Northwestern at Illinois

Saturday, October 23, 1915

Illinois beat Northwestern 36–⁠6. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Illinois led the series 10–⁠5–⁠3.

AwayNorthwestern2–⁠5 in 1915
6
HomeIllinois5–⁠0–⁠2 in 1915
36

FinalHigh 74°F, low 45°FAttendance 4,424

In the newspapers

  • The Bisbee daily review's story: CORNELL DEFEATS HARVARD, 10 TO 0, YALE ALSO LOSES Princeton BurieS Dartmouth, 30 to '; Michigan Defeated By Aggies; Pittsburgh Beats Pennsylvania.

    Bisbee daily review, October 24, 1915, page 3 (results column)

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    CORNELL DEFEATS HARVARD, 10 TO 0, YALE ALSO LOSES Princeton BurieS Dartmouth, 30 to ‘; Michigan Defeated By Aggies; Pittsburgh Beats Pennsylvania. CAMBRIDGE, Oct 28-With a touchdown in the first two minutes of play Cornell demonstrated complete superiority over Harvard. Crimson er- TOTS gave the Ithacans the ball on Towards twenty yard line. Capt Barrett scored touchdown. A few minutes later, he was kicked in the head and taken out of the game. shiverick kicked a field goal from the i2yard line in the fourth period. Score Cornell 10, Harvard O. Other events: Yale r. Washington and Jefferson, 16 Princeton 90. Dartmouth 7 Navy 20, Virginia Poly O. Army 10, Georgetown 0. Pittsburg IA, Penna Syracuse 6. Brown o. Michigan O. Michigan Aggies 24. Purdue O, Chicago 2. Wisconsin 21, Ohio State O. Carlisle o, Bucknell o. Nebraska 2O Notre Dame 19 Illinois 36. Northwestern 6. Minnesota 51, Iowa 13. Pomona 8, Arizona 2. University Southern California 2S. California 10

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 88% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Illinois leads 59–⁠55–⁠5 in 119 meetings, counting the 101 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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