Illinois at Ohio State

Saturday, November 15, 1902

Illinois and Ohio State tied 0–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, the series stood even at 0–⁠0–⁠1 as played.

AwayIllinois10–⁠2–⁠1 in 1902
0
HomeOhio State6–⁠2–⁠2 in 1902
0

FinalHigh 47°F, low 39°F

In the newspapers

  • The Akron daily Democrat's story: SPORTS. FOOTBALL RESULTS

    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.

Officially, Ohio State leads 70–⁠30–⁠4; as played, 71–⁠30–⁠4 in 105 meetings, counting the 104 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Ohio State 42, Illinois 19
2025Ohio State 34, Illinois 16
2017Ohio State 52, Illinois 14
2015Ohio State 28, Illinois 3
2014Ohio State 55, Illinois 14
2013Ohio State 60, Illinois 35

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