East Carolina vs. Illinois

East Carolina and Illinois have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1987; Illinois leads the series 4–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Illinois 4–⁠0, and Illinois has won the last 4.

East Carolina wins
0
Illinois wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1987
Longest streak
4 Illinois
Current streak
4 Illinois
Last 10 meetings
Illinois 4–⁠0
Most recent
1995

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s0–⁠1
1990s0–⁠3
Average margin
13.5 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Illinois
3–⁠0 Illinois’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 East Carolina first
Shutouts
2

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of East Carolina and Illinois, 1987 on13001500170019901995200020052010201520202025

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.

Stars of the series

Named most valuable

Illinois QB Johnny Johnson1994

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Sep 23, 1995Illinois 7, East Carolina 0at Illinois
Dec 31, 1994Illinois 30, East Carolina 0Neutral siteLiberty Bowl
Aug 31, 1991Illinois 38, East Carolina 31at Illinois
Sep 19, 1987Illinois 20, East Carolina 10at Illinois

Every game is listed as played on the field.