Illinois at Michigan
Saturday, November 1, 1952 Share
Illinois beat No. 15 Michigan 22–13. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 25–13.
FinalHigh 71°F, low 43°FAttendance 65,595
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 4, 1952, page 14
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CHICAGO, Nov. 4.-Midwest football briefs: Wisconsin–Harland Carl’s knee injury may keep him on the bench in the Badger homecoming against Northwestern. Extent Of the injury won’t be known till later in the week. Michigan State-Coach Biggie Mum figures his defensive team rates a lot of credit. when you can hold the top team in the Western Conference to net rush. ing total of just 81 yards, that’s really something” says Mum of the Spartans’ 14–7 conquest OF Purdue. Michigan–Ankle injuries are bothering Guard Ron Williams Halfback Ted Kress and Halfback Tom Witherspoon. F.. The VOL VERNE camp is gloomy after the upset 22–13 loss to Illinois. IOwa-Quarterback Burt Britzman reinjured his shoulder against Minnesota and is a very doubt fuls starter for the Illinois game
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)
Michigan 59% to win. Illinois pulled the upset.
The series
Every Illinois–Michigan gameMichigan leads 72–24–2 in 98 meetings, counting the 60 since this game.
| 2024 | Illinois 21, Michigan 7 | |
| 2022 | Michigan 19, Illinois 17 | |
| 2019 | Michigan 42, Illinois 25 | |
| 2016 | Michigan 41, Illinois 8 | |
| 2012 | Michigan 45, Illinois 0 | |
| 2011 | Michigan 31, Illinois 14 |
Around this game
Illinois
- Next gameat IowaNov. 8, 1952
- SeasonIllinois in 1952
- ProgramIllinois history and records
Michigan
- Next gamevs. CornellNov. 8, 1952
- SeasonMichigan in 1952
- ProgramMichigan history and records

