Wabash at Illinois

Wednesday, October 4, 1905

Illinois beat Wabash 6–⁠0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 5–⁠0.

AwayWabash4–⁠5 in 1905
0
HomeIllinois5–⁠4 in 1905
6

FinalHigh 80°F, low 45°F

In the newspapers

  • The Omaha daily bee's story: MID-wEEK GAMES ON GRIDIRON University of Chicago Wins from BeIOit Thirty-EIEht to Nothing.

    Omaha daily bee, Nebraska, October 5, 1905, page 1 (results column)

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    MID-wEEK GAMES ON GRIDIRON University of Chicago Wins from BeIOit Thirty-EIEht to Nothing. CHICAGO. Oct. 4--Chicago university. with a team composed for the most part Of substitutes, ran up a score of thirty-eight against the Beloit college eleven on Mar shall field this afternoon. Fumbling char acterzed the play of both elevens NEW HAVEN, Conn, Oct. 4.-Yale defeated Wesleyan at foot ball today in the first test for the wearers of the blue this year, the score being “a to 0. Yale’s work in the first half was ragged, but in the second half great improvement was shown. NEW YORK. Oct. 4-Columbia defeated Seton Hall today by the score of p TO o. Clark, Of the Seton team. had rib broken during the game Henry Post, left end on the Columbia team. had his left arm broken CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Oct. 4-Harvard defeated Bowdoin today by the score OF 16 to 0 in game which was characterized by frequent fumbling and unscientihc play by both teams. At sAnn Arbor Mich-Unlversity OF Michigan, a; Kalamazoo college, 0. At adelphia--University OF PennsyIvania, 16; Gettysburg. 6. At Champaign, Ill.-Illinois. 6; Wabash. 0. At Madison, Wis.-Wisconsin, %: Mar quette, 0. At Minneapolis – Minnesota. 4s; St. Thomas 0.

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 85% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Illinois leads 7–⁠0–⁠1 in eight meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1926Illinois 27, Wabash 13
1925Illinois 21, Wabash 0
1906Wabash 0, Illinois 0
1905Illinois 6, Wabash 0
1904Illinois 23, Wabash 2
1895Illinois 48, Wabash 0

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