Indiana at Illinois

Saturday, October 15, 1904

Illinois beat Indiana 10–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 3–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayIndiana7–⁠4 in 1904
0
HomeIllinois9–⁠2–⁠1 in 1904
10

FinalHigh 67°F, low 39°F

In the newspapers

  • The The St. Louis Republic's story: a tumble or Jailed 70 gam tne equIItU HFo yards. The score at the end Of the first half: ILLINOIS 10, INDIANA o. Hoosiers Force the Nlini to the Limit Before They sscrc.

    The St. Louis Republic, St. Louis, Mo., October 16, 1904, page 1

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    a tumble or Jailed 70 gam tne equIItU HFo yards. The score at the end Of the first half: ILLINOIS 10, INDIANA o. Hoosiers Force the Nlini to the Limit Before They sscrc. la -N&< Urbana, Ill. Oct. I5-AIl the strategy ana force OF Illinois was required to-day 10 wrest a victory from the supposedly weak Indiana team. which was finally defeated second half by the Illinois. p were forced to a stand-on the first haS by the despised Holsters Taking advantage OF three costly f1mlively withstood the Illinois. and at timer seemed to D them but their gums were only furttve. The Illinois ofense palIy a punting exhibition in which InGiana gained. as Taylor. because OF MS III ness. vas not in form. Spurred by the vigorous talks o. the coaches, the Illinois reversed matters at the start OF the second half. ana ran the Hoos:ers or their feet Rothseb re, turned the kickoff thirty-fve yards. and ing a great stand on their one-yard line A touchdown seemed imminent but Roth geb was stopped. and Taylor heelirs for a free kick on the forty-yard line.. gave Moynihan tne chance TO make a place kick The warm weather worked heavy with the visitors. who took time out after almost every Huntoon. Carrithers ard Burroughs gained ground and the frst,named scored: The Foosiers fought. as they we’re. and STAYED or another score: PlaeeeIiiinois field Eese-e-Es.e-iine. Pu-- & eqs @P and Na9se!l sasssisa:sSss.pssd G d1sss h fR Razsiwoods Kas.sn fer Bas: roushs. Indiana-Bloom for Steele. Bremen fr tor waugh. BOYLE for Hair. Song for Clarke. Jones FOR Bloom Goals rpm souehaowIS S%ynlhaan T1ae .. hsiSsGTvensy.sys minutes each. Score az end OF FIST haiS-IM- MOI. O.. Indiana o Final score-lllinois IA In

  • The The Saint Paul globe's story: ILLINOIS WINS In THE SECOND HALF Scores Touchdown and Goal From the Field on indiana Team

    The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., October 16, 1904, page 1

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    ILLINOIS WINS In THE SECOND HALF Scores Touchdown and Goal From the Field on indiana Team CHAMPAIGN, III, Oct. 15.-nlinois defeated Indiana 10 to at football today, scoring one touchdown and goal from field In the first half neither side could gain and played a kicking game. neither goal being in danger. Ayiedotte, Indiana S left end, played star game. In the second half Indiana kicked off to Illinois and by line hurting carried the bah to Indiana’s 26-yard line. Taylor making a free catch, where Moneyhan made the goal from field. The Illinois touchdown was secured by straight backs. Monaghan kicked goal. When time was called Illinois had the ball on Indiana 2-yard line.

  • The The Cairo bulletin's story: ILLINOIS 10. INDIANA 0.

    The Cairo bulletin, Cairo, Ill., October 16, 1904, page 3

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    ILLINOIS 10. INDIANA 0. BY the Associated Press. Champaign, ILL.,, Oct. 15.--Illinois defeated Indiana, ten to nothing, scor- Ing one touchdown and a goal from the field. In the first half, neither side could gain, ana played kicking game, neither goal being in danger. Aydclotte, Indlana’s left end, played q star game. In the second half Indiana kicked off to Illinois, who. by line hurding, carried the ball to Indiana two yard line, Taylor making a free catch where Moneyham made goal from the field, Illinois touchdown was secured by straight bucks. Money. ham kicked a goal Whcn time was called the Illinois ban was ON Indi. ana’s two yard line,

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 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Illinois leads 46–⁠26–⁠2 in 74 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Indiana 63, Illinois 10
2023Illinois 48, Indiana 45
2022Indiana 23, Illinois 20
2017Indiana 24, Illinois 14
2013Indiana 52, Illinois 35
2012Indiana 31, Illinois 17

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