Carlisle vs. Illinois
Carlisle and Illinois first met in 1897 and have played 2 times; Carlisle leads the series 2–0. Over the last 2 meetings it’s Carlisle 2–0, and Carlisle has won the last 2. Share
- Carlisle wins
- 2
- Illinois wins
- 0
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1897
- Longest streak
- 2 Carlisle
- Current streak
- 2 Carlisle
- Last 10 meetings
- Carlisle 2–0
- Most recent
- 1898
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
1897 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Nov 21, 1897
1898 · The times, District of Columbia, Nov 20, 1898
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
| Nov 19, 1898 | Carlisle 11, Illinois 0 | at Illinois | ||
| Nov 20, 1897 | Carlisle 23, Illinois 6 | at Illinois |
Every game is listed as played on the field.