Illinois at Northwestern
Saturday, November 13, 1909 Share
Illinois beat Northwestern 35–0. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 5–4–3.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 51°F, 0.02 in. of rain
In the newspapers

The Cairo bulletin, Illinois, November 14, 1909, page 1
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SEVERAL FAST /. FOOTBALL GAMES UNIVERSITY OF ll1i-IOlS DE- FEATED EORTHWEc TERN YESTERDAY. CHICACO-CORSEll TIED With Score 6 to :, Which Was Repe tton Of Last Years Score Minnesota ri.fea,a Wisconsin. CHICACO-CORNElt TIED Chicago, Nov. 13.-Illinois defeated Northwestern in a one-sided football game at Evanston this afternoon. 35 to 0. The state university team, by the clever application of the forward pass and good kicking of Quarterback Seller, took the lead in the first hall which ended with the score ~ to G. In the second half the Illinois eleven piled up more scores on for ward passes, which haffled the Evans tor men.

Bismarck daily tribune, Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.], November 14, 1909, page 1
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ILLINOIS PLAYED WITH !. NORTHWESTERN and RUN UP SCORE OF IS TO 0 Chicago, Nov. 13.-IlHnois defeat. ed Northwestern at football this at ternoon at Evanston IS to 0. The state university team by clever application of the forward pass and the good kicking of the quarterback, Seller, took the lead in the first half, which ended with score of u to 0. In the second, Illinois piled up % more on forward passes, which COM pletely baffled the Evanston men.

Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 14, 1909, page 62
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Illinois Defeats Northwestern. CHICAGO. H.. November ls.-Illinois defeated Northwestern in a one-sided foot ball game this afternoon at Evans ton. 81 to O. Illinois by clever application OF the forward pass completely baffied the Evanston men. While Schults Of the Northwestern team held his own with Seller In punting. his support was not SO good as that accorded Seller. and Illinois gained on the ex- CHANGES
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 54% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Illinois–Northwestern gameIllinois leads 59–55–5 in 119 meetings, counting the 107 since this game.
Around this game
Illinois
- Next gameat SyracuseNov. 20, 1909
- SeasonIllinois in 1909
- ProgramIllinois history and records
Northwestern
- Next gamevs. Illinois WesleyanOct. 1, 1910
- SeasonNorthwestern in 1909
- ProgramNorthwestern history and records

