DePaul vs. Illinois

DePaul and Illinois first met in 1936 and have played 3 times; Illinois leads the series 2–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Illinois 2–⁠0.

DePaul wins
0
Illinois wins
2
Ties
1
First meeting
1936
Longest streak
1 Illinois
Current streak
1 Illinois
Last 10 meetings
Illinois 2–⁠0
Most recent
1938

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1930s0–⁠2–⁠1
Average margin
13.3 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Illinois
2–⁠0–⁠1 Illinois’s record at home

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

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1936 game: Minnesota, Duke Stand Out Among Big Foot Ball Teams As Season Formally Opens

    1936 · Evening star, Sep 27, 1936

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 1, 1938Illinois 44, DePaul 7at Illinois
Oct 2, 1937Illinois 0, DePaul 0at Illinois
Sep 26, 1936Illinois 9, DePaul 6at Illinois

Every game is listed as played on the field.