Ohio State at Illinois
Saturday, October 13, 1956. Ohio State kept the Illibuck Share
No. 5 Ohio State beat Illinois 26–6. It was their 45th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 26–16–3 as played.
FinalHigh 82°F, low 51°FAttendance 58,247
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 14, 1956, page 1
Read the text
Ohio StateUses .Scorned Pass 10 .Rout I||ini, 26–6 CHAMPAIGN. ILL.,, Oct. IS up. -Unbeaten Ohio State, team which had spurned the forward pass, scored one touchdown on a pass and another on fake pass to launch its Big Ten title defense with a 1856 victory over Illinois today. In their l4th consecutive conference triumph-one shy of
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)
Ohio State 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Ohio State–Illinois gameOfficially, Ohio State leads 70–30–4; as played, 71–30–4 in 105 meetings, counting the 60 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
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. Penn StateOct. 20, 1956
- SeasonOhio State in 1956
- ProgramOhio State history and records
Illinois
- Next gameat MinnesotaOct. 20, 1956
- SeasonIllinois in 1956
- ProgramIllinois history and records