Illinois at Iowa
Saturday, November 2, 1946 Share
No. 11 Illinois beat Iowa 7–0. It was their 27th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 16–9–2.
FinalHigh 50°F, low 43°F, 0.28 in. of rainAttendance 52,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, November 3, 1946, page 36
Read the text
Illinois Takes Lead in Big Nine With 20 Victory Over Iowa came right back to begin their So yard touchdown drive. At the end of the third period, the Illini were on the Iowa 80 and going strong. The Illini used up minutes in the final quarter to rack up the only touchdown of the game, Russ Steger plunging over from the 2-yard line Don Maechtle place-kicked the extra point and that was all the scoring entertainment for the crowd of $4,000.
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 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Illinois–Iowa gameIllinois leads 39–38–2 in 79 meetings, counting the 52 since this game.
| 2023 | Iowa 15, Illinois 13 | |
| 2022 | Illinois 9, Iowa 6 | |
| 2021 | Iowa 33, Illinois 23 | |
| 2020 | Iowa 35, Illinois 21 | |
| 2019 | Iowa 19, Illinois 10 | |
| 2018 | Iowa 63, Illinois 0 |
Around this game
Illinois
- Next gamevs. Ohio StateNov. 16, 1946
- SeasonIllinois in 1946
- ProgramIllinois history and records
Iowa
- Next gameat WisconsinNov. 9, 1946
- SeasonIowa in 1946
- ProgramIowa history and records