Monmouth at Illinois
Saturday, October 4, 1902 Share
Illinois beat Monmouth 33–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 50°F, 0.9 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 5, 1902, page 7 (results column)
Read the text
FOOTBALL RESULTS. West , Minnesota 16. Ames 0. Wisconsin “a, Hyde Park 5. , Michigan As, Case 0. } Chicago 5, Knox O. } Beloit 8. Chicago Dental 0. Northwestern 26, Lake Forest 0. Nebraska 10, Colorado 0. Drake IL, Iowa College 0. Illinois 33. Monmouth 0. Morningside %, Yankton 0. st. Thomas IS, Carleton 6. East Harvard %, Bates 0. Yale %, Amherst 0. Princeton %, Lehigh 0. Pennsylvania II, Pennsylvania State 0. Georgetown 4, Annapolis o. Columbia 43, Rutgers 0. Cornell 43, Union 0. West Point 5, Tufts 0.
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 93% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Monmouth–Illinois gameIllinois leads 2–0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1908 | Illinois 17, Monmouth 6 | |
| 1902 | Illinois 33, Monmouth 0 |
Around this game
Monmouth
- Next gameat ChicagoSept. 30, 1903
- SeasonMonmouth in 1902
- ProgramMonmouth history and records
Illinois
- Next gamevs. HaskellOct. 8, 1902
- SeasonIllinois in 1902
- ProgramIllinois history and records

