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. Share
- 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
- 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

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, 1938 | Illinois 44, DePaul 7 | at Illinois | ||
| Oct 2, 1937 | Illinois 0, DePaul 0 | at Illinois | ||
| Sep 26, 1936 | Illinois 9, DePaul 6 | at Illinois |
Every game is listed as played on the field.