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. Share
- 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
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

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, 1908 | Illinois 17, Monmouth 6 | at Illinois | ||
| Oct 4, 1902 | Illinois 33, Monmouth 0 | at Illinois |
Every game is listed as played on the field.