Illinois at Ohio State
Saturday, November 17, 1951. Illinois kept the Illibuck after a tie Share
No. 3 Illinois and Ohio State tied 0–0. It was their 40th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 22–15–3 as played.
FinalHigh 32°F, low 24°FAttendance 79,457
In the newspapers
The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 19, 1951, page 6 (results column)
Read the text
Football Scores Scores of leading football game. during the weekend are as follows New Mexico 34, Brigham Young Q Wash. State AT, Montana 10. Washington 20, UCLA 20 (tie). Stanford 35, Oregon State IA. Colo. Mines IA, Colo College 6. California 28, Oregon 26. Boston U 39, Wichita 6. Connecticut 21, Rhode Island 6. William and Mary IA. Duke 13. Williams 40. Amherst T. Notre Dame 12, North Carolina ‘. Penn State 13, Rutgers ‘. Georgia 46, Auburn 14. Maryland 53. North Car. State 0. Pitt 32, West Virginia 12. Virginia 28. South Carolina 27. Michigan State 30, Indiana 26. Rice 28, Texas A. and M. l3. Clemson 34, Furman l4. Oklahoma 35, Iowa State 6. Georgia Tech 27, Alabama ‘. Tulane IA. Vanderbilt 10. Kentucky 1T. Geo. Washington l3. Baylor 42, Wake Forest 0. SMU AT, Arkansas ‘. Kansas State 14, Missouri l2. Tulsa 21, Texas Tech fl. Tennessee 46, Mississippi 2l. Colgate 0, Syracuse T. Northwestern 6, Michigan o. Illinois 0. Ohio State 0 (tiel. Army 6. Pennsylvania ‘. Harvard 34. Brown 2l Boston College 20, Villanova l3. Cornell 21, Dartmouth 13. Princeton 27, Yale O. Navy 2l. Columbia ‘. Fordham 35, Temple G. Bucknell B, Delaware 6. Middlebury 5l, Vermont l2. Colorado 36, Nebraska IA. East. Kentucky 27, Ohio U. l3. Utah 27, Colo A. and NJ 2l
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
- ILLINOIS-OHIO STATEIt's a see-saw battle right down to the wire, with fumbles and interceptions stalling attacks of both teams. Unbeaten Illinois loses glamor as Buckeyes hold a 0-0 deadlock
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Illinois 59% to win.
The series
Every Illinois–Ohio State gameOfficially, Ohio State leads 70–30–4; as played, 71–30–4 in 105 meetings, counting the 65 since this game.
| 2026 | Ohio State 42, Illinois 19 | |
| 2025 | Ohio State 34, Illinois 16 | |
| 2017 | Ohio State 52, Illinois 14 | |
| 2015 | Ohio State 28, Illinois 3 | |
| 2014 | Ohio State 55, Illinois 14 | |
| 2013 | Ohio State 60, Illinois 35 |
Around this game
Illinois
- Next gameat NorthwesternNov. 24, 1951
- SeasonIllinois in 1951
- ProgramIllinois history and records
Ohio State
- Next gameat MichiganNov. 24, 1951
- SeasonOhio State in 1951
- ProgramOhio State history and records