Illinois vs. Ohio

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Illinois’s biggest win1950: Illinois 28, Ohio 2by 26 points
2. Ohio’s biggest win1938: Ohio 6, Illinois 0by 6 points
3. Upset1935: Ohio 6, Illinois 0Ohio had a 5% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1938: Ohio 6, Illinois 0Ohio had a 7% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

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.

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  1935 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Sep 29, 1935

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  1937 · The Washington times, District of Columbia, Sep 29, 1937

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  1938 · The Daily Alaska empire, Sep 26, 1938

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  1950 · Evening star, Oct 1, 1950

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Illinois vs. Northwestern119 meetings, Illinois 59–⁠55–⁠5
• Illinois vs. Ohio State105 meetings, Illinois 30–⁠71–⁠4
• Illinois vs. Purdue101 meetings, Illinois 47–⁠48–⁠6
• Illinois vs. Michigan98 meetings, Illinois 24–⁠72–⁠2
• Ohio vs. Miami (OH)64 meetings, Ohio 30–⁠33–⁠1
• Ohio vs. Kent State63 meetings, Ohio 39–⁠22–⁠2
• Ohio vs. Bowling Green62 meetings, Ohio 28–⁠33–⁠1
• Ohio vs. Western Michigan49 meetings, Ohio 18–⁠31