Butler vs. Illinois

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Butler’s biggest win1922: Butler 10, Illinois 7by 3 points
2. Illinois’s biggest win1942: Illinois 67, Butler 0by 67 points
3. Upset1922: Butler 10, Illinois 7Butler had a 6% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

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.

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  1923 · Evening star, Oct 14, 1923

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  1924 · The Birmingham age-herald, Alabama, Oct 12, 1924

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  1925 · Evening star, Oct 11, 1925

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  1926 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 11, 1926

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  1928 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 11, 1928

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Butler vs. Drake23 meetings, Butler 4–⁠18–⁠1
• Butler vs. Valparaiso23 meetings, Butler 14–⁠9
• Butler vs. Morehead State22 meetings, Butler 10–⁠12
• Butler vs. Dayton22 meetings, Butler 8–⁠14
• Illinois vs. Northwestern119 meetings, Illinois 59–⁠55–⁠5
• Illinois vs. Ohio State105 meetings, Illinois 30–⁠71–⁠4
• Illinois vs. Purdue101 meetings, Illinois 47–⁠48–⁠6
• Illinois vs. Michigan98 meetings, Illinois 24–⁠72–⁠2