Illinois at Northwestern

Saturday, November 25, 1950

Northwestern beat No. 6 Illinois 14–⁠7. It was their 44th meeting; after it, Northwestern led the series 21–⁠20–⁠3.

Away6Illinois7–⁠2 in 1950
7
HomeNorthwestern6–⁠3 in 1950
14

FinalHigh 29°F, low -2°FAttendance 50,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Saturdays |GridStors

    Evening star, District of Columbia, November 27, 1950, page 18 (results column)

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    Saturdays |GridStors CHUCK ORTMANN, Michigan His punting helped bottle up Ohio State as Michigan edged Buckeyes, 9–⁠3. in the snow to win Western Conference cham pionship and probable Rose Bowl bid. ..... GENE MILLER, Northwestern Sprinted IA yards in last period for clinching touchdown in Northwesterns 14–⁠7 upset over Illinois. CLAUDE ARNOLD, Oklahoma Scored twice and chucked one touchdown pass to lead Okla homa to a 1895 triumph over Nebraska. PHIL SABA, Fordham – Scored both touchdowns as Rams BANKED NYU. 1870, in the rain and mud at the polo grounds. HANK LAURICELLA, Tennessee -Chucked 27-yard scoring pass to Bert Rechichar to give Ten nessee q TO victory over pre- viously unbeaten Kentucky. DICK KAZMAIER, Princeton Scored once and set up game winning touchdown as Prince ton defeated Dartmouth, 1877, to finish season unbeaten and united. TED NARLESKI, UCLA-Romped to three touchdowns to lead UCLA to a 800 decision over Southern California. MILFORD (WHIZZER) WHITE, Arizona State – Scored five touchdowns and passed to two others as Arizona State swamped Idaho, 1921. ..-- HENRY DICKERSON, Baylor Booted field goal from 20-yard line with less than minutes of play remaining to give Baylor 80 victory over SMU. SAM BAKER, Oregon State / Scored both touchdowns in Ore gon States 1872 victory over i Oregon. DON HEINRICH AND HUGH McELHENNY, Washington i Heinrich completed II passes ), including two for touchdowns and McElhenny scored five times to pace Washington to q 1921 victory over Washington / State.

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 57% to win. Northwestern pulled the upset.

Illinois leads 59–⁠55–⁠5 in 119 meetings, counting the 75 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Illinois 20, Northwestern 13
2024Illinois 38, Northwestern 28
2023Northwestern 45, Illinois 43
2022Illinois 41, Northwestern 3
2021Illinois 47, Northwestern 14
2020Northwestern 28, Illinois 10

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