Ohio State at Illinois

Saturday, October 17, 1914

Illinois beat Ohio State 37–⁠0. It was their third meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 2–⁠0–⁠1 as played.

AwayOhio State5–⁠2 in 1914
0
HomeIllinois7–⁠0 in 1914
37

FinalHigh 61°F, low 47°F

In the newspapers

  • The The daily Gate City's story: ILLINOIS DOWNS OHIO STATE. 81 TO o Big Squad of Scouts From other Uni versIties Watch Buckeyes go Down to Defeat.

    The daily Gate City, Keokuk, Iowa, October 18, 1914, page 1

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    ILLINOIS DOWNS OHIO STATE. 81 TO o Big Squad of Scouts From other Uni versIties Watch Buckeyes go Down to Defeat. United Press Leased Wire Service CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, Oct. 17.-With a squad Of scouts from other big col leges on the side lines, Illinois ran over the Ohio state football machine by score of 81 to 0 this afternoon. Pogue, Illinois quarterback, was the high light Of the offense, scoring three touch-downs, the third after a fifty yard sprint after he intercepted a Buckeye forward pass. Ohio put up stubborn defense, proving far strong er than Indiana, the Illinois opponents last week. In the first half, Ohio held the Blue and Gold to one touch down and ONE field goal. In the last half, Ohio fought gamely but showed symptoms of exhaustion and were moved down by the speedy Illinois offense. The visitors showed offensive talent only in flashes when they work ed forward passes successfully. They were unable to make consistent gains.

  • The Bisbee daily review's story: FOOTBALL RESULTS

    Bisbee daily review, October 18, 1914, page 6 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL RESULTS FOOTBALL RESULTS Army 21 Colgate z. Yale, 28: Notre Dame o. Pennsylvania, 13; Navy, 6. Princeton, 16; Lafayette, O. Harvard, 13; Tufts, 6 Michigan. 8 Michigan Agricultural, O.. Wisconsin, IA; Purue, 2. Cornell, ( Iowa, O. Dartmouth, 42; Vermont, O. Minnesota, 29 South Dakota z. Illinois. 37; Ohio State, 0. Indiana, P Northwestern, O. RUGBY Nevada S U. of Cal. Freshmen, 19. Stanford Freshmen, IA; St. Mary’s College. g. BASEBALL RESULTS Oakland l 6 2. es-Higginbotham and Yantz; Trough, Christian and Arbogast Los Angeles 13 z O. Mission 12 9. Batteries-Ryan and Meek: Stroud. Kremer and Lynn San Francisco l 4 4. Venice 8 13 l. Hit and McClain.

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 84% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Ohio State leads 70–⁠30–⁠4; as played, 71–⁠30–⁠4 in 105 meetings, counting the 102 since this game.

Recent meetings
2026Ohio State 42, Illinois 19
2025Ohio State 34, Illinois 16
2017Ohio State 52, Illinois 14
2015Ohio State 28, Illinois 3
2014Ohio State 55, Illinois 14
2013Ohio State 60, Illinois 35

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