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Ohio State at Illinois

Saturday, October 8, 1960. Ohio State took the Illibuck from Illinois

No. 5 Ohio State beat No. 4 Illinois 34–⁠7. It was their 49th meeting; after it, Ohio State led the series 29–⁠17–⁠3 as played.

Away5Ohio State7–⁠2 in 1960
34
Home4Illinois5–⁠4 in 1960
7

FinalHigh 68°F, low 47°FAttendance 71,119

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: OHIO STATE

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 9, 1960, page 88

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    OHIO STATE COnLlnueo FROM rage r-A period. The Illini, suffering their first Homecoming defeat in five years, played Indifferent football. Johnny Easterbrook, Illinois little quarterback who plays hot-and-cold, was unable to move his club. OHIO STATE o 13 IA 7–⁠34 ILLINOIS . 0 D = Ohio state-Detrick ., plunge tkick failed). Ohio state-Ferguson ., plunge (Jones kick). Ohio State–Wentz 100, kicko1 re- turn Jones kick. Ohio State–Matte 81. run tJones’ Ohio stste-Klein AZ, run Jones, rlinois-J. Brown 3, run wood kick

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.

On the newsreel

  • OHIO STATE CRUSHES ILLINOISAt Champaign, Illinois, the Buckeyes of Ohio State give a powerhouse performance against the Illini, highlighted by the bull-like charges of Bob Ferguson and a 102-yard scoring runback by Bill Wentz, for a final tally…Universal Newsreel, October 10, 1960. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Illinois 59% to win. Ohio State pulled the upset.

The series

Every Ohio State–Illinois game

Officially, Ohio State leads 70–⁠30–⁠4; as played, 71–⁠30–⁠4 in 105 meetings, counting the 56 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

Around this game

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