02 in. of rainAttendance 75,119
In the newspapers

Evening star, September 29, 1946, page 1
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Cardinals Defeat Chicago, al; Move Back Into Tie for Lead The st. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs, Al, at st. Louis last night to move back into q tie for the National League lead with the Brooklyn Dodgers, who earlier yesterday had beaten the Boston Braves, IA If both the Cards and Dodgers win today and the race ends in q tie, three-game play-off series will start In st. Louis Tuesday. In yesterdays collegiate football action, Villanova evoked mild sur prise by holding Navy to one touch down as the Midshipmen played under wraps in gaining TO decision. Army, without the injured Felix Blanchard, also had its moments of doubt against an unheralded Oklahoma grid machine before winning, 2l-7. Maryland used five teams in romping over Bainbridge Naval Train ing Station, $40, and Notre Dame bowled over Illinois, 26–6. to keep intact an undefeated record against the Illini In . series that started In. lsoa.

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, September 29, 1946, page 1 (results column)
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FOOTBALL SCORES New Hampshire 10; Colby 0. Rhode Island IA; Maine 10. Bates 6; Massachusetts, State 0. St. Lawrence IA; Union 0. Dartmouth 3; Holy Cross 0. Navy 7; Villanova O.. Harvard 7; Connecticut O.. Brown IA; Canisius Z. Navy Plebes 80; Iowa Preflight Bergen College 6; Cortland So. MIDWEST Notre Dame 26; Illinois 6. Northwestern Al; Iowa State 9. Michigan 81; Indiana 0. Missouri 10; Ohio State 10 (tie). Iowa Is; Purdue 0. Minnesota 80; Nebraska 6. Michigan State ~; Wayne 0. Ohio Wesleyan q; Case O. Ohio University q; Murray KY, State Teachers 7. Akron University 81; Lawrence Tech 10. Layton Il, Wlchlta U. Wabash 10; Indiana State 0. Lawrence 10; Depauw 10 (tie). Northern Illinois Teachers 40; Elmhurst 6. Wheaton 81; Concordia 6. Otterbein 81; Detroit Tech 0. Illinois State normal 10; Ypsilanti State Normal 0. Upper Iowa 80; Buena Vista 6. Doane IL; Peru CTchrs) o. St. Norbert College 10; White water Tchrs, IL. Western Michigan At; Ripon O.. Southern Illinois Normal 6; Northwest Missouri State 0. St. Olaf 10; Manchester 6. South Dakota 10; Yankton Col lege 10. St. Johns 27; Collegeville Loras Dubuque, Ia.) 0. eag1faPD0nhBKI SteatEKete e ct Wherefore II; Lockbourne Army Air Base O.. Monmouth 26; Parsons Fairfield, Ia.) O.. Western Teachers 81; Illinois College g.. North Central II; Illinois Wesleyan 0. Ball State 27; Canterbury 6. Manchester Ind.) 8; Rose Poly Z. South LAkota State 6; Iowa Teachers 6 fie).

The Daily Alaska empire, September 30, 1946, page 3 (results column)
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FOOTBALL ! SCORES The following are final scores O. weekend football games: Notre Dame 26; Illinois 6. Northwestern Al; Iowa State g. Michigan 21; Indiana O Missouri IS; Ohio State l3 ttie) Iowa 16: Purdue 0. Minnesota 33; Nebraska 6. Michigan State 42; Wayne 0. North Carolina 15; Virginia Tech Institute IA Tennessee IS; Georgia Tech g. Alabama ‘; Tulane 6, Mississippi State 4l; Chattanooga ‘. Virginia Il; Hampden Sydney o. Vanderbilt 35; Tennessee Tech o. South Carolina 21, Newberry Col lege 0. North Carolina State IS; Duke 6 Texas Christian l9; Baylor 16 Arkansas 21; Oklahoma A & M 2l (tie). Texas 76; Colorado o. Mississippi 13; Florida T Rice 6; Louisiana State 2. Kansas State T; Hardin Sim mons q. Texas Tech 6; Texas Aggie O. Tulsa 52; New Mexico Aggie 0. Pacific Lutheran 26; St. Mar tins 6. Eastern Washington 13; North Idaho State Lewiston Normal O. Whitman 2; Whitworth 6. Pacific University T; Everett J. c. 0. Hawaiian All-Stars 54; U. of Portland 13. U. of Washington 20; St. Marys 25. Bucknell 0; Cornell 21. Rutgers 2; Columbia 13 Kings Point o; Yale 33 Rhode Island IA; University of Maine l3. University of New Hampshire 13; Colby 0. College City New York T; Sus- quehanna l3. Harvard ‘; University of Con- recticut o. Villanova 0; Navy ‘. Iowa State g; Northwestern fl. St. Lawrence IA; Union 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.
On the newsreel
- FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS75,000 fans at Champaign, IL, see the fighting Irish wallop the Illini by a score of 26-6
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Notre Dame 59% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Notre Dame–Illinois gameNotre Dame leads 11–0–1 in 12 meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1968 | Notre Dame 58, Illinois 8 | |
| 1967 | Notre Dame 47, Illinois 7 | |
| 1946 | Notre Dame 26, Illinois 6 | |
| 1945 | Notre Dame 7, Illinois 0 | |
| 1944 | Notre Dame 13, Illinois 7 | |
| 1943 | Notre Dame 47, Illinois 0 |
Around this game
Notre Dame
- Next gamevs. PittsburghOct. 5, 1946
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1946
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records
Illinois
- Next gamevs. PurdueOct. 5, 1946
- SeasonIllinois in 1946
- ProgramIllinois history and records

