Stanford at Illinois

Saturday, October 3, 1953

Illinois beat Stanford 33–⁠21. It was their second meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayStanford6–⁠3–⁠1 in 1953
21
HomeIllinois7–⁠1–⁠1 in 1953
33

FinalHigh 91°F, low 62°FAttendance 32,737

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Illinois Burst in Final Period Wins Over Stanford, 1927

    Evening star, October 4, 1953, page 72

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    Illinois Burst in Final Period Wins Over Stanford, 1927 ond on a one-yard quarterback sneak. Later he hit end Rocky Ryan for a 21-yard touchdown in the third and again speared him for another of II yards in the fourth. Falkenstein also stole a fourth period pass from Bob Garrett. In the meantime, Caroline was running wild. with mercurial sprints of IS. 35. Is and 10 yards that supported other scoring chances. Stanford IA n o-oI Illinois q 7 1o-S3 Stanford scoring: Touchdouns--Morley, COOK, watson Conversions-Garrett 60. Illinois scoring: Touchdowns-Falkenstein. RYAN ca, Miller Bates. Con. versions-Miller (3).

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 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Stanford leads 6–⁠4 in 10 meetings, counting the eight since this game.

Recent meetings
1984Stanford 34, Illinois 19
1983Illinois 17, Stanford 7
1978Stanford 35, Illinois 10
1977Stanford 37, Illinois 24
1974Illinois 41, Stanford 7
1973Stanford 24, Illinois 0

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