Illinois at Northwestern

Saturday, November 23, 1912

Northwestern beat Illinois 6–⁠0. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 7–⁠5–⁠3.

AwayIllinois3–⁠3–⁠1 in 1912
0
HomeNorthwestern2–⁠3–⁠1 in 1912
6

FinalHigh 45°F, low 31°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Cairo bulletin's story: ILLINOIS BEATEN BY NORTHWESTERN

    The Cairo bulletin, Cairo, Ill., November 24, 1912, page 6

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    ILLINOIS BEATEN BY NORTHWESTERN Associated Press Dispatch. Evanston, Nov. 23,--The North western university foot ball eleven today defeated the Illinois universfty aggregation in the final game of the season here, 8 to Q. Both teams were about evenly matched and each struggled furious ly to score. Northwestern scored the games only touch down on a run around left end in the second period.

  • The The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram, Indiana, November 25, 1912, page 6 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES -Indiana- At Lafayette-Purdue, S4: Indiana. Z. At Richmond. Ind.-DePauw. g.; Earlham, Is. At New Haven, Conn-Harvard, 90: Yale. 0. At Providence, R. Brown. 81: Norwich. I. At Easton. Pa.-Lafayette, o: Lehigh. 10. AS Springfield. Mass.-Carlisle 80; Y. NJ. c. A. College, “a. At Carlisle. Pa.-Dickinson, o.; Swarthmore, 0. At Westpoint, n. Y.-Army %: Syracuse. Z. York, 0. At Evanston, IIl-Northwestern, 6; Illinois, 0. At Chicago-Chicago. Z; Minneso ia, 0. . Ohio Wesleyan, 6. At Cleveland. Cease, 13; Hir. am, 6. Washington, z; Arkansas, 13. Kansas, IL; Missouri, g. Nebraska, 13: Oklahoma, 9. At Austin, Tex.-Texas, IS: South western University of Georgetown, 8 At College Station, Tex-Kansas A and NJ, IS; Texas A. and M, 10. Wisconsin, IS; Iowa, 10. Drake, 3; Ames, %. Cornell College. 10: Grinnell, o. Marquette. 27; Marquette fresh men, 0. Beloit. 20; Monmouth, 4. Carroll, 20; Ioyola, z. At Athens. O.-Reserve, IL; Ohio University, Z. South At Birmingham. Ala--Auburn, z; Vanderbilt, Z.

  • The The Sentinel=record's story: JOHN H. LEWIS 62o Central Avenue. or WILLIAM A. LEWIS, SIS Central Avenue. FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    The Sentinel=record, Arkansas, November 24, 1912, page 3 (results column)

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    JOHN H. LEWIS 62o Central Avenue. or WILLIAM A. LEWIS, SIS Central Avenue. FOOTBALL RESULTS. Lafayette, 0; Lehigh, 10. Northwestern, 6; Illinois, 0. Brown. 21 Norwich, ‘. Depauw. 3; Earlham, l3. Purdue. B.: Indiana, ‘. Case. 13 Hiram, 6. Dickinson, 0; Swarthmore. (, Carlisle, 30; Y. NJ. c. 4. college. 24. Ohio State, s9: Ohio Wesleyan. (. Drake 8 Ames, 23 Cornell college, 10: Grinnell. Q. Beloit. 0: Monmouth, 4. Carroll College, 20; Loyola Univcr- sIty. [ Wisconsin. 2s; Iowa. 10 Navy. ss New York college, 0. Harvard. 20; Yale. Q, Arkansas. F Washington. z. Army. g; Syracuse, z.

  • The The Topeka state journal's story: GRIDIRON RESULTS.

    The Topeka state journal, Topeka, Kansas, November 25, 1912, page 3 (results column)

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    GRIDIRON RESULTS. Kansas y. Missouri 3. Navy SO, New York university 0. Army %. Syracuse Z. Chicago Z. Minnesota 0. Carlisle 80, Y. NJ. c. A college “a. Northwestern 6. Illinois 0. Nebraska IS, Oklahoma 9. Iowa 10, Wisconsin Is. Washington Z. Arkansas 13. Brown 81, Norwich Z. Perdue a.. Indiana Z. Grinnell 0, Cornell 10. Drake 3. Ames 23. Lehign 10, Lafayette 0. Dickinson 0. Swarthmore o. Ohio State SO, Ohio Wesleyan 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 60% to win. Northwestern won as Elo’s underdog.

Illinois leads 59–⁠55–⁠5 in 119 meetings, counting the 104 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Illinois 20, Northwestern 13
2024Illinois 38, Northwestern 28
2023Northwestern 45, Illinois 43
2022Illinois 41, Northwestern 3
2021Illinois 47, Northwestern 14
2020Northwestern 28, Illinois 10

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