Bradley vs. Illinois
Bradley and Illinois have 8 meetings on file, the first in 1927; Illinois leads the series 7–0–1 in the games on file. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Illinois 7–0. Share
- Bradley wins
- 0
- Illinois wins
- 7
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1927
- Longest streak
- 6 Illinois
- Current streak
- 1 Illinois
- Last 10 meetings
- Illinois 7–0
- Most recent
- 1940
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 24.4 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Illinois
- 7–0–1 Illinois’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 5
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Illinois’s biggest win1929: Illinois 45, Bradley 0by 45 points
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers
1931 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 18, 1931
1932 · Evening star, Oct 9, 1932
1934 · Evening star, Sep 30, 1934
1939 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 2, 1939
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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Oct 5, 1940 | Illinois 31, Bradley 0 | at Illinois | ||
| Sep 30, 1939 | Illinois 0, Bradley 0 | at Illinois | ||
| Sep 29, 1934 | Illinois 40, Bradley 7 | at Illinois | ||
| Oct 8, 1932 | Illinois 20, Bradley 0 | at Illinois | ||
| Oct 17, 1931 | Illinois 20, Bradley 0 | at Illinois | ||
| Oct 12, 1929 | Illinois 45, Bradley 0 | at Illinois | ||
| Oct 6, 1928 | Illinois 33, Bradley 6 | at Illinois | ||
| Oct 1, 1927 | Illinois 19, Bradley 0 | at Illinois |
Every game is listed as played on the field.