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Oklahoma at Illinois

Saturday, October 13, 1917

Illinois beat Oklahoma 44–⁠0. It was their only meeting on record.

AwayOklahoma6–⁠4–⁠1 in 1917
0
HomeIllinois5–⁠2–⁠1 in 1917
44

FinalHigh 51°F, low 22°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current's story: OKLAHOMA ELEVEN LOSES A TO D ILLINOIS TAKES GAME CHARAC- TFRIZED BY OPEN FIELD RUN NING.-ABBOTT SURPRISE.

    The Daily Ardmoreite. (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, Oklahoma, October 14, 1917, page 1

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    OKLAHOMA ELEVEN LOSES A TO D ILLINOIS TAKES GAME CHARAC- TFRIZED BY OPEN FIELD RUN NING.-ABBOTT SURPRISE. Champaign. ILL.,. Oct lS.-open field running characterized the football game today between Illinois and Oklahoma universities. which the former won “a To .. Nichols. Charpier and Sterna man played well for Illinois. Abbott, one OF Oklahomas quartet OF light halfbacks. returned the ball from kickoff in n manner that surprised IL lmois. Oklahoma attempted many forward passes and gained consistently until the Illinois goal was threatened. Then Coach Zuppke’s proteges strengthened and kept their goal line nncrossed. illinois ended the game with team OF substitutes.

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.

The series

Every Oklahoma–Illinois game

Illinois leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

Around this game

Oklahoma

Illinois