Great Lakes Navy vs. Illinois

Great Lakes Navy and Illinois first met in 1918 and have played 4 times; Great Lakes Navy leads the series 3–⁠0–⁠1. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Great Lakes Navy 3–⁠0.

Great Lakes Navy wins
3
Illinois wins
0
Ties
1
First meeting
1918
Longest streak
2 Great Lakes Navy
Current streak
1 Great Lakes Navy
Last 10 meetings
Great Lakes Navy 3–⁠0
Most recent
1945

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s1–⁠0
1940s2–⁠0–⁠1
Average margin
4.8 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Great Lakes Navy
0–⁠0–⁠1 Great Lakes Navy’s record at home
At Illinois
0–⁠3 Illinois’s record at home
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 Great Lakes Navy and Illinois, 1918 on1300150017001920192519301935194019451950

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.

Every game

Nov 3, 1945Great Lakes Navy 12, Illinois 6at Illinois
Sep 30, 1944Great Lakes Navy 26, Illinois 26at Great Lakes Navy
Nov 21, 1942Great Lakes Navy 6, Illinois 0at Illinois
Oct 12, 1918Great Lakes Navy 7, Illinois 0at Illinois

Every game is listed as played on the field.