Illinois at Ohio State
Saturday, November 15, 1902 Share
Illinois and Ohio State tied 0–0. It was their first meeting; after it, the series stood even at 0–0–1 as played.
FinalHigh 47°F, low 39°F
In the newspapers

Akron daily Democrat, Akron, Ohio, November 17, 1902, page 5 (results column)
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SPORTS. FOOTBALL RESULTS FOOTBALL RESULTS. Case 17-wesleyan 8. University 11-Central high 0. East high 1S-South high 1S. Kenyon 17--Reserve 0. Ohio State 0-Illinois 0. oberlin S4-Mt. Union O. Ohio Medics 16-Shelby A. O. o. Wittenberg 11--Otterbien 8. Toledo high 36-Columbus high 8. w. r. “A. 17--Oberlin high 6. Michigan 21-Chicago O Minnesota 11-Wisconsin 0. Nebraska 7-Knox 0. Northwestern 10-Beloit 0. Iowa college 10-Cornell college B. Haskell Indians 24-Kansas 8. Kentucky 58-Indianapolis 0. Drake O--Iowa 0. Miami 22-Earlham 0. Rose Polytechnic 0-Wabash o. Purdue 30-Indiana o. Yale 12-Princeton 5. Harvard 17-Dartmouth 8. Cornell 2S-Lafayette 0. Carlisle 5--Pennsylvan&a o. West Point 56-Syracuse 0. Amherst 29-Columbia o. Bucknell 23-Annapolis 0. Vermont 20-Union 0. Brown 11--Sprlngheld 0. Tufts 11--Holy Cross 5. Maine 11-Bowdoin 0. Williams Wesleyan B. Harvard Freshmen 22-Yale Fresl men 10.
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 61% to win.
The series
Every Illinois–Ohio State gameOfficially, Ohio State leads 70–30–4; as played, 71–30–4 in 105 meetings, counting the 104 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
Illinois
- Next gameat NorthwesternNov. 22, 1902
- SeasonIllinois in 1902
- ProgramIllinois history and records
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. IndianaNov. 27, 1902
- SeasonOhio State in 1902
- ProgramOhio State history and records

