Stanford at Illinois
Saturday, October 3, 1953 Share
Illinois beat Stanford 33–21. It was their second meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 2–0.
FinalHigh 91°F, low 62°FAttendance 32,737
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Stanford–Illinois gameStanford leads 6–4 in 10 meetings, counting the eight since this game.
| 1984 | Stanford 34, Illinois 19 | |
| 1983 | Illinois 17, Stanford 7 | |
| 1978 | Stanford 35, Illinois 10 | |
| 1977 | Stanford 37, Illinois 24 | |
| 1974 | Illinois 41, Stanford 7 | |
| 1973 | Stanford 24, Illinois 0 |
Around this game
Stanford
- Next gameat Oregon StateOct. 10, 1953
- SeasonStanford in 1953
- ProgramStanford history and records
Illinois
- Next gameat Ohio StateOct. 10, 1953
- SeasonIllinois in 1953
- ProgramIllinois history and records

