Ohio State at Illinois
Saturday, October 17, 1914 Share
Illinois beat Ohio State 37–0. It was their third meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 2–0–1 as played.
FinalHigh 61°F, low 47°F
In the newspapers

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.

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.
The series
Every Ohio State–Illinois gameOfficially, Ohio State leads 70–30–4; as played, 71–30–4 in 105 meetings, counting the 102 since this game.
| 2026 | Ohio State 42, Illinois 19 | |
| 2025 | Ohio State 34, Illinois 16 | |
| 2017 | Ohio State 52, Illinois 14 | |
| 2015 | Ohio State 28, Illinois 3 | |
| 2014 | Ohio State 55, Illinois 14 | |
| 2013 | Ohio State 60, Illinois 35 |
Around this game
Ohio State
- Next gamevs. WisconsinOct. 24, 1914
- SeasonOhio State in 1914
- ProgramOhio State history and records
Illinois
- Next gameat NorthwesternOct. 24, 1914
- SeasonIllinois in 1914
- ProgramIllinois history and records

