Missouri at Illinois

Saturday, October 11, 1913

Illinois beat Missouri 24–⁠7. It was their second meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 2–⁠0.

AwayMissouri7–⁠1 in 1913
7
HomeIllinois4–⁠2–⁠1 in 1913
24

FinalHigh 67°F, low 45°F, 0.56 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Cairo bulletin's story: illinois WINS FROM MISSOURI Tigers Toutel as Actual Winners Deaisively Beaten by the Orange and Blue.

    The Cairo bulletin, Illinois, October 12, 1913, page 1

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    illinois WINS FROM MISSOURI Tigers Toutel as Actual Winners Deaisively Beaten by the Orange and Blue. charpaian III. oct. IL University of Illinois defeated NJ sseuri by p score OF n to : here this after noon The defeat OF Missouri was decisive although they started out brilliantly and scored the G;st touchdown OF the game by a great taffling play The lllini were prone to tumble in miserable style and were slow in striking their scoring gate but they tied up in the second period and ran away from the Tigers in the third quarter.

  • The Salt Lake tribune. (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, Utah, October 12, 1913

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    ILLINOIS DEFEATS MISSOURI EASIL’ CHAMPAIGN, III. Oct 1.-The University Of Illinois defeated Missouri By “a TO On Illinois field today. The defeat Of the Missouri eleTen| liant style and scored tho fist touchdown OF the game. The Illinois. prone 10 funobe In miserable style. wero slow 10 strike their scoring stride They tied up the scores 10 tho second period and ran away from their opponents In the second half.

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 62% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Missouri leads 17–⁠7 in 24 meetings, counting the 22 since this game.

Recent meetings
2010Missouri 23, Illinois 13
2009Missouri 37, Illinois 9
2008Missouri 52, Illinois 42
2007Missouri 40, Illinois 34
2003Missouri 22, Illinois 15
2002Missouri 33, Illinois 20

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