Wabash at Illinois
Wednesday, October 4, 1905 Share
Illinois beat Wabash 6–0. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 5–0.
FinalHigh 80°F, low 45°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Wabash–Illinois gameIllinois leads 7–0–1 in eight meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1926 | Illinois 27, Wabash 13 | |
| 1925 | Illinois 21, Wabash 0 | |
| 1906 | Wabash 0, Illinois 0 | |
| 1905 | Illinois 6, Wabash 0 | |
| 1904 | Illinois 23, Wabash 2 | |
| 1895 | Illinois 48, Wabash 0 |
Around this game
Wabash
- Next gameat NorthwesternOct. 7, 1905
- SeasonWabash in 1905
- ProgramWabash history and records
Illinois
- Next gamevs. North Central CollegeOct. 7, 1905
- SeasonIllinois in 1905
- ProgramIllinois history and records
