Illinois vs. Monmouth

Illinois and Monmouth first met in 1902 and have played 2 times; Illinois leads the series 2–⁠0. Over the last 2 meetings it’s Illinois 2–⁠0, and Illinois has won the last 2.

Illinois wins
2
Monmouth wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1902
Longest streak
2 Illinois
Current streak
2 Illinois
Last 10 meetings
Illinois 2–⁠0
Most recent
1908

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Illinois and Monmouth, 1902 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 Saint Paul globe's story of the 1902 game: FOOTBALL RESULTS.

    1902 · The Saint Paul globe, St. Paul, Minn., Oct 5, 1902

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 3, 1908Illinois 17, Monmouth 6at Illinois
Oct 4, 1902Illinois 33, Monmouth 0at Illinois

Every game is listed as played on the field.