Drake at Illinois
Saturday, October 8, 1910 Share
Illinois beat Drake 29–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 70°F, low 38°F
In the newspapers

Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Ill., October 10, 1910, page 3
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MAROONS ARE OUT Indiana Kills Chicago Univer sity’s Hope for Football Championship. HOLSTERS WIN CONTEST First Time in History That They Have iumphed-IllinOis Has Easy Time With Drake. Chicago, Oct. 10.-For the first time in the history of the two schools, the Indiana university football team de feated Chicago Saturday by a score OF 6 to 0. The defeat put Chicago out as a contender for the western champion ship. Indiana made her touchdown at the beginning of the third period, scoring from the S5-yard line on two Tor, ward passes. Gill kicked goal One of the features of the game was the Kicking Of Wilson, the Maroon quarterback. Illinois, 20; Drake, o. Champaign, H.. Oct 1O.-The Hi nois football eleven defeated Drake Saturday by a score of 20 to 0. The varsity eleven was somewhat crippled, while the Iowans were a green aggrecation. The contest was a practice one on account of the new rules and the uncertainty resulting. The pres ence of scouts from Chicago prevented Illinois from displaying her favorite tactics. Northwestern 10; Iowa. ,. Evanston, III, Oct. 1O.-Northwestern university football team defeated Iowa here in fast. well-played game by the score of 10 TO ;. Not much new football was in evidence during the contest, both teams relying mainly on long end runs and forward passes. The teams were evenly matched and the contest was hard fought through out.
The Salt Lake tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, Utah, October 9, 1910
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Illinois. Drake. CREIGHTON WINS HARD GAME In LAST TWO MINUTES BY Associated Press. OMAHA, Neb., Oct. s.-With two min utes yet to play. Creighton university OF this city won a hard fought game from the South Dakota School OF Mines this afternoon. Several times South Dakotas S goal was threatened, but their desperate defense saved them until the end of the game, when a long run around the end by Horneck of Creighton resulted in touchdown. The attempt TO kick goal was a failure. The nnal score was to o.

The Washington herald, Washington, D.C., October 9, 1910, page 11 (results column)
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CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS. All games TO date. FOOTBALL RESULTS. Pennsylvania Freshmen. 8. Philips Exeter. >. Princeton. p: New YorG University, O. West Point, q Tufts. 0. Cornell. 0: Oberlin. O. Yale. y; Holy Cross. 0. Navy, 0; Rutgers 0. Lafayette. s: SwaFthm0re 0. Dartmouth. ls; Colby. {. Harvard 81 Williams. 0 Brown. 0; Colgate O Penn q West Virginia O. Vermont. 0; University Il Maine O. Hotchklss. ?; Dean Academy, 0. Y. VI. l.. o. Norfolk Blues. O. Washington and Lee 10; Hampden-sidney. O. Indiana. 6; Chicago, O. Northwestern, 20; Iowa, 5. Michigan. s. Case. = MINI csota. -; Ames. 0. Wisconsin. g: Lawrence College, g. Yale Freshmen. II Groom School BOwdOin. 5; New HamTshire State O. BATES. II: Fort Mckinley. 5. Ohio State University. .; University Of Cinein natl, O. 81. Louis University. d Drlry College. & Barnes. % Illinois Normal, o. Wabash, ;; Purdue, 0. Buchtel, o; Wooster. 0. illinois, 29i Drake. 0. Marquette. 81 Monmouth. o. Creighton. S: South Dakota School O. Metre Dame. g. olivet College, Q. Missouri University. O; Missouri School O. Wisconsin. 5: Lawrence, g. Kansas. 9; 81. MEr’s. 5. Nebraska y; South Dakota g. Arkansas G. Henderson College, 0. Georgia. 70; Gordon Institute O. Hendrick College. Il; Little Rock. O. Vanderbilt q; Rose Polytechnic, O.
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 68% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Drake–Illinois gameIllinois leads 4–0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.
| 1941 | Illinois 40, Drake 0 | |
| 1933 | Illinois 13, Drake 6 | |
| 1920 | Illinois 41, Drake 0 | |
| 1910 | Illinois 29, Drake 0 |
Around this game
Drake
- Next gamevs. CoeOct. 15, 1910
- SeasonDrake in 1910
- ProgramDrake history and records
Illinois
- Next gamevs. ChicagoOct. 15, 1910
- SeasonIllinois in 1910
- ProgramIllinois history and records

