Illinois vs. Iowa State
Illinois and Iowa State have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1927; Illinois leads the series 3–1–2 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Illinois 3–1. Share
- Illinois wins
- 3
- Iowa State wins
- 1
- Ties
- 2
- Earliest on file
- 1927
- Longest streak
- 2 Illinois
- Current streak
- 1 Iowa State
- Last 10 meetings
- Illinois 3–1
- Most recent
- 1969
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1930s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1940s | 0–0–1 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 1960s | 0–1 |
- Average margin
- 16.8 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Illinois
- 3–1–2 Illinois’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Illinois’s biggest win1955: Illinois 40, Iowa State 0by 40 points
- Iowa State’s biggest win1969: Iowa State 48, Illinois 20by 28 points
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
1927 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 17, 1927
1949 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 25, 1949
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 4, 1969 | Iowa State 48, Illinois 20 | at Illinois | ||
| Oct 1, 1955 | Illinois 40, Iowa State 0 | at Illinois | ||
| Sep 27, 1952 | 5Illinois 33, Iowa State 7 | at Illinois | ||
| Sep 24, 1949 | Illinois 20, Iowa State 20 | at Illinois | ||
| Oct 4, 1930 | Illinois 7, Iowa State 0 | at Illinois | ||
| Oct 15, 1927 | Illinois 12, Iowa State 12 | at Illinois |
Every game is listed as played on the field.