Illinois vs. Lombard

Illinois and Lombard have 2 meetings on file, the first in 1900; Illinois leads the series 2–⁠0 in the games on file. Over the last 2 meetings it’s Illinois 2–⁠0, and Illinois has won the last 2.

Illinois wins
2
Lombard wins
0
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1900
Longest streak
2 Illinois
Current streak
2 Illinois
Last 10 meetings
Illinois 2–⁠0
Most recent
1903

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Illinois and Lombard, 1900 on1300150017001900192019401960198020002020

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

  • The The Indianapolis journal's story of the 1903 game: ILLINOIS'S EASY VICTORY LOMBARD COLLEGE TEAM DEFEAT. ED BY A SCORE OF 43 TO o. IN CnIucky I'iay Prevented Lombard from ScOring-Great Work by Sec Ond Back Field. spscIal to the 1ndiaaapolis Journal.

    1903 · The Indianapolis journal, Indianapolis [Ind.], Sep 27, 1903

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

Sep 26, 1903Illinois 43, Lombard 0at Illinois
Oct 16, 1900Illinois 35, Lombard 0at Illinois

Every game is listed as played on the field.